The Argosy, October 1906 — page 184: what you’re looking at

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ess bah bod His hair and his beard were torn off, revealing to my astonished gaze the man with the close-cropped hair, the man whose picture poor Dupree wanted so badly—— “And the man who murdered Peal Dupree,” broke in Packard excitedly. “ Postmaster, it looks as if we've really struck oil at last.. Don’t you under- stand? ‘That hired the messenger-boy is no other than the man with the close-cropped gray hair. They’re one and the same. It looks as if we’re almost at the end of the chase now. Where is this fellow now, Mr. McKnight? Did he — get awe ” he asked anxiously. “Get away? No, I should say not. He’s in the police station, locked up on a charge of disorderly conduct.” “We'll have the charge changed to homicide by to-morrow morning,” ex- claimed Packard triumphantly. CHAPTER XVI. PACKARD WINS OUT. “AND so you think you're right this time, eh, Mr. Packard?” remarked the inspector sarcastically. “ You’re sure now that it was the man with the close- cropped gray hair and the foreign ac- cent who killed Dupree? Well, I’m not forgetting that you were equally sure only a few hours ago that the book- keeper did it. And yet your star wit- ness, that messenger-boy, threw you down completely.” ““T don’t think that the Boy. will throw us down this time, inspector,” replied Packard confidently. “I’m absolutely confident that I’ve hit the right trail-at last. That foreigner with the close- cropped gray hair is the man who killed Dupree and gave that wallet to the boy to deliver to Tom Sutton.” “ And have you any theory as to mo- tive?” asked the inspector with a trace of sarcasm in his tone. “Ves, sir, I have. man killed Dupree to get possession of those snap-shots.”’ = Humph! And what, in your opin- ion, is the significance of that photo- graph incident?” “Well, I’ve only got a theory to ad- long-haired fellow who I think the shots and he must silence Dupree. this object in view he went to Dupree’s — THE ARGOSY. vance, inspector, but I think before we - get through you'll find that -it will be_ borne out by the facts. I think that this foreigner had some very good cause for not wishing his. identity: known. For this reason he wore a wig of long, black hair all the time. He imagined that with this disguise he was safe—that no- body in the city eens him or knew~ his secret. ““ Somehow OF other, on the day pre- ceding the murder, the fellow happened to be on Broadway without his wig. Ac- cording to the photographer, the fel- low had no hat, either, at the time, so it - is reasonable to suppose that the wind had lifted his hat and that the wig, be- “ing insecurely fastened, . had. pone. with the hat. <= ‘Fhe man was hurt ying along Broad- way in fear and trembling, apprehensife lest he should be recognized before he could procure another wig. Dupree hap- pened. to be on Broadway at. the time __ and saw what had happened. = “Perhaps he knew the ethers secret and recognized him immediately without — his disguise. 3 “The newspaper photographer a pened to pass at that moment with his camera. Dupree, seeing the camera, was — seized with a sudden idea. If he could secure a picture of that fellow as he really looked, it might come in useful. For this reason he excitedly offered the — photographer. fifty dollars to take the picture. Ee photographer has sold: us ae the man’s _ terrified” ae to avoid pene visit to. the “Mi irror noite Jesterday ay try to secure the orignal films at any cost. “The fellow peeled at - once = why — “had be that eee He knew that ae secret was. no <a = owns Probably Dupree was the only man in the United Seis wie ‘shared it with him. — “He must. “get these_ danger serous snap- — With office, ‘killed the Frenchman, and stole his “eatletee which . contained the tell- tale photographs. i) A =com boo ‘S = =