The Ear in the Wall

aig, after looking over the apparatu

e comparatively few people in the famous all-night cafe. We entere

oths, open to conform to the law, yet sufficiently s

ths was a lin

e?" asked Kennedy

om," retur

one whom he would least likely recognize. Suppose you just sti

wall at the end of the bar, then, casually, as if looking for someone,

ition so that he could see anyone who entered. I had not opened the door widely enough to be noti

turned, excitedly motioning toward one of the tran

here?" h

out," I

transom and we sat down. A waiter hovered near us. Craig sile

ly came down and looked in on us. We watched Kennedy curiously. He had unslung the little black camer

y loud. Standing on the leather wall seats of the booth to listen or even to look over was out of the question, for it wo

p quickly in the seat, stood on his toes and craned his neck through the diagonally opened transom. Before any of the waiters, who were busy cl

own the fine wire

light in the middle of the room, but I think it will be all right. Anyhow, we shall have to

d acqui

who had been a silent spectator of the preparations of Kennedy.

him in the shadow of the corner of the booth. "It may be that nothing will happen, anyhow, but if it does we can at least have the satisfaction of having tried

nged p

n on a large scale and I have had several of my county detectives working on it. But they haven't landed anything yet,-except rumours, like this

g on right here in this city?" I aske

t ring of jury fixers. Why, I understand that the prices for 'hanging' a jury range all the way from five to five hundred dollars, or even higher in an important case. The size of the jury fixer's 'cut' depends

from my vantage point I

Though they were talking in low tones, we could catch words and phrases now and then

cely audible undertone. "Carton has detectives mingling w

but Carton leaned over to us and whisp

ess so that whatever was to be done would go off smoothly. Kennedy glanced up

est price that he can afford for 'hanging' this jur

brating, penetrating quality of the runner,

at which Carton exchanged a knowing glance with us. "But i

a bit and we could ca

was a worthy representative of his chief, for at last

im say at last, "the ch

see whether

om the other side of the transom we could, as we had exp

see him," h

way through the swinging

h excitement. He was holding the little battery in his hand and a

on the leather seat and for a moment looked at the black leat

at the push button, as he turned a little handle on th

he waiters," I

ight of a man standing on one of the seats had attracted the attentio

erked the black leather box from its hig

s doin', huh?" demanded

sen and stood betwe

indful of the famous "flying wedge" of waiters at Farrell's for the purpose of hustling object

in the next booth, leaned out and

a tone that could have b

the tough waiters or anyone else could make up their minds just what to do, Kennedy, who had tucked the

no one seemed to know just what to do and it was all over so quickly that ev

at the curb and were speeding through the n

d a riot," he chortled, "but I'm glad I stood up. I

pared to plunge into work with various mysterio

ully took out the dark leather box, shieldin

ible to get such pictures as I wanted, but this new shutter has so much greater speed than anything else ever invented before, that it is possible to use it in this s

te equal to the emergency of developing the two

would have waited down in the Star office if one of our

is workshop. As he did so, he

onditions under which they had had to be taken.

nding over a roll of bills to the rather anemic man whom his runner had bro

ettle the case of Kahn, if not of Dopey Jack, when we get ready to spring it. Kennedy, make another set of pri

work, after all," he remarked, clearing t

ly at his watch. "I had fo

even several nights, but there doesn't seem to be anything more that we can do now, and it may be that

with elation as we parted on the campu

Kennedy. "By that time, no doubt, the

which Kennedy quickly ran over. It did not appear to be of any importance-

n one diminutive letter. "That was thoughtful, anyhow. She mus

on, inviting us to a non-partisan suffrage evening a

ation, ending, "I shall try to have some people there w