The Calumet Chieftain. (Calumet, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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CHAPTER VI.—Continued.
"What is it you think I have done?"
I demanded.
"You have, or have had, sevoral
iousand dollars' worth of gems on
rour person to-night."
I shrugged. The accusation was so
Impossible that my confidence re-
turned.
"Mr. Haggerty, you are making a
stupid mistake. You are losing time,
besides. I am not the man for whom
cou are hunting. My name is Richard
Cornstalk."
"One name or another, It does not
matter."
"Plenty of gall," murmured one of
(he minions of the law, whom I after-
ward learned was the chiif of the vil-
lage police.
"The card by whlfA you gained
idmittance here," damanded the great
Haggerty trucul«tly.
I surrender^ it. A crowd had by
this time coiiected curiously about us.
t could see the musicians on the stage
peering over the plants.
"The thief you are looking for has
gone," said I. "He escaped by the
coal window." By this statement my
feet sank deeper still.
"What did I tell you?" cried Hag-
gerty, turning to his men. "They had
an accomplice hidden in the cellars."
"I beg to inform you that you are
making a mistake that will presently
cost you dear,"—thinking of the polit-
ical pull my uncle had in New York.
"I am the nephew of Daniel Wlther-
spoon."
"Worse and worse! said the chief
of police.
"We shall discuss the mistake later
and at length. Of course you can easily
explain how you came to impose upon
these people,"—ironically. "Bah! the
game is up. When you dropped that
card in Friard's and said you were go-
ing to a masquerade, I knew your
game in a minute, and laid eyes upon
you for the first time since X began
the chase. I've been after you for
weeks. Your society dodge has worked
out, and I'll land you behind the bars
for some time to come, my gay boy.
Come,"—roughly.
"I request Mr. Hamilton to be called.
He will prove to you that you are
greatly mistaken." Everything looked
pretty black, I can tell you.
"You will see whom you please, but
only after you are safely landed in the
lockup. Now, Madame," — turning
swiftly upon the Blue Domino, "what
Is your part in this fine business?"
"It certainly has no part in yours,"
—icily.
Haggerty smiled. "My skin is very
thick. Do you know this fellow?"
She shook her head. He stood un-
decided for a space.
"Let me see your card."
"I decline to produce it,"—haughtily.
Haggerty seemed staggered for a
moment. "I am sorry to annoy you,
but you must be identified at once."
"And why?"—proudly. "Was it for-
bidden to go Into the club cellars for
such harmless things as apples?"
Apples! I looked at her admiringly.
"Apples?" repeated Haggerty.
"Couldn't you have sent a servant for
them?"
She did not reply.
"You were with this clever gentle-
man in the cellars. You may or may
not be acquainted with him. I do not
wish to do anything hasty in regard to
yourself, but your position is rather
equivocal. Produce your card and be
Identified—if you really can."
"I refuse!"
"Then I shall ask you to accompany
us to the room up stairs till the police
patrol arrives."
"I will go,"—quietly.
"Nonsense!" I objected. "Oil my
word of honor, I do not know this
lady. Our presence in the cellar was
perfectly harmless. There is no valid
reason for detaining her. It is an out-
rage!"
"I am not going to stand here argu-
ing with you," said Hagerty. "Let
the lady produce her card; let her dis-
close her identity. That is simple
enough."
"I have already given you my deter-
mination on that subject," replied the
girl. "I can very well explain my pres-
ence here, but I absolutely decline to
explain it to the police."
I didn't understand her at all. She
had said that she possessed an alibi.
Why didn't she produce It?
So the two of us left the gorgeous
ball-room. Every one moved aside for
us, and quickly, too, as if we had had
the plague. I looked in vain for Ham-
ilton. He was a friend in need. We
were taken into the steward's office
and the door was shut and locked.
The band in the ball-room went gal-
loping through a two step, and the
gaiety was in full swing again. The
thief had been rounded up! How the
deuce was it going to end?
"I can not tell you how sorry I am
to have mixed you up in this," I said
to the girl.
"You are in no manner to blame.
Think of what might have happened
had you blown up the post-office!"
She certainly was the least embar-
rassed of the two of us. I addressed
my next remark to the great Hag-
gerty.
"Did you find a suitable pistol In
Friard's?"
"A man in my business," said Hag-
gerty mildly, "is often found in such
places. There are various things to
be recovered in pawnshlps. The gen-
tleman of this club sent me the orig-
inal ten of hearts, my presence being
necessary at such big entertainments.
gems are the most Important things
Just now."
"Yes, sir. You can rely upon us,
Mr. Haggerty. Billy, go down with
Mr. Haggerty and show him my rig."
"Good!" said Haggerty. "It's boen
a fine night's work, my lads, a fine
night's work. I'll see that all get
some credit. Permit no one to ap-
proach the prisoners without proper
authority."
"Your orders shall be obeyed to the
letter," said the chief importantly. He
already saw his name figuring in the
New York papers as having assisted
in the capture of a great thief.
I cursed under my breath. If It
hadn't been for the girl, I am
ashatfied to confess, I should have
cursed out loud. She sat rigid and
motionless. It must have been a cruel
ordeal for her. But what was puz-
zling me was the fact that she made
not the slightest effort to spring her
alibi. If I had had one! Where was
Hamilton? I scarcely inclined to the
idea of sleeping in jail in a dress-
suit.
Haggerty departed. A silence set-
tled gloomily down on us. Quarter of
an hour passed. The grim-visaged po-
lice watched us vigilantly. Half an
hour, three-quarters, an hour. Far
away we heard the whistle of an out-
going train. Would I had been on it!
From time to time we heard faint
music. At length there was a noise
outside the door, and a monment later
^HH
"What?" We Heard Him Exclaim.
And when I saw that card of yours,
I was so happy that I nearly put you
on your guard. Lord, how long I've
been looking for you! I give you
credit for being a clever rascal. You
have fooled us all nicely. Not a
soul among us knew your name, nor
what you looked like. And but for
that card, you might still be at large.
Until the lady submits to the simple
process of identification, I shall be
compelled to look upon her an treat
her is an accomplice. She has re-
lusec'. the offer I have made her, and
she can not blame me if I am suspi-
cious, when to be suspicious is a part
of my business." He was reasonable
enough in regard to the girl.
He turned to the chief of the vil-
lage police, who was sitting at the
deak ordinarily used by the club stew-
ard.
"No reporters, mind you."
"Yes, sir. We'll see that no re-
porter gets wind of the capture."
The telephone bell rang. One of
the police answered it.
"For you, Mr. Haggerty," he said.
Haggerty sprang to the telephone
and placed the receiver to his ear.
"What?" we heard him exclaim.
"You have got the other fellow? A
horse and carriage at once!"
"Take mine," said the chief ex-
citedly. "What is it."
"My subordinate at the railway sta-
tion has just landed the fellow with
the jewels. Mighty quick work. I
must hustle in to town at once.
There'll be plenty of time to attend to
these persons. Bring them to town
the moment the patrol arrives. The
Hamilton and two others came in
When he saw me, he stopped, his eyes
bulging and his mouth agape.
"Dicky Cornstalk?" he cried help-
lessly. "What the devil does this
mean?"—turning to the police.
"Do you know this fellow, Mr. Ham-
ilton?" asked the chief.
"Know him? Of course I know
him," answered Teddy; "and I'll stake
my last dollar on his honesty."
(Thanks, Teddy!) I began to
breathe.
"But—" began the chief, seized
with sudden misgivings.
"It is impossible, 1 tell you," inter
rupted Hamilton. "I know this gentle-
man is incapable of the theft. There
is some frightful mistake. How the
dickens did you get here, Dicky?"
And briefly I told him my story, my
ass's ears growing inch by inch as I
went along. Hamilton didn't know
whether to swear or to laugh; finally
he laughed.
"If you wanted to come, why didn't
you write me for an invitation?"
"I shouldn't have come to your old
ball, had I been invited. It was just
the idea of the lark."
"We shall have to hold him, never-
theless," said the chief, "till every-
thing is cleared up. The girl—"
Hamilton looked at the Blue Domi-
no.
"Madame, will you do me the honor
to raise your mask?"
She did so; and I saw Hamilton
draw in his breath. Her beauty was
certainly of an exquisite pattern. He
frowned anxiously.
"I never saw this young women be-
fore," he admitted slowly.
"Ha!" cried the chief, glad to find
some one culpable.
"Did you receive your invitation
through the proper channels?" asked
Hamilton.
"I came here to-nigTit,"—coldly, "on
the invitation of Mrs. Hyphen-Bonds,
who sailed for Europe Wednesday."
Here was an alibi that was an
alibi! I was all at sea. Hamilton
bowed; the chief coughed worriedly
behind his hand. The girl had told
me she was an impostor like myself,
that her ten of hearts was as dark-
stained as my own. I could not make
bead or tail to it. Mrs. Hyphen-
Bonds! She was a law in the land,
especially in Blankshire, the larger
part of which she owned. What did
it all mean? And what was her idea
in posing as an impostor?
The door opened again.
"The patrol has comc," said the of-
ficer who entered.
"Let it wait," growled the chief.
"Haggerty has evidently got us all
balled up. I don't believe his fashion-
able thief has materialized at all; just
a common crook. Well, he's got him,
at any rate, and the gems.'""
"You have, of course, the general
invitation?" said Hamilton.
"Here is it,"—and she passed the
engraved card to him.
"I beg a thousand pardons!" said
Hamilton humbly. "Everything seems
to have gone wrong."
"Will you guarantee this man?"
asked the chief of Hamilton, nodding
toward me.
"I have said so. Mr. Cornstalk Is
very well known to me. He is a re-
tired army officer, and to my knowl-
edge a man with an Income sufficient
to put him far beyound want."
"What is your name?" asked the
chief of the girl, scowling. It was quite
evident he couldn't understand her
actions any better than I.
"Alice Hawthorne," with an oblique
glance at me.
I had been right!
"What is your occupation? I am
obliged to ask these questions, Miss."
'1 am a miniature painter,"—briefly.
Hamilton came forward. "Alice
Hawthorne? Pardon me, but are you
the artist who recently compteted the
miniature of the Emperor of Germany,
the Princess of HesBe, and Mrs. Hy-
phen-Bonds?"
"I am. I believe there is no fur-
ther reason for detaining me."
"Emperor of Germany?" echoed the
now bewildered chief. "Why didn't
you tell all this to Mr. Haggerty?"
"I had my reasons."
Once again the door opened. A bur-
ly man in a dark business-suit entered.
His face was ruddy and his little grey
eyes sparkled with suppressed ire. He
reminded me of Vautrln, the only dif-
ference being that Vautrin was French
whiie this man was distinctly Irish.
His massive shoulders betrayed tre-
mendous strength. He was vastly an-
gry about something. He went to the
chief's desk and rested his hands upon
it.
"You are a nice specimen for a chief
of police, you are!" he began.
"And who the devil are you?"
bawled the chief, his choler rising.
"I'll tell you who I am presently."
We all eyed him in wonder. What
was going to happen now?
"Which of you gentlemen is Mr.
Hamilton?" asked the new-comer
gruffly.
Hamilton signified that he was the
gentleman by that name.
"Some ladies at your ball have been
robbed of their diamonds I under-
stand?"
"About ten thousands dollars'
worth."
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