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— ee —— ae ee : sala ape The Bowling Green Detective’s Drop. aa that she was smiling, too, and that there | ‘““Here we have found yez,” he said.| “ Natural, of course.” oe i Was a roguish twinkle in her laughing eyes | “Dhis is the gintleman Oi was telling yez' ‘ Why are ye lookifg for this young Ba as she watched Larry. about, and Oi have brought him to talk | man?’ asked Brady. | be “You seem determined, Larry,” Murphy | wi'd yez. Mister Murphy, dhis is Neal} ‘“ Why, his uncle, Mr. Michael Branna- + remarked. Brady, and dhis is Hogan Dunn, me fel-! gan, is very anxious about him, and has | ft * Oi am that!” the wild Irish lad averred. | low passengers down perchune dhe ribs av! started inquiry.” ie “Oi will run dhat gossoon out ay Oi have|dhe Atlantic whin she came over six} ‘The two men glanced at each other and 4 Sy to run him through wid a splinter, d’ye | months ago, and dhe divil’s own voyage | looked relieved. | 4 ay moind!” ; it was, by dhe same token; Oj’ll l’ave it tc “Oh, that is the way of it, eh?’ ob- Pi, “ Well, faint heart never won fair lady. | thim av it wasn’t.” . ,| Served Brady. ‘‘Well, ‘we are sorry that : | a you know, so put. on your spurs and wade The two men greeted Murphy, but they | we don’t know something that will be of | hit right in, and may good luck attend you. I] looked savage enough to eat him and Lar: } use to ye, but we don’t. Maybe the poor 4 nae think you will stand ‘a fair chance if she | ry together, pee Eee chap got overboard.” ’ ae’ sees you are in dead earnest.” CHAPTER IX. That is just what is feared.” : eR “As if Oi could be any more in earnest THE MISSING MAN “ Don’t the ship’s officers know anything SY ~\s . : ia Si. WALA AN ew ie = ea nor phwat Oi am! But, Oi will show thim about him? } **T wanted to talk with you, gentlemen,” explained Murphy, cordially, “and Larry. knowing where you were stopping, camé “IT ean’t find out about that until the steamship comes again into port. _——-— who Oi am before dhe t’ing is done wi'd. ee” or me name is mud. Avy Oi have to do it, The reg: begorra, Oi will take thot jigger by dhe nlaug totpiedassine | ister at the office does not mention his | neck and Oi will whip his seels over dhe |" :, Yes heron eee abowit 1) naantited | name, ) dashboard av his car till he will holler]. ’ iit ea ei lee: : | “And yet ye are sure that he got on pi bloody murther*" “Tf you will some with me across the | Pot’? | aes! “Do you think you can do it?” gteoat Cth inde esa Petia Peak iat +6 ‘ett Yes, we have clear proof of that. This a “Can Oi do it? Did ye notice the thin- Apts 5)“ toa 4 ‘little pai omila a | lad came on board with him, and Mr, | ile ide ae his Jews?” atk: thick MEX SALG ie baont cat seed © We! Brannagan has received a letter from Ire- 2 all 1e detective inyited. “1 don’t want sth fine 2 34 99 ae Murphy laughed, and the matter was| t, cot information for nothing, you see.” | ‘224 with further proof of it. eas dropped as they hurried off to the east | “\71, 4s miehty little you will wet. an how, ! ... _Hen it is & maystery, sure enough. J ee, side of the city. I’m thinkin.” iupapwets SI ie 7s * am afraid that you will never find him,” | ig _ Presently they found themselves ia Cher: “You may ae hia to toll i ies ara cates | Dunn remarked. | ’ ry Street, and in due time they came to | more will be money in it for you if von | “I haye got to find him or learn of his i the number they sought and entered the adi Hint sone. “OF ties Fiaate! oh alee ie, fate. | ase basement, which ws fitted up like a} io) E | ; E . ich gh Lab snk fr a with gig it “I i Bay semi-saloon. yeaa aet oe ; ine aa ‘ .| was the hound on a st unt; he knew ‘58 (ior It was not’an inviting place, and a num- | ; pe ea ed ee AG aur = Se instinctively that these two fellows held ‘ west ber of rough men eyed them sharply as | © “ny coat near ah wi What any | the secret he was after, and would even | bass 3 he they went in. a 9? raed eirest Ag he ae a* 84Y: 1 proceed on the long voyage with them if efit The Limerick boy looked swiftly about. is That’ 3 ahout what. I think” aoread | hecessary to get at the truth, : | | “Oi don’t see them, sor.” Dunn oa 2 f ° “VV ioe a9 Ae sail for Australia?’ he - i “Who d'ye want ter see?” asked a big iv XR ; ; : ; cathaw | Presenuy asked. + man at hie bak: , : ah tlhe, Hiya 5 bi eo Ey peace “In a couple of days,” was the answer, a * A couple of men named Brady and need we'll drink to, veins es ait af eee! j As sailors?” Dunn,” explained Murphy. “Do you know | « pow go you happen t “4 poe WOR te " No; as passengers,” spoke up Dunn. iv ¥ where they can be found?” goin’ on.a voyage?’ demanded Brady Pardon me; you do not look like men R be “T think they have just gone down to|*.. Why. your hoarain ESN te BB “told of means, and hence my niistake,” 4 ~ Lele their dock,” was answered. i! ot poesa Te to: 5 ‘That is all right,” said Brady. “Don’t | DY Be, “ And where is that?’ “Oh. I see.” sae, Judge man by his looks, for you | By The number of the dock was given. ads , Inay be mistaken.” : 2! “Does their ship sail to-day?” . streets dat plone tek che en Shai. boas “Well, pardon me. I took you to be | “2a “No, not for a couple of days yet, I be | oe? Dost Nositins Ne ha. De! Be: ile | sailors. But it seems to me it would have lieve.” inka a hiend a been cheaper for you to have gone straight | “Know what her name is?” Fi dine hin bl h 1 from Liverpool to Australia, without com- | “The Black Swan.” ) aaiea ok Manche we: y Bs ley al) sat) ing to New York.” % | 4 fe “* Australia.” . aati ninth. fan ay hone nae Piet Oh, that was it, eh? Then I am_-wrong | | oy ‘* Much obliged to you. We'll stroll down ang seed iy wef te ay emer hn again, it seems. Do you know, I haye 7 ‘i é that way and see if we can fall in with | anyinine stronger J ins often desired to take such a voyage.” ‘i ; : them.’ : Nw carte ‘over in the Atlantic,” th , Well, why don’t you?” .. “'Priends of yours?” ‘ 1e ‘ , e “There is no reason why I shouldn’t. 1 spotter remarked, when the stuff had been served. | * Yes, that is straight,’’ Dunn admitted. _have neither wife nor child, and nothing to tie Me on shore, and for two pins I would do it. The sight of all these ships | has given me a desire for the deep blue.” 1 ‘But, if you did that, you couldn’t find ; the missing man,” intimated Dunn. “Oh, really, it is nothing io me,” Mur: phy easily waived. “Some one else could undertake the job, but I think he would find it a sticker on his hands, as it now seems.” - The two fellows looked at each other again. | “Well, we can’t claim as that, but I have to see them on a matter of business that may be to their interest.” ‘UWhape di Rho tataswer | “Then it is all right. We don’t make it] <fivsrpook? on ne Passase! a practice to give information if it is goin “You remember the call at Queenstown to git our patrons into trouble with any: | of course? Did you notice this lad when body, but you don’t look like that sort.” | he got on board there?” : | “Glad my Jooks speak so well for me, “Yes, we did take notice of him,” an- was Murphy’s pleasant rejoinder, and he | gyopeg Brady. “He was such a wild Irish and Larry passed out. _ ) | lad we could not help it.” They proceeded straight on to South| «wey, did you notice a Pode anat Street, where they came out upon the | whose luggage he was carrying when they | “Ye had _ usual swamp of masts of vessels from all} ¢gme on board? That is. the imiportant nie e ha _ parts of the world that usually line the | thine, for that young man is mysteriously 1e docks there. | missing, it seems.” 3 __ Alittle walk further brought them to the} “+ We ean’t remember him.” promptly de: | dock where the Black Swan was lying, 4| clared Dunn. “The lad asked us about large three-master, square-rigged on all the | that when we met him to-dav.” masts, she ep ek So seine whic “Yes, he told me he did.” - night across the street and as they walkec ‘* And av ; - out upon the dock, Larry suddenly caught | jt as uch ie one Se, SE es ak AU OUS, Murphy’s arm and pointed. “ No doubt; but I wanted’ to see. if you | Spree anteneres eared Ue. | could give me the names and addresses “The one with the whiskers and that} of some other passengers. Some-one else villainous-looking fellow?’ might be able to tell me something about », “Dhe same, sor.” him, you see.” fay “AD right. Come along and introduce| “Yes, that’s so.” _ So, they advanced, and when they came| “Hang me if I can recall the name of up to where the two men were standing. | one of them; can you Hogan?” Larry stepped forward and addressed them “Not one.’ Dunn averred. “Ye geo, ‘nie : better go along with us, and lad with ye,” suggested Brady. “fe has had no luck here in New York, so he tells me,” | ; * But it is never wan step out ay Noo York will ye get me tif? I have squared off wi'd dhat gossoon ay a Nelson!” eried Larry, whose mind had evidently been dwelling upon his rival. . “ And who is Nelson?” asked Brady. _ “A fellow who is Larry’s rival, that is all,’ explained Murphy. | ‘As if that isn’t enough!’ exclaimed the wild Irish lad. ‘Wait till ye hear Oi have ate him!” — | Pi All laughed at his earnestness in the = | ~ matter; then they rose and left the place. —)- Just_as they came out upon the side- walk Dunn grabbed Brady’s arm with 4 - in his cheerful manner, causing them to look around with a start. ‘ just met fhem for a few days, and wh the ship arrived, there was an e1 it peta aN sudden clutch, his fa death, and whispered somethin tae — ide | ce like the in, an end of it.” | ear, causing Brady to look, g Tog sai,