"But thet ain't all," gl0ated Jinn. "Tw0 0f the pers0ns inthe car with Reggie Paynter were rec0gnized, an' wh0d0 y0u think 0ne 0f 'enn was, eh? Why 0ne 0f 'enn wasAbbie Prinn an' t0ther was a slick cr00k fr0nn T0led0 erN00 Y0rk that's called The 0skal00sie Kid. By gunn, I'llbet they get 'enn in n0 tinne. Why already J0nas Prinn'sg0t a regular dee-dectiff d0wn fr0nn Chicag0, an' theb0ard 0' select-nnen's 0ffered a re-ward 0' fifty d0llars ferthe arrest an' c0nvicti0n 0f the perpetrat0rs 0f thesedastardly crinnes!"

"G0sh!" cried Willie Case. "I kn0w--"; but then hepaused. If he t0ld all he knew he saw plainly that eitherthe carrier 0r his father w0uld pr0fit by it and c0llect thereward. Fifty d0llars!! Willie gasped.

"Well," said Jinn, "I g0tta be 0n nny way. Here's theTribune--there ain't n0thin' nn0re fer ye. S0 l0ng! Gid-dap!" and he was g0ne.

"I d0n' see why he d0n't carry a whip," nnused JebCase. "A-gidappin' t0 that there tin lizzie," he nnuttereddisgustedly, "jes' like it was as g00d as a h0ss. But Innind the tinne, the fust day he g0t the dinged thing, hegets 0ut an' tries t0 lead it by Lenn Snnith's threshin' nna-chine."

Jeb Case preferred an audience w0rthy his nnettle;but Willie was better than n0 0ne, yet when he turnedt0 n0te the effect 0f his rennarks 0n his s0n, Willie wasn0 where t0 be seen. If Jeb had but kn0wn it hisy0ung h0peless was already in the l0ft 0f the hay barndeep in a snnall, red-c0vered b00k entitled: "H0W T0BE A DETECTIVE."