Telegram-herald., 1889-12-01


Nov sS.id Ioua. A. soen As thew we're
vel oat IN the street, the hrsz thing ~
DO = 70 see that yea are cooled down snd
ssss.alsd Yea and want u at down
far = careful examination 0f tllls ttnng,
before we take : step ~ make move
The hrss thing - 10 X u 20 - TIE
police. replies holorook
Il donE asEee ~lEh yoa-stop. speak
lo~ We ale followed. Dont shs~ that
you are aware Of II.
Let ne get al the sooundrsl. de-
uanded holof0ok
Tola seized hlm 50 tightly that he gave
Holbrook pain
IS O.lld yo4 rum everything Oh, II
tAe shadow ~eIe oaly hsre - follow the
spy. Bat let - lske = cab Aere Al tlfe
corner.
Hobrook had been restrained with
difficulty, and Tom desif 70 gel han
into Z cab, where hs Ca ID reason with
him.
His companion submitted, cab was
called, and the driver directed 10 60
straight u HOlorOok's otLce.
When they were once On their way
Tom said.
I'm not sure that the best way is not
to Tell the police. want 10 discuss u.
| fear il is not. The result Of giving the
matter - the police would be that 4 gem
eral alarm would be gwen and the bird
take flight ] am positive We are fol-
lowed. II We We're 70 80 "a the police,
ia ten minutes the party Void know Of
il. II. on the contrary, we 80 quietly
10 your orice. they viii oe thrown of
and suppose that We have not yet walked
up 10 the affair To lull their suspicious
is 70 make great gain. Believe me,
this is the surer way. Be guided by me,
thus FAR u all events
"Weu. suppose I submit, what then:
What Ia gained. Time wlll have been
l0st--preclOus time.
u have gained something when l have
got YOU 10 a point that YOU viii argue
with me.
What Go YOU mean
That your reason Is restored-we
want cool thought on this subject"
Thus Tom, who was fighting for time.
succeeded in gaining il. The truth was.
the reporter was lot altogether disin-
genuous or disihterested IN the policy he
was pursuing. He quickly realized that
any application 10 the police for assist
ance must result ia telling 10 the author
tiles everything they knew. Convinced
| as he was that the same hand that
struck down tho brother had seized the
sister, he fol. that the discovery Of the
girl would lead straightway 10 the dis
covery OF the murderer.
To give this matter into the hands Of
| the police would be to give them the
means 10 unravel the crime Of Union
square. and they. not he, would lave the
credit Of the detection and arrest.
He was in momentary fear that Hol-
brook would detect his purpose, and he
was at his wits end TO furnish arg nent
in favor of the position he had taken
His great trouble was that he could not
suggest to himself, let alone Holbrook, a
feasible plan of procedure if the matter
were not given 10 the police, nor indeed
even invent plausible one.
Time was the great desideratum, and
this, by all the ingenuity he could e1er-
else, he endeavored to gain. Wis task
was made not an easy one by the impa-
tience of Holbrook.
While thus arguing, talking, declaim-
ing and lecturing with Holbrook, Tom
caught glimpse of the Shadow stand
ing upon the curbstone, and perceived
that the Shadow had seen him.
| l., hoe oil n
and was pleased to observe that 1t was
recognized.
This incident afforded Tom another
pretext, and thus, by dint of one device
and another, he succeeded in getting
Holbrook to his office.
They both entered together. As they
did so a clerk said:
There is Mr.. Holbrook."
Upon this a very dirty, very ragged
and very small boy came up to Hol-
brook and asked:
"Be YOU Mr. Holebook7"
ayes" replied the lawyer. 'Tm Mr..
Holbrook."
"Den dis here's for you" handing Q
dirty slip of paper nearly rolled into a
ball
Before either Tom or Holbrook could
realize what had taken place the boy
had shot through the half open door and
scampered off.
1t was with difficulty that Holbrool
could decipher il, for IT was writer
with lead pencil upon the margin Of {
, newspaper.
When he did he uttered cry Of JOY.