Show derix I 1 A ya STORY DR f f H AE A A RT S AND 1 1 1 MAS N T ya S HAROLD macgrath e author Autho of the man on the bo etc 1 with drawings by fl harrison arnson fisher rm afi wil coper W 1905 by robbs me I 1 co I 1 P CHAPTER VII look here sir cried the c chief hief standing up and balling his fist I 1 i want you to explain yourself and vhf mighty quick you can t come into iff my presence in i is manner bah you have just permitted the cleverest rascal in the state to slip through your butterfingers butter fingers I 1 am hag gerty the T he chief of police sat down sud 1 den enly ly 19 k the consummate daring of it why f the 06 rascal ought to haye baye been in corn com mafit of an army on the board boar d of strategy he would have been parable 1 apere ere followed Joll owed a tableau that I 1 t shall not soon forget we all stared hax i at the real haggerty much after the aji aa fashion of medusa a victims pr present sent 17 y the tension relaxed and we all sighed I 1 sighed because ohp th thought choul t of jail tor for the night in a dress buit suit dwindled q d in perspective the girl t or the same reason and one or to other things the chief oi of the vil lage age police and his officers sighed be jtb cause darkness had suddenly swooped f ia down ou oil them and hamilton sighed W because there were no ems wenis hag iw gerty was the one among us who dian t sigh he lie scowled blackly I 1 this big athlete looked like a de C and the abrupt authority of 0 f his its tones convinced m nit that he was 5 haggerty was celebrated in the annals of police affairs he had handled all r orts of criminals from titled im kostors pos torfe down to petty thieves he A was not a man mah to trifle with mentally h or physically and for this reason we were all shaking in our boots he I 1 owned to a jaeh but brutal wit to him there was no such thing as sex omens criminals and he had the te lacity of purpose that has given the A bulldog considerable note in the pit 7 but quite plain that for once be had met his match j i I 1 ann t see how you can blame me fi Thum bled the chief none of us was f familiar with your looks and he I 1 bowed us his star of authority and went to work in a business like way oy and he lie has run away wih with my horse and carriage starting from nm his s chair 4 never mind the horse YOU 11 find it safe fit at the railway station snarled J haggerty now then tell me every thing that has happened from be ginning to end and the chief recounted the adaven ture briefly haggerty looked coldly afine and shrugged his broad shout ders derv As tor for the girl he never gave her so guelf als as a a single glance he knew a gentlewoman without looking at ut her twice humph isil t he a clever one thought cried haggerty in a burst of Admira admiration tiou clever is no name tor for it I 1 id d give a year of my life to some face to face with him it would be W interesting encounter hunted him or weeks and today laid eyes on him tor for s the fir had my clumsy paws on him this very afternoon he seemed so willing to be locked up that I 1 grew careless biff diff and he and i his tits accomplice an erstwhile valet had I 1 pie trussed like a chicken and bundled 3 hIn clothes press took my star credentials playing card and ineita tion it wag near eleven 0 clock when t roused the housekeeper I 1 tele tole graphed two hours ago telegraphed exclaimed the chief rousing himself out of a melancholy eS there rould would be no mention of f him in the morrow s papers yes telegraphed the despatch lay unopened on your office desk yaure a good watchdog log tor for a hen aop growled haggerty ten thou and band in gems to tonight night and by this J ime lime he J js sate safe tn in new york york you are ai all a pack of blockheads blackheads block heads used the telephone did he hea told n you to hold these innocent persons till 1 tie le went somewhere to land the ac omelice eha the whistle of the rain meant nothing to you well hat whistle ought to have told you hat there might be a mistake A good officer never quits his prisoners if t there is an accomplice in tolls else where he makes them bring him in ne does not go out tor for him and naw now I 1 ive ve got to start all over again and he in new york a bigger cata comb than rome ever boasted of he s not riot a common thief nobody knows t k who he ls Is or what his haunts are T but I 1 have seen his face never f j forget him the chief tore his hair while his 0 subordinates shuffled their feet un 4 easily then they all started in to explain their theories but the de silenced them with a wave ot or his huge hand I 1 don t watt WAL t to hear any eions let these persons go be corn com 41 t AL afe with a jerk of his head in our de oll action you can all return to acin but one officer I 1 may ne d a single man haggerty added th agh fully what are you going to do doa asked 0 ati 1 chief never you mind I 1 have an idea tea it may be a good one it if it is I 1 III telephone you all about it ahem the time comes lie ile stepped over to the telephone and called up central he spoke so low that none of us overheard what he said but he hung up the receiver a satisfied smile on his face the girl and I 1 were free to go whither we listed and we listed to return at once to new york ham ilton however begged us to remain to dance and eat as a compensation for what we had gone through but miss hawthorne resolutely shook her head and as here was nothing in the world that would have induced me to stay without her I 1 shook my head too it seemed to me I 1 had known this girl all my life so closely does misfortune link one life to another I 1 had seen her tor for the first time less than eight hours before and yet I 1 was confident that as many years under ordinary circumstances would not have taught me her real worth mrs hyphen bonds will never for give me said hamilton dismally it if she hears that I 1 ve been the cause indirectly and innocently of turning aou ou away mrs hyphen bonds need never know replied the girl smiling in bly in fact it would be per factly satisfactory and agreeable to me if she never heard at all yes why I 1 might really have known you all my life and still not hue hate known you as well as I 1 do this very minute and less than a dozen I 1 bours ours beav between een this and our arst f meet in ing you are as brave as a wise wize as a berlent cool witty and b altif I 1 shall I 1 ask the driver to let ml me out rhen bhe she laughed a rollicking joyous laugh what is so funny 9 I 1 was thinking of that coal bin well I 1 didn dian t permit a lonely po tato to frighten me I 1 retorted no you were brave enough among the potatoes you are beautiful I 1 am hungry you are the most beautiful girl I 1 want something to eat I 1 ever saw do you think it possible for a man to fall in love at first oh nothing Is impossible on tom fool s night positive fool campara tive booler superlative coolest you are marching on with your degrees mr Coni cornstalk stalk you might call me dicky I 1 said in an aggrieved tone dickye never I 1 should always be thinking of paper collars I 1 wish I 1 were witty like that she snuggled down beneath the robes an artist artists s model thought I 1 never in this world I 1 now understood the drift of her uncle uncles s remark about her earning capacity the alice haw thorne miniatures brought fabulous prices and here I 1 was sitting co 0 o close to her that our shoulders touched and she a g rl A wa ahn N 1 0 J ILA 0 01 haggerty looked coldly at me I 1 will call a conveyance for you said the defeated M F H I 1 shall never forgive you dicky yes you will teddy A loving cup the next time we meet at the club will mellow everything quarter of an hour later miss haw thorne thorns and I 1 wrapped in buffalo robes our feet snugly stowed away in straw slid away to the jangle and quarrel of sleigh bells belIs toward moriarty Mor larty a s holly wood inn the moon shone not a cloud darkened her serene and lovely countenance the pearly whiteness of the world would have aroused the poetry is in the most sordid soul and tar far far away to the east the black tossing line of the sea was visible what a beautiful night I 1 volun leered tee red the beginning of the end the beginning of the enda what does that meana why when you first spoke to me it was about the weather oh but this isn t going to be the end this is the true beginning of all things I 1 wish I 1 could see it in that light but we can not see beauty in anything when hunger I 1 es back of f the eyes I 1 haven t had anything to eat save that single apple for hours and hours I 1 was so excited at mouquin a that I 1 ate almost nothing you are hungry well well fix that when we get to moriarty a III find a way to waking him up in case her he s asleep which I 1 doubt there N will III be co 1 chicken and ham and hot coffee lovely and we shall dine with the gods and now it is all over and done it was funny wasn gasn t terribly tunny funny with a shade of irony it would have been funnier still if the real haggerty t turned up the patrol had arrived but it didn dian t happen I 1 shall never forget this night romantically I 1 should be inordinately glad to tor for get it completely decidedly where wheres s your romanced romance 9 I 1 asked I 1 d rather have it served to me be tween book booke covers overs As I 1 grow older my love of repose increases do you know I 1 began boldly it seems that I 1 have known you all my life indeed intimately emperors and princesses and dukes not to mention the world ly rich I 1 admit that tor for a moment I 1 was touched with awe and it was beginning to get serious this girl interested me marvelously I 1 summoned up all my courage are are you married 9 io NOO nor engaged to be married no 0 but you austn t ask as at these questions how would you like to ride around I 1 in n a fi first class elass motorcar motor car the rest of your dayse she laughed merrily possibly it was funny are you always amusing like thise supposing I 1 were serious 9 in that case I 1 should say you had not yet slipped off your fool s motley this directness was discouraging I 1 wonder if the ten of hearts isa lucky after all I 1 mused we are not in jail I 1 consider that the best of good fortune give me your card said I 1 she gave me the card and I 1 put it with mine why do you do that perhaps I 1 want to bring about an enchantment soberly I 1 I 1 As signer signor or as mr Com Cornstalk stalk 9 I 1 have long since resigned my post tion in the museum it was too excia ing she made no rejoinder and tor for some time there was no sound but the music of the bells finally we drew up under the colon lal ial porte cocheres of hollywood inn and were welcomed by the genial moriarty himself his celtic countenance a mir of smiles anything in the house to eata 1 I cried shaking the robes from me anything ye like it if you like bowld th things I 1 ng S I 1 can hate ye a pot of coffee on the gailene ga solene olene burner and there s manny a vintage in the billars that will be plenty joyfully helping M ss hawthorne to alight sure and e are from the hunt clab noting our costumes well well I 1 they niver have anny too much grub fow now putt ye in a little room all be yer silves with a windy and a log fre pre cozy as 3 e plaze ye yell 11 have nearly two hours to wait for the car r from the village ro be continued A |