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His benefactress once sought, by means of Inspector Byrnes's penetrating eye, to pierce the clouds surrounding his origin, but the inspector smiled at the hopelessness of the attempt. "Where is he now?" I asked. "I left him in New York," she said. "I suppose he'll blow in all his money as soon as he can possibly manage to do so."
It was about a week after this that Detective Hefflefinger, of Inspector Byrnes's staff, came over to Philadelphia after a burglar, of whose whereabouts he had been misinformed by telegraph. He brought the warrant, requisition, and other necessary papers with him, but the burglar had flown.
Talk about your Russians say, wouldn't they give you a painsky when it comes to a scrapovitch?" Not even on the fair island of Nippon was there a more enthusiastic champion of the Mikado's men. Supporters of the Russian cause did well to keep clear of Engine-House No. 99. Sometimes all thoughts of the Japs left John Byrnes's head.
Though they mintioned th' fact that I resked death f'r me adopted fatherland, they'd make th' more intherestin' story about th' time I almost met it be fallin' down stairs while runnin' away fr'm a polisman. F'r wan page they'd print about me love iv counthry, they'd print fifty about me love iv dhrink. "Th' things thim gr-reat men done wud give thim a place in Byrnes's book.
"One of Byrnes's men," he said, in explanation; "came over expressly to take this chap. He's a burglar; 'Arlie' Lane, alias Carleton. I've shown the papers to the captain. It's all regular. I'm just going to get his traps at the hotel and walk him over to the station. I guess we'll push right on to New York tonight."
"One of Byrnes's men" was a much more awe-inspiring individual to Gallegher than a member of the Cabinet.
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