The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-03
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permanent reservation In the
name Of THOMAS FOGARTY.
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CHAPTER VII
"All right. Mooney" Jimmy slap
ped the detective on the back. Well
60 down to Mr.. Fogarty's hotel and
let him. try to explain this.'
"Not so fast, not 40 fast" shot
back Mooney. For all Of his sur
prise, he had been doing some rand
thinking. He turned to the ticket
seller. Have you got two seats right
behind this one for next Monday
night?"
''See what can do" The young
man began to scan through stack
Of tickets. "Here you are-seats 80
and 81 in Row l. Just what you
want. BY the way, has Big Tom
Fogarty got into JAM"
"Pm not saying. brother" Mooney
reached for the tickets and tossed q
bill through the grating.
! The ticket seller flushed. "None Of
my business. of course, hut If you
can get anything on Fogarty you'll
be the first one that's been able to
do it," s@
"Yeah? Well, they all make mis-
takes sometimes" Mooney pocketed
the tickets. He turned to Jimmy.
"We're not showing our hand to
Fogarty yet. Well have a chance
to find out few things about him
and Monday night we'll get good
look at him."
They turned away from the win
dow, leaving the clerk ablaze with
curiosity.
"Fogarty's the man we're looking
for. Why give hin, a chance TO get
away"
Hes not running away" declared
Mooney. II know the kind of gent
we're dealing with, and I'm not talk
ing to him until I have something
more to 60 on"
1--WE want something more to go
on" Mooney had said. Well, they
had it. What they learned about
Fogarty was sufficient. in Jimmv's
mind, to put him behind the bars for
q lengthy stay. XIX !.
,"Crooked as q SNAKE" declared
Mooney. after = talk Of several hours
with. friend in the Mansfield detec-
tive bureau.
"A ward hccling politician ana the
best little vote buyer that ever threw
an election. Mixed, up in lot Of
high pressure bookkeeping and ,sus-
pected of knowing lot about one or
two high-jack murders. But they
can't get thing on him. We've
heard q lot about that bird hack in
Grafton.
"Got plenty Of money and plenty Of
Influence. A professional bondsman.
too"
! They had gone later to the May
fair Hotel, where Mooney had learned
the number of Fogarty's room and
promptly had learned from a cham
bermaid that Fogarty had not slept
in his room the previous Tuesday
night. 81.
SThat was The night before your
fathers murder" said Mooney, "the
night this H. A. Jones of New York
registered at the Garfield hotel. It
might not mean q thing and then
again it might. This fellow Fogarty's
been living in the same hotel for rive
years and the maid says he's often
ont all night.
'+Still. it's something for him to ex-
plain. We've got the stub Of the
theater ticket he bought and he's got
to account for that, too. You see.
Rand, it doesn't pay to rush 1t
things too fast. Now when we see
Fogarty he'll have to have pretty
tiRht little story to work himself
1 loose. You wanted to clamp down on
him with Just the ticket to 60 on"
The little detective smiled at his
nwn, nlavernaae Jimmy cOuldnst
help admiring him.
/ Mooney, it seemed, had some other
work on his hands in Mansfield.
There was an automobile theft case
which the chief had told him to look
into while he was there.
"Killing two birds with one stone"
ismiled Mooney. We've gone pretty
near as far as we can now until we
see Fogarty. I'll be busy Sunday
and part Of Monday. Suppose we
| get together Monday afternoon and
lplan our reception for Mr.. Fogarty.
Thatil give, you Monday morning to
look around for that job you were
talkin' about. "That is." he added
with wink, s'if you still think you'll
be here long enough to need one"
"l'm beginning to think it might
not be necessary" Jimmy answered,
although this Fdsarty thing looks
almost too good TO be true"
Sunday morning Jimmy sent . tele-
gram to his mother and sister:
"Feeling fine and making progress.
Write to me-" He sent along his
address.
The day passed swiftly. In the
evening he hunted up 2 church.
Slipping into an empty pew he sat
listening to the organ while the
church gradually filled up. He
reached for . hymn book and idly
J skinned through it.. Most Of the
thymns were fsniliar to- him--Janet
used to play them on Sunday eve
nings at home.
!! He became gradually. aware OF .
girl sitting just across the aisle from
him. He could see her profile. The
Thought occurred to him that he
enough to paint II, Her nose slight
fly tip.tiited. and her firm little chin
seemed so clearly etched against the
background Of h1ht. He could
not see her eyes. and the small hat
she wore hid most Of her hair. What
he could see of 1T was black and
straight and hobhcd. Her whole
pose seemed to- him to- lit natu rally
into . church background,
They wer6 praying. He found
himself on hia knees. not listening to
the regular prayer. hut praying Of
his own accord. When he looked I'M
10 glanced inyoluntxri1y across the
elsie. The girl wes leol6ng ct him.
He half expeete1 .tur see amusGmenti
!! ID her eyes ard flushed 6liEhtly.. Ia