Show the he feathered gem smugglers smuggler a by DON MARK LEMON T up H HERE en E were wall eight in all 11 II and the their owner e a little wrinkled rely gray eved man waa tra evidently very proud of the barda bit as h he invited bidell baldwin tat lolo 1010 hll his stateroom vama th the fourth morning out mt witte to watch tell them feeding yea air they re earner carrier pigeons he explained I 1 and ad as loon a I 1 reach new hew Y I 1 m going to spring the ill trap maybe they they won t hit bit the blue I 1 just maybe he wiped the grain at dust dirt from his hia he hands mid it smiled with it de light baldwin bidwel watched thrill the birds a they ra eagerly park pecked at the g grain the their own w er had bad spilled for far them and after a hit bit realized idled that the little man mount at to free to I 1 the e pigeons and let the them at tempt to find their way back are across the th atlantic to england where he be hail had taken the steamer then he postulated ex really beally air lr b he a c cried you dont mean to all allow those birds to meroa to england the bird fancier took baldwin by the coal at ae sleeve 1 in a conciliatory way bif my y dear sir air he be begged 1 I trust you will not be so inconsiderate BS a to raise objections to toy my pulp purpose to be best beet boa w with th vou vm a and nd honesty breasts Is the rule rate of m my y life fe 1 I do propose that these carr carriers leas shall e cre to england and they can do it t sir they h can do it in perfect safety illy tily they are splendid he homers and it each I 1 shall h 1 I 1 c carry try one w writ rit teo ten word old around it it its t neck eck to toy my wife mosi in bath one written ardt exclaimed claimed 13 baldwin adwin aking hla his traveling cre corn thin P canlon man a still u 11 more are eccentric ft one word sir it one word each which will make a eight words word 1 in all 11 A sentence a greeting to my wife ali ah I 1 you understand me now sir air under stand t d roe now A little token of affee ba w t tion 1 0 n between t e me and my wife baldwin did not understand at all except that his point had been eadd end and ao an gain again pleased expressed his bis diep pro 1 of 11 allowing 9 the pigeons to he be let alzar loose they would perish parish in the attempt to reach much england he asserted why try my dear sir air cried their owner the thing he has be been dm d done scores m of it times it I 1 Is nothing for far birds birda like these to cross cress the atlantic even 1 in winter they will viii make so 80 miles ill an lou hour the its whole distance just hit a current ot or air and tide slide there as it v ers ere now isow baldwin knew practically nothing of hous homing I 1 g pigeons except a vague ague 1 idea a of d their swift 1 ft flight and great endurance and a BO he be let the matter atter drop niella neither er to do th the attle man an injustice nor or show his hi own e lg ignorance however holever he decided that BS as soon as they th all hinda lead land I 1 in m bew york fork he would lay the matter before the su so TO perlor for knowledge and judgment of the T a 8 P 0 A but he was saed that trouble A As fire island came in sight light the alie door of the pigeon cage which vas now on deck became un latched and the eight birds immediately y took night flight the r ov ouner ner w was the picture of despair they the re gone he exclaimed esper G gone me without any messa message gei VI most hat wi will 11 my bif wife think yoa had better cable her on an land ing suggested baldwin and tb then en he noted vaguely u ely another pat point t of weak clinag u sea ness in h his 1 s it knowledge ledda of home homers to which the lord bird fancier paid no atten tion that the pigeons after circling once or 11 twice in the air IT laid a course direct f ly toward the long island coast 1 1 I thank you tor for your advice 1 I adi cable her replied the little grai eyed wan man despondently picking up the crop empty t Y cage age and reading casting tt it overboard but it will be a great disappointment to agatha a great disappointment amid amlet the bustle of docking decking suit and has bag gage inspection baldain lost sight eight of the on u ner of 0 the pigeons and thought about no more about him until a day or two later when struggling with the ll ac of business on his hia desk to in maiden lane then glancing through a crevice of f the iu ground edg glass use door of III hia private office in he e both saw and ad heard a little wrinkled granered gray eyed ered man a asking for or the diamond buyer uter the vague suspicion which he bad enter tat talked ad now took definite shape hope and ad bh he hastily olly scribbled traded a it doe t to the man aker instructing him to urge the ls 1 it aitor to return the next day but bill when tie lie let left to hae bae a trusted clerk shadow him to hla his residence no matter abere it might he be at four our 0 clock that afternoon the emlea 1 aaers arv reported that the ins man lived lj out ont 0 on klaos long 1 island ad arid ad had just returned from abroad with ith some fancy ancy pigeons he had bad exhibited there at at six 0 clock baldwin Bald wins chauffeur was guiding his car it the eastern at to ut of Bloo brooklyn kil drawing u up D eventually near a handsome herid sont iju one glance at R neat doe doc cote on the grounds waa ali to for bedell baldwin who briefly gave the order older home but bat that was me the re reason why the e creta lee man awaited a little 9 grav 91 1 eyed caller at baldwin s diamond ziler emporium in hidden lane on the mor row and why lh the g government ct grew richer her to the value of eivend thou than and dollars worth of items brought aid ashore by baldwin a feathered fellow aim alien of the |