The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-01-25
TRACKING A CRIMINAL,
OR
Paul Weber, The Detective.
CONTINUED.

TO degree with friends, L can see
already. Why not take example of meY
Am not candor itselfp You know
every chapter of my life. have told
you not only every great, but every
small secret of my existence. But all
this has nothing to do with the business
in hand. Since that dinner at the
Crystal Palace, what have we donep
Nothing, positively nothing. We ought
and have not even been up the Monu-
ment. 1 dare not at least go back to
Rome, and say that / have not even
been up the Monument"
"Of course not,' replied Austin,
laughing.
"You are bantering me now. Ger
tainly, of course not. OF course you can
easily understand that Margherita will
not go inside theatre, owing to her
recent loss, for she loved that friend
very dearly. But we may see the sights
of London. When shall we go to st.
Paul's, Windsor, st. James Palace, the
National Gallery, the Museum, and the
other places Newgate, for instance,
and the Old Bailey, where they try the
murderers-especially the Old Bailey ?"
"Nonsense !" replied Austin; "you
would certainly not care to see the Old
Bailey"
"That is just the way with you Lon
doners. You see so many things, and
all the novelties, that you get spoilt.
You will scarcely glance at all your
wonders. There, will venture to lay
wager that you yourself, Austin, never
once thought of visiting jail"
"By Jovel 1 never once thought of
visiting Jail. 1 was forced to enter
one -
"Youp Why was thatp"
"1t would be too long to tell you all
about it. L had to go, and there is an
end TO the matter"
"How lucky you werel Can you get
me into common Jail I? L should so
like to see the interior of prison. Shall
we go to one together :"
81 don't care about the treat" re-
piled Sivory.
"Then you are not at all serious about
such matters ?"
81 find it quite sufficient to have Wis.,
tied such place once"
"Then get me an order to view a
prison, and will go alone"
every well. 1 will see what can be
done"
"And get an order for Woolwich Ar
senal, which am longing to see; and
the Blind School; and-and, in fact, for
every place we have not seen, or we
shall never have done London"
You would do much better not to
commence it."
:" 1 will see all London. Why, have
not even been to the Temple, and the
other inns of court, where all the law
yers live. by the way, is Taggart's Inn,
about which there has been so much
said in the papers of late, one of the inns
of court -
emo"
"Why haven't we been to see Tag
gart's Imp 1t is now celebrated. Why
haven't you taken me that way ?"
cit never struck me that you would
like to see the place. Why should
you ?"
You know where it is ?"
Perfectly"
"When shall we go together and look
at ity"
"When you like"
"Shall we say today ?"
''To.d day be it,"
This was one of the daily arrange
ments made which were never carried
out. Once the comedy of trying to
catch Sivory into some admission of his
connection with the Taggart's Inn mys-
terry played out, and the detective aband-
oned his keen hunt until another occa-
sion rose.
For still carrying out his determina-
tion to compromise Margaret as little as
possible, he was disinclined to allow her
to appear in the streets walking, upon
his arm. He knew that If she was
recognized, her character would suffer,
and it has been already said that his fear
of injuring her reputation was excess
sive.
Webber would propose these excur-
sions, and then say no more about
them while Austin himself never refer
red to them, because he found it infih-
itely more agreeable to pass the day in
Margherita's company than in driving
about from one London wonder to
another.