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SPECIAL DETECTIVE
(Ashton-Kirk)
CHAPTER I
MR. SCANLON RELATES SOME PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
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ASHTON-KIRK, student of crime, sat cross-legged upon a rug; thoughtfully he drew at the big pipe; the wreaths of smoke drifted over the tottering towers of books with which he was surrounded, and eddied out at an open window.
“Fuller,” said he, “get me the name Campe.”
The nimble fingered assistant ran through the cards of a filing system.
“Campe—Mexico—financiers?” said he, at length, turning his head.
“Right,” spoke Ashton-Kirk.
“Volume II,” said Fuller, closing the drawer. “Shall I have it sent up?”
“Yes.”
In a few moments, Stumph, gravest of men servants, entered, bearing a bulky folio which he placed before his employer.
“In a short time,” said Ashton-Kirk, “Mr. Scanlon will call. Bring him up as soon as he arrives.”
Stumph silently withdrew; the special detective puffed at the meerschaum and nodded to Fuller.
“Let’s see what we have about the Campes,” requested he.
Fuller took the book, opened it at the index, and then turned over until he came to a certain page. He read: