Johnston McCulley

Name: Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal
Author: Johnston McCulley

Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

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“Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal”, published in 1920, is a work by Johnston McCulley. It explores elements such as Joe Carden, Roger Belcher and vase.

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ Joe Carden stopped in the middle of the sentence, took a cigarette from his pocket, and lighted it deliberately.
“So you are here to blackmail me?” Belcher asked.
“My dear sir, I am here to do nothing of the sort. I am here to warn you about that vase. As a friend, let me give you a tip to keep it well hidden. I’m the only man, in addition to Razelus and yourself, who knows about the affair. One other may have an idea, but he is a friend of mine—also a busy man.”
“Well, we may as well come down to cases,” Belcher said. “I find it always is the better way. How much do you want?” ”

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ Carden said. “And we are informing all collectors and lovers of art objects to be careful in their purchases in the near future.”
“No real collector, no man who knew about such things, would buy that vase,” Belcher declared. “They’d know, of course, that it was stolen goods.”
“Um!” Joe Carden grunted. “Some man with money enough might buy it just to possess it, though he would not dare show it to his friends or exhibit it in a museum.”
“That might be possible, of course.”
“Some man who hated Gordon Burlington, let us say, might purchase it just to have the laugh on Burlington. ”

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ Belcher snapped. “What do you wish with me, please?”
Joe Carden sat down leisurely and glanced across the long desk at his man.
“Mr. Belcher, you are known as a patron of the arts,” he said. “It is common knowledge that you purchase art treasures whenever you have the chance, and now have quite a collection.”
“Got the finest private collection in town, bar one, and I’ll have that beaten inside another year,” Belcher growled.
“Exactly, sir. I want to warn you that there are some clever thieves at work who make a specialty in art treasures.” ”

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ Belcher said. “I’ve bought police officers before, and that is the standard price.”
Joe Carden looked serious for a moment. He had fought against police officers all his life, yet he respected them for a body of hard-working, honest men, save for a scoundrel now and then such as might be found in any line of work. And he did not like to hear a man like Roger Belcher intimating that police officers could be bought wholesale.
“Very well,” he replied. “Cash, of course. And I’ll see that everybody follows a blind trail. Ill have them looking for that vase in Europe within ten days.” ”

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ The affair of the Chinese vase had been planned carefully, and Joe Carden failed to understand how she could have learned anything concerning it. The more he thought about it, the more he worried. It would have been bad enough to have had some person he knew aware of his nefarious actions; it was a great deal worse to be at the mercy of some mysterious stranger.
Carden left his apartment and hurried down to the street. Two blocks away he engaged a taxicab, and in this he rode uptown to a certain square. ”

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ Roger Belcher got down there about ten o’clock, and was inside the shop for an hour. He drove away and went to his bank, me after him in a taxi. Then he went back to the old shop again. That bird of a Razelus probably made him pay in cash instead of with a check.”
“Undoubtedly,” Carden said.
“Belcher came from the shop the last time with a small package that was about right to hold the vase. I followed him again, and he drove straight home. He was there a few minutes before I telephoned, and I think he’s there yet.”
“Good enough! Go home, Burke, and get some sleep. ”

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ But there is a district attorney who happens to be honest, and I understand that he has small love for you. I believe he recently made the statement that you were a business crook, and that he’d get you sooner or later. ”

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Johnston McCulley, Carden, Crook Comedian — 5. Another Sort of Deal (1920)

“ Nifty Burke hurried away, and Joe Carden walked to the other corner of the square and .got another taxicab. The address he gave the chauffeur was within a block of the residence of Roger Belcher.
Carden sank back against the cushions and puffed at a big black cigar. He wanted to look like an ordinary police detective, and he hoped that he did. He was going to call on Mr. Belcher and tell that gentleman a few things, and maybe ask a question or two. ”

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