Show DETECTIVES DETECTIVE'S LIFE SAVED BY FIRES FIRE'S INTERFERENCE Sleuth Tells How Hov Murder Was Vas Prevented by Blaze Which Was Suddenly Started as if by Providence There Is Ig an old Scotch saying that The children have aye their fathers father's fathers father's fath fath- ers er's luck said Jim McNaughton of or of Kansas City an detective ex-detective of or the Thiel's agency who Is stopping over for a n. day or two in Salt Lake on his way to the coast The particular case I have In mind was that of or Norman Geddes the son of or a 11 rich shipper cotton-shipper In New Orleans where I was sent to work up upa upa a case cace In the early carly eighties I was personally acquainted with the boys boy's father having done clone some work for him a n few years cars before Well Yell to get down do to m my story while I i was eating my supper a boy brought me mc a message from Mr Geddes Geddes' telling me that he wanted to see sec me rae at the earliest possible moment on Important business In connection with his son After the door of ot the library had been elo closed cd and I was seated beside Mr Geddes smoking ln one o of or his fragrant Havanas he lie told me that he was afraid his son eon had got Into serious trouble He said Mid that the boy who was not yet through college had lately been Jilted by a a. young woman belonging to one of ot the f families s oC of the city and he had taken It so much to heart that he seemed to have g gone ne nil all to the bud bad since tho the unfortunate affair Of or late he had ml added ed gambling to his other vices an and the day before he had forged his fathers father's name to a check for 1000 The old gentleman honored the check but he was hearted broken cd about his only bo boy He had Information that his son had been seen In a drunken condition condition condition con con- In the slums Blums of ot the tho ten tenderloin district where he Tie was as as liable to be murdered for 10 as 1000 and he wanted me to go at once and If It I found the thc bo boy to bring him home as quietly as possible If H n necessary however I was to use force Corce The sum and substance of oC the story tor Is that I got Norman back to his devoted devoted de de- de- de voted parent with of or the mone money still In his possession I dont don't believe I I would ever er have been heen able to get et him away from train the three villainous-looking villainous sports that I found Cound him playing cards with although tile the teb boy y IH had l ben been been been- foxy enough to hide 00 of ot his money In his shoes before getting Into the game I If It had not been that Providence wa was with me Suddenly after fter the bo boy had had refused re re- re fused to accompany mo me and the three ruffians were threatening me rae with dirks a big blaze started among the wooden shacks of oC the tenderloin and we ran for our lives Those fellows would have separated the lad hid from that that OO 00 and his Jewelry If they had had to murder him to do It it As Aa It was we did not get gel out of ot the building any too soon oon Part of ot the roof root fell down onto the second floor before we wc reached the street Mr Ir Geddes took his son off ocr to Europe Immediately after that escapade de and I understand that the boy put a check to his evil ways was and became a n re respectable respectable respectable re- re citizen |