Show W The ell Job the Cb Exploits its of 1 a Physician tian Detective D t George eF F Butler MD L I I H Copyright 1907 by W G Chapman One of the most moat extraordinary cases that ever came under the observation of Dr Furnivall and which as it turned out could in all aU probability nev never never never er have hae been solved in any other way than through his Is peculiar method of I hypnotism h was what is known in po police police I lice circles as The Job The truths of this unique crime as brought out by him are as follows In a large old house of I three stories of brick painted yellow I sitting in a yard of its own surround surrounded I ed by high board fences amidst new tenement buildings filled with an ele element ment utterly incongruous with wl h its air of respectability lived I Miss She clung to the an ancient ancient homestead as to her one friend on onearth onearth earth to the everlasting disturbance of the clamorous neighbors who in their congested quarters resented In six languages the occupation of a whole house of fourteen rooms by one person i and that hat one an elderly single female or of oily manners and a good Income I who Aho pretended to be what she was not For this woman by her smile which I was ostentatiously gentle gentte by her voice which was ostentatiously tender and arid aridI I by her ostentatious acts of kindness which consisted in feeding stray cats and anti allowing the children of the tene tenements 4 ments m to play in her great back yard one hour a week this woman by all thebe signs advertised herself as a per person person person son of good goo nature and benevolence when she was ivan very ery far from being that I 1 It did not require many days of observation I on the part of any anyone one of or the interested observers to force the con conclusion conI I elusion on them that all alt this while white done by the lady with a view of exalt exalting exalting I ing her reputation was in reality ream the theS S expression of cowardice In fact this benevolent woman was afraid She wished to conciliate these rude ones she wished to be on good terms with her neighbors for fear of or them Too i miserly they said to sell her property proper at the low price which it was now worth on account of its location so near the heart of the slums she held heldon heldon heldon on with a grim comparable to that of or death alone fawning and an smiling smiting lov los lovingly lovingly losI I when she felt only dread and hate In order to save sav the few dollars she would be obliged to sacrifice from her plenty in selling out and going to V i more congenial quarters q arters The bases I of this opinion were many spread over overa I a large Jarge area of observation by the on onlookers onlookers 3 lookers who were shrewder than she sh thought but one of these bases flared out like a beacon bea on light from among all the others and was observable perhaps once a day for every hours I of the year ear earIt It was vas the distinction she made be between between between tween the value of men and that of ol cats cat and upon this distinction as she I made it rests r the story of her strange I misfortune rp Ip the street t toward this lady Jady who was sweeping the steps of her domicile in the morning a man advanced He was wac not a nice appearing person His clothes cothes were greasy and ragged his nose was blooded his gait was halt as asif asIr asIt if It there were sores on his heels and I his skin was exceedingly dirty and I grown Iro n over with thick black hairs He Ht S saw the busy sweeper all at once and I immediately began his preparations These consisted In a smoothing down L I of the heavy heaT beard a pull putt at the brim I of his old slouch hat a straightening I of or r the shoulders a sidling movement of the body bod arid and a a deprecatory eye He I coughed and with his hand on the gate gatepost gatepost gatepost post spoke Hmm Laly cd ed yer er help a poor pooi poorman poorman man that lIghted fi fer for yer In the war warT I She turned upon him like a tigress She was not handsome and the distor distortion distortion tion of her coarse features s the baring barini of her strong yellow teeth and her sud den dpn raging at him took him completely 7 aback abak I You she hissed You a man six I feet ft tall and healthy asking help You I ought to be ashamed of yourself Why I dont you ou go to work There is plenty I to do You are arc lazy laz Dont you dare ask asle me for assistance you you ugh I In i a fever of virtuous wrath she gave gae i an a extra swish of oC her broom stamped her ler oer foot throw a 1 last indignant glance toward the abashed mendicant flew fiew into the house and slammed the door Hobus leaned on the fence wearily wcarl I 3 He had not been in the war and he if she by b some occult power I known only to the higher classes had I found him out In his lie He Was Yas that the reason hy she was so fierce He be 3 FO so He H did not know how it was I I hut but the world was down on him The whole world He looked up at the f house h Use wonderingly smoothing his beard with a trembling hand and tried to think Where re should he go next I He lie was hungry he was wretched he het t was Impotent Imp tent and he could not see sea that all this was his fault It appeared I to him hini that he had been born o hun hungry I gry and wretched and incapable and I never could be anything else Listlessly he moved away a wa across the street t to the scant shade of a straggly tree and considered d Presently another man wan with the soil soli of oC several states on onI I his person hardly distinguished In ap from Hobus himself though he was smaller and younger and his I hard card was of or a fortnights growth only slouched around the corner examined the house hou e a moment and then crept rpt into the yard Hobus began to grin and hobbling hurriedly to a tion of or advantage behind the great I square fence post pricked up his ears I to listen I Lad Lady said Sald the young tramp to Miss lIsl when she had answered his ring could you JOU please feed a poor poorman poorman poorman man that was in the th Spanish war and I got broke down fer yer Jer I Hobus shook his head solemnly as he heard this form of address so closely resembling his own In the mouth of I another it took on n a new meaning It ft I seemed like attempting to establish a aright right to alms aims rather than Ulan a bid for charity and kindness and Hobus with without without without out understanding the philosophy of the case cat felt intuitively that it was a I wrong move Condescension Is a necessary sary satry concomitant of or charity with many givers and to remove the possibility of their enjoying hat that I comfortable emo emotion emotion emotion tion by asking help of or them as a right I not nol as a n favor faor Is unwise He resolved to remodel his own OW formula after this In the meantime he lie shook sh ok with wild I laughter to hear Miss lIss ad dress It was exactly word for tor word the th same answer she had given him and not knowing that it was a familiar form to her beaten into her mind by the th he constant repetition of it during 1 I fifty years cars or more of resistance to the horrible evil e il of or pauperization he won wondered wondered dered d red how she remembered it so per perfectly You she hissed You a man six feet f t tall he was five feet two and healthy asking help You ought to be ashamed of or yourself Why Wh dont you ou so go to work There is plenty to do You are lazy laz Dont you dare ask me for r assistance jou you ugh 7 She slammed the d InThis face Hobus peering around the post pre preparing preparing preparing paring to meet the tho rejected applicant with a facetious grin was startled by iy bythe b the he t sudden deathly d athly pallor of his skin and quickly drew back Into his hiding place The young oung nan n a an slowly lowly left the yard and started in the direction whence he had come iOme walking weakly w kly staggering a little UttIe and keeping near ne r the t ilE houses against which he frequently leaned l to steady his tottering steps At Atthe Atthe Atthe the corner he paused looked dazedly daze around clapped his hand to his side and then sank in a heap on the side sidewalk sidewalk sidewalk walk walkIn walkIn walkIn In an au instant there was a crowd around him which Hobus joined hov hovering hoVering hoVering ering on the outskirts of it With Hh mor morbid morbid morbid bid curiosity A doctor do tor came hastily from his office nearby knelt over the huddled body and presently announced that It Jt was death due to a and starvation Hobus waited until the ambulance arrived and closed clos d its doors on its ghastly burden nd rat rattled rattled tied away Then he returned to his former position by the tree tre and stood tood eyeing the old house opposite with a queer passion struggling for expression in his weak wc k face faceIn faceIn faceIn In a moment up the sidewalk came a little girl with a cat in her arms and turning into Miss Misa doorway rang the med bell beU expectancy In lit her bright eyes eV s the U flush fluth sh of enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm in her round cheeks checks Miss lIss T ell eli opened the door the tramp looking on In curiosity Oh Miss cried the child here her is a n kitty and she is lost and I 1 I found her and o you ou do lo you OU want her Mamma said you belonged to the the oh something that takes care are of kitties kittles Oh the dear little tl f observed Miss loudly with a ft cast of 01 her eye up to the windows opposite as asif asif asif if addressing them Come right in darling and I 1 will give ghe the poor thing some milk And I think that is very nice of or you to bring ring the poor little kittle kittie here I 1 wilt will give you apiece a of ol nice candy for it ft Come It was one of those idiosyncrasies of ol character which only the profoundest philosophy can explain that while she hoped and believed that the neighbors would become cognizant of her good goodness goodness goodness ness to cats and would applaud it thinking it was abstract goodness she abe sheat sheat S Sat at the same time never neer thought of their becoming aware of her harsh treatment nt t of men and resenting It though the th evidence she gave of the latter was at least four times stronger than that of ci r the former She always looked at the th surrounding windows with benevolence when she took In a cat but when she drove a human being bein away from her house in a voice of strident strident strident dent power she never neer dreamed of any hearing it except the person she sh i addressed The door closed behind the two as rn S the child accepted the invitation with I Ithe the delight of her years and innocence A great man has said that so 80 sUbtle i iare are the springs of conduct there Is fer f r r every person even the lowest some somo one on i action at least in the external world work I that will infuse him hini with courage and andall am I all the passions which the highest can cas I feel Hobus the moment he lie saw aw that tim t transaction became another man He H straightened up his flesh sud and suddenly suddenly denly to grow less flabby his eye ey e brightened and a look of Intelligence nce flashed into it though It had long bees been h en engevold I devoid of Jf that excellence And this 3 time without smoothing his beard or oi r coughing or arranging his hat he hi started across the street to the tue big bi house entered the yard and put a n dirty dirt hand to the bell When Miss I appeared he pushed In took th the little S girl who had childlike followed her hr he r hostess at the sound of or the bell by b the tb S arms gently lifted her to the theo outside a and ana closed the door Now sizzle ye he lie said to the be bewildered bewildered Miss Wet heil arter youve C fed the cat give me Something to eat He grasped her arm as he spoke and ani shook her scowling and masterful Sizzle ye he reiterated It was the tb first time in his life that he ever eer could t have been called masterful The horror horr r of her situation nearly nearl V overcome Miss She was alone In that great house with an ugly V tramp To call out would be foolish foolishness foolishness foolishness ness Nobody could hear And even een If I t anybody could hear she would be mur murdered murdered murdered dered before th help could arrive But Bu Miss lIss Vetch ll was not one to remain r overwhelmed She knew exactly what wha to do In the circumstances once she sh had time to tl collect ct herself A thousand times had she practiced her perspicacity ty on the neighbors In exigencies which though they the never neer any of them had been as urgent as this were still stilt of oC strategic importance She had a prin principle principle principle ciple and she would employ it now no It was Therefore Oh she ex cx exclaimed exclaimed claimed as if to a dear friend come right in Now what would you like for tor breakfast Lay Layoff off your our hat Here let me take it Should you like some strawberries and cr cream am I 1 like lII e them But you ou can have just what you want She bustled away awa through the sit sitting sitting sitting ting room to the kitchen where wh re the table was kept continually set Hobus followed her closely Anybody else In the house sides you he asked Oh yes es she answered answer d with em emphasis Theres a family upstairs I 1 expect Mr Ir ll down every min minute minute mm ute site He laughed boisterously sly Her man manner maner ner er convinced him They two were ere alone He sat in a chair put his feet teet teeton on the table produced a cigarette and said GIve us a light old girl She brought ft rt to him obediently with an exaggerated show of conde condescending condescending hospitality f Do you enjoy smoking she he asked in a desperately friendly manner work working workIng t rk ing about the range Ho He threw his head back and laughed blowing blue clouds But he said sald noth nothing nothing nothing ing except Hurry up Im hungry and then Sizzle yer Ill give you ou some nice ham hm and eggs sh she volunteered with a broad show of happiness Should yoU JO like that She paused with Ith a fork in her hand over oer the gas range and looked Inquiringly at a him There was fear deadly fear In it her eyes ey s and face and andin andin andin in all her manner which she strove stroe with all alt her might to hide vainly and this man wIse who wl tei te minutes before had cringed to her saw that fear and the seeing made him her slave driver Ham and Is all right he lIe said changing his legs but hurry hum hurr up sizzle yer Oh yes she Ipe cried ried Ill hurry She ran here heN and there In the kitchen now for this thing now no for that and presently the fumes of the frying meat filled the room roon She started to open ope one of the windows to let the smoke out but he h leveled lila hia hi forefinger at her from where he sat and said simply i Dont Oh you ou like the thc window Open she said raid VI 1 thought you there I rather like the smoke of frying ham myself Only Only I 1 thought you ou and ani She finished with a gasping cough the commingled led st gas ga cigar cigarette cigarette ette and meet meat nearly strangling her He looked at her c cynically lI and blew ble acrid puffs and badly made m JD de e rings to toward toward ward her shrinking nostrils The stray cat was lapping milk out of a saucer s in i n the sink and Hobus putting his legs down scuffled his feet on the linoleum ul covered floor suddenly to see sec se her hr jump When she he answered ans red his Hs expectations ex by spitting and arid scuttling beneath the th stove he h grinned delightedly Say old girl he called caIl d in a loud voice In th order to make himself heard above the sputtering and sizzling of the ther ham its cheaper to feed cats eats n a what that humans aint it She Sh Was tas so fully occupied with her hel fears Cears for Jor her property and her bodily odny safety that she did not t take |