The Morning herald., 1877-02-26
CORD AND cRRBsR.
CHAPTER XXXIv.
ON THE TRACK.

sOu. W, M, to send for her."
',a;W i. yvl III the mischief done now."
uyon'er y not going to give up the search,
,,e vou2" asked CLARK.
ny sGivs five it up! Not"
uW. w. must get her back"
4yssl our only safety now is IN catching
l., ',aiu a. at all hazards"
Sh,rs S% - Vas a long silence.
'rsir sTven,y years ago" said Potts, meekly,
.,a visbnu drifty away, and since the
,,ns ''s the trile no one has mentioned tito
me Tn lnd she is only twenty years DID,"
,,o;opsd John.
FssItll vItsll you, lads, you've got the devil
da With With when you tackle her, remarked
%uy GIs't. "but if she is the devil we must
e s"b / out and crush her."
W." 4""Tventy-three years." continued Potts,
:, he same gloomy tone-"twenty-three
A,. have passed since I was captured
% .;%nv followers. No one has mentioned
,., @ snce No one in all the world knows
tI,, hat am the only Engllshman that ever
;n;n,d s the Thugs except that girl"
"Shs must know every thing that we
haze done," said Clark.
"v,fcosr.e she must"
Tpcluding our Brandon enterprise:
ndJohn. -
aApd including your pennmanship,"
MD Clark; enough lad, to stretch q
Come" said Potts, don't let us talk Of
hl any how"
Agsin they relapsed into silence.
WELL" exclaimed John, at last, "what
are you going to do tomorrow ~
Chase her till l find her." replied Potts
nvsgsy.
"But where?"
"pye been thinking of a plan which
sssus to me to be about the thing"
"What%
@Agood old plan," said Potts. "Your
pup Johnnie, can help u.s."
John pounded his fist on the table with
savage e1ultation.
my blood hound! Good, old Dad, what
atrump you are to think of fthatw
Hell do it."
"Yes" raid John "if he gets on her
track and comes up with her Pm afraid
that we'll arrive at the spot just too late to
save her. It's the best way that / know of
for getting rid of the difficulty handsomely.
OF course we are going after her through
anxiety, and the dog is an innocent pup
who comes with us and if any disaster
happens we will kill him on the spot"
Potts shook his head moodiIy. He had
no very hopeful feeling about this. He
was shaken to the soul at the thought Of
Ibis stern, relentless girl carrying out into
the world his terrific secret.
Early on the following morning they re-
Mned their search after the lost girl.
This time the servants we're not employed
but the three themselves went forth to try
what the could lido. With them was the
pup to which allusion had been made
On the previous evening. This animal was
huge blood hound, which John had pur-
chased to take the place of his dull dog,
al ana OF which he was extravagantly proud.
!rue to his instinct, the hound understood
from smelling an article of Beatrice's ap-
'arel what it was that he was required to
.eek, and he went off on her trail out
through the front door, down the steps, and
p to the grove.
The ethers followed after. The dog led
hem down the path toward the gate, aud
hence nto the thick grove and through
he underbrush. Scraps of her dress clulg
Inplaces to the brush. The dog led
nem round and round wherever Beatrice
a sd wandered in her flight from Vial.
asy all believed that they would certain
hnd her here, and that she had lost her
ay or at least tried to conceal herself.
ut at last to their disappointment, the
y turned away out of the wood and into
E path again. Then he led them along
rough the woods until he reached the
fk wall. Here the animal squatted on
launches, and, lifting up his bead, gave
ong deep howl.
What's this ?' said Potts.
why, don't you see? She's got over
wall somehow. All that we've got
40 ., is to put the dog over, and follow
The others at once understood that this
St be the case. In short time thew
re on the other side Of the wall, where
taog found the trail again, and led on
lie they followed as before.
lhey did not however, wish to seem like
suers. That would hardly be the thing
country oflaw and John held the dog
strap which he had brought with him.
ey soon found the walk much longer
n thay had anticipated, and began to
ret that they had not come in carriage.
" had gone too far, however, to remedy