The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-14

I so. But, Mr.-cr-Truitt, you re-
member I told you | saw Perry
Heath last night"
Motifs eyes bulgcd. and Al Cum
ningham looked startled, but Truitt
said. suavely, :! remember you did,
Mr.. Anderson. You were both In the
"fcs. Though I don't think Heath
saw me. You see, was just coming
out when he brcczcd in, and hurried
to his own locker, across the room
from mine. He paid no attention to
me. and was SO surprised, I said
nothing to him. 1t was In my mind
to hurry out and call headquarters.
| then ! saw you, Mr.. Truitt, and
realized that you represented the
| law, SO, as you assured me you were
on the job, I did no more about it,
but came along home"
"And then what did you do, Mr..
Anderson"
"Then l went to bed, sir, and to
sleep"
Eyes, but before you went to bed. ?"
after came home from the club,
II went nowhere else. AS say.
went to bed"
And ] say. Mr.. Anderson. you
went over to Harbor Gardens"
"Over to Harbor Gardens! My
dear sir, you must be out Of your
head"
ooh. no: I'm not, and Truitt
laughed softly. "You sec, went
home, and later. Mr.. Buck and
went into the Heath house next door
to Mr.. Bucks home, and we spanA.
some time there"
"Yes?" Anderson's tone was dis
interestedly polite.
"fes. and while we were there,
Perry Heath came in"
Heath! You amaze mel"
"Oh, no. Mr.. Anderson, don't
was there, you were there, too"
"I!"
Yes. you. When Perry Heath
was there. you were there, too, for
the simple reason that Perry Heath
could not be there without you. For.
sit still Mr.. Anderson. for you are
Perry Heath"
With sudden swift move, Truitt
was on his feet and at Andcrson's
side.
With series Of quick moves he
had put on Anderson's head t0upcc
that covered his badness, and had
also adjusted into place a pair of
shell trimmed glasses.
Perry Heath sat before them! -
Put in your TOOTH" said Truitt.
so sternly, that the man before him
pulled from his waistcoat pocket Il
single tooth on plate and slipped it
into the place of the missing eye
tooth Of Sam Anderson.
"Oh. what fool l was!" exclaimed
Cunningham. 1.-THE night / was here
to supper, Anderson had that in,
and he left the table to remove it,
and ] never caught on that it was
disguise! But Perry Heath! I
can't believe tor understand it,"
There is no Perry Heath" Truitt
said. "or rather, there is no Sam An
derson. DO you want to tell the
story, Heath, or shall II"
There's not much to tell" Heath
said. sullenly. you fellows have
got ne. might as well own up. I'm
bad egg. hut l-oh, we'll. was
goaded into it. won't speak i'll Of
the dead, but my wife and I never
hit it off. She was of the high and
mighty variety, and was a good fell
low. So ! conceived the plan Of
being two men. 1t has been done
beforc--it isn't at all unique in
stance.
II built up second personality.
that's all there was to it. I was
often away from home, down in New
York, half of every week or SO. Lots
Of the Harbor people are. So. when
wasn't at home | was making my
self into Sam Anderson, a man as
different as possible from Perry
Heath. Appearance first, of course.
This wasn't hard, as I have bald
head. and always wear a toupec-
as Heath, ! mean. But. my toupccs
were so perfectly made and fitted,
that no ono but my wife ever sus-
pcctcd ] wore one. The glasses.
which are capital for disguise pur-
poses. arc simply plain, clear glass,
and no one knew that. The false
tooth is Il natural thing for any man
to have. but using it only, as Heath,
It helped to accentuatc the differ
cnce. For the rest, the style Of dress
and hat and tie and all that. made
two men Of me. practiced a slight
~ different voice, but, on the whole,
it required only light disguise. for
so few Harbor Gardens people know
Harbor Park people and vice versa"
You had two separate lines of
business?" Truitt asked, fascinated
in spite Of himself by the story.
Ito Be COntinucd.D