Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-07-20
Eyes. sir. l see that.
sWhere were q

non come down before he Leave
1Was he in a hurryi Was he walk
ing fast?"
@Yes, sIr-hs come down the steps
pretty fastY
do you remember II he had any
thing In his hands7"
mot In his hands, no, sir. But he
have a bundle under his arm"
"What sort Of a bundle7"
81 don't say for sure, Meester Han
vey: but / think from where I was
work, 1t look like a bundle of Clothes
"Do you remember II he was wear
ing the same suit when he left the fra
ternity house that he had on when he
entered?"
Again Carmicino hesItated. When
he answered 1t vas as though honesty
was distasteful. II feel mos sure he
was not wear the same suit"
You think he changed clothes be-
tween the time he visited Thayers
room and the time he left the house,
err"
Il think, yes. But l do not know
for sure
DO you know Mr.. Larry Welchr- :
Eyes, sir. He is one fine Teller.
ibid you see him on May nrst7~
mo, sir, / do not see him any"
you didn't see him come to this
house or leave it7'
ana sir IL un 600 bf- - III
OF course / hear everybody talk that
he have been here to see Mr.. Thayer.
But me, | don't set ever one eye on
him.
Now. suppose you tell me what
happened after Mr.. Vernon left the
fraternity house?'
Il was work In the back down.
stairs when / see Meester Vernon 60
away. Then | get my mop and floor
wax and go up to second floor. / do
not see anybody when l go up theirs.
so | start waxing the floor and after
while / look over and / see Meeste<
Thayer's door is q leetle bit open /
look again and l see his foots and
also his legs, and I think right away
It Ii funny he should be lying down
on the floor-because that II funny
thing to do.
Then my mind says to mo that
maybe Meester Thayer, he n drunk.
and I think l will put him on the bed
70 he cnn sleep 1t away. I do not
want the other fellers to know
Heester Thayer II drunk In the ira
ternity house because that u not nice
except when they have ! party. !
walk to the door. The chunky
frame OF the janitor seemed to shrivel
1t the remembrance and there was !
Wild light In his eyes: Il 20 In thu
room, Meester Harvey, and right
away I see that Meester Thayer he 4
not drunk, because his throat-his
throat :" The janitor covered
his face with his hands and rocked
back and forth. HE Ii Ill blood,
Meester Harvey. I touch him OncA
and ! see he Is entirely dead and then.
Meester Harvey, something take hold
OF me-here-and get fr1ghten'
scared and / do not know anything
more until / am downstairs with
Meester Farnum and Meester Gleason
and they are say, What's the matter.
Mixer And that Is all, Sir-because
anything else | do not remember b.
cause I am 80 afraid when / see that
blood"
Reagan relaxed m the story I'm
ished. He glanced at the prodigioul
detective to see what effect It had
made. Harvey was lying back In his
chair with eyes half closed, apparently
oblivious to everything.
Reagan wanted to break the awk
ward silence, but dared not Carmicint
stared %curiously at the bovine Han
vey, then sank into ! chair, his sharp
black eyes rowing about tho little
room. And when Harvey spoke, Il
was In a casnal-Almost dI~sinterestet
voice; and about something else.
who did You like best, Aike-Ver
non or Thayer?"
Carmicino did not hesitate.
"Meester Thayer. sir. ! Like hin
most best"
"WhyT"
The swarthy face turned brick red
but the mar did not evade.
II like Meester Thayer best, sir, be
cause I feel like him and me, we ar,
partners"
Huh? What you Partners
81 mean I do not like to "a,
this, sir, because you are policeman
but I promise to tell the truth, Meeste
Thayer and me. we do much business
with each other
what sort Of ~businessr'
whisky
Reagan sat up very straight. Thi
was something entirely new to him.
"You mean" asked Jim, 4that Thay
er wal a bootlegger7"
Carmicino made a gesture Of horror
~Oh no, sir. Meester Thayer. he
fine Teller. He only get the order
and ! buy the whisky for him. 1t
me which are the bootlegger." FL
paused for 4 moment In obvious EN-
barrassment, and then made I turtle
tfy-A 1919