New Britain herald., 1923-10-23

taking a chance, Did yon hear me
 asking your friend about the menials
 ihat're closest 10 the nohlesse over at
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 ,'l had. and il nroeaked mn that he should he Adding around with sneh
 irrelevant details, when time was 50 important,
 ''i had; and 1t provoked me that he ] had reason for il, 'fhat ehanfs feur Of Hobo Bill's, he said. Slim
 Bennett. tx an old acquaintance Of mine, although didn't tell friend
 Morton so. II strikes me. Kelsey. that lt might be good thing to hook m with sllm-dnngle immunity from arrest and bunch of jack before his eyes. and see what happens. Hang fl. 1 can't feel sure in my bones Of thls Morton jasper
 "I agreed to that" Kelsey said,
 but l wanted 10 know what sort Of q fellow this Bennett was. Can you trust him?' I asked.
 "'Sure. Gorgio. All we've got 10 do with Slim Is 10 convince him that ole Marse has lost out
 But how can you get In touch with him?' I asked. Are you going to take the risk of telephoning again?'
 "'No; 1 can beat that he told mo.
 There's a kid fooling around down there in the woods; I've seen him several times from the window. I'll get held Of him, and have him carry a message. Here; give me a pencil and some paper.
 Tt struck me as a rather risky thing to do. A note might so easily fall into the wrong hands. But when I pointed this out to him, he only laughed
 Nobodys going to read this he said, except the man it's intended for, unless it might be Higgins himself and we'll have to run that risk
 T saw what he meant, when he showed me what he had written. One could hardly call it writing at all; it was just q few criss-cross lines. with rude drawing of combina- ton safe below them.
 "Juarez elucidated the cryptogram | for me. That's hobo language he said and it tells Slim that his brother Ed is waiting to meet him along this road. Ed is q yegg peterman-that's a safe -bower-and that picture of a safe down there is his moniker. It's | a pitch that will bring Slim sure.'
 He sneaked out then, and found | the boy, give him a dollar to carry the note, and came back to wait. It wasn't more than an hour afterward that we saw Bennett coming down the road. Charlie let him pass and then by making a quick detour through the woods intercepted him.
 "EIe came back as shining as May morning.
 "'Hoot, laddie!' he cried. That's the brawest, little hunch I ever kenned. Slim fell on my neck and wept happy tears, when l crossed his palm with a bond The valet Adolph. he says. is suffering from a bad case ,f' the shakes. Adolf, it seems, was Ill of twitter this afternoon, and ,ipped Slim off that there was a big ,uckus on between the three heads. From what he gathered by the key ,ole route, the bottom Is dropping ut of all their plans. Also. Adolf earns that Higgins is fixing to stage l fatal automobile accident tonight. which of course would have to be handled by himself and Slim; and the prospect of taking q chance on the hair doesn't appeal violently to either # them
 'eThen. without any warning of what vas coming. Charlie shot at me: I've rranged for you and mo to take their faces tonight
 "Nothing could have suited me bet nr We were going to do something [ last
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