The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-10

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and was known to have accumulated
competence in gilt-edged bonds.
So the search was no sinecure
But Luke started after it with the
few clues he had and with the added
advantage that he knew BLY, on siEht
He thrown off by the new fea-
ture the woman, for he figured that ~
all he knew of Bly's habits hereto IN
fore might be nothing now, because xsSg4#X
mans established habits don't ##
count after he begins taking lovely
blondes to dinner
But even an antelope can't change
all of a leopard's spots, so O'Maley
fixed on the financial district as the
territory where he might be most
likely to come up with BLY,, who, ~
though he held out most of his resi- N%N|#%%%%@<#
due for solid per centers would
hazard flyer speculative stocks
and would be doing a little business -
with some broker. $500
O'Malley was right, as usual In k%'G*ss@s
a little luncheon place not far from
the heart of the district where the
bulls and bears browsed, he caught YS@
sight Of a familiar back It was BLY, ~:
In earnest converse with stranger ~%S'
over light collation.. Luke phoned
for youngster, someone BLY, didn't
know, and put him on the scent BY two
he had a report in his room. The stranger was a
broker, probably in no way interested in By's way
of getting the Jack; bly, entered on the books
rs trader with credit UP to 10000, and had been
buying and selling industrals; he had paid in
checks on the Such-andSuch National Bank, To-
ledo, and they had cleared without protest. he was
listed as having office in the Soandso Build
ing home address given; his the
counts was the same the his checks
B. q. Benson.
OMalley sent the operative to find Blys office
and see what went on there. The findings were that
Bly, occupied two-room suite, as B. q. Benson,
dealer in stocks and bonds; that he employed a
stenographer, attractive blonde; that there was
nothing secretive about the Offices since the scrub
women were allowed to have keys and fuss around
there that Benson usually left about or o'clock
each afternoon never worked nights there In leas.
ing the place he had given his Toledo bank and
his Cincinnati broker references-no nome ad-
dress offered asked for.
1t was past 8, so OMalley strolied over to the
building and sneak-thieved into the o1ice. He
found nothing that rewarded the trip. There were
some letters OF no significance, few newspapers,
the usual tools of small private business, and no
give-away photographs memoranda of any nature.
O'Maney st~oed out He stood on the walk
thinking 1t wasn't very devious from now on-he
would have Bly, Benson Swallowed next day when
he left the building and sometime thereafter the
man must go to his home-or to his den, wherever
1t was that he made his spurious certificates. The
place would be surrounded Bly, would be nabbed
as soon as he came out, he would be frsked" while
the premises were thoroughly searched-and Big
Ben would be we'll on his way back to Atlanta.
AS he stood there, taxi-driver, knocking his
knuckles together to warm his hands, pushed
insinuating face toward him and asked 'Cab?'
Iukes hotel was within walking distance; but he
had learned that taxidriver knows things that
other man beneath the big blue dome may ken;
he climbed n had the fellow run him to the hotel,
and rendered him a twenty. o. course. he couldn't
change it-so Luke invited him to the cashiers
desk In the warm lobby he paid him off and OBJ
served casually: You're the driver that Mr..