Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-04-24

of cloth a sample of which he had in his
pocket had been purchased. While re- !
volving many schemes in his mind, he !
had seen in the windows of a store a
number of Photographic cameras for the !
use of amateurs.
The thought flashed over his mind that
he could have a picture taken of Foun-
tain, unknown to that gentleman.
Tom had a friend engaged as a leader
writer on the paper or which he was
employed, who had been greatly taken
by the amateur Photographic craze, and
who had become quite profcientin max
ing instantaneous pictures.
Fired with this idea Tom pushed his
way rapidly to Printing House square,
and, dropping into a place which wa at
once an eating house and a beer saloon,
and where he was in the habit of meet
ing his Shadow, summoned a messenger
whom he sent to his friend requesting to
see him Immediately.
He looked about for his Shadow. He
was there, deeply interested in the study
of the various advertisements of the rail-
road lines hanging on the walls, with a
sandwich in one hand, a mug Of beer in
the other, and one eye or Tom.
Seeing Tom nod to him, he walked
over.
"Well," said Tom, "what news?"
"Our man"-it was one of the pecu-
liarities of the Shadow that he never
mentioned a name unless directly asked
for it-.Our man had a father once, but
he has been dead almost as many years
as our man has lived"
elm other words" said Tom, 'sthe
father died when the son vas young"
"When he was a baby not two years
old"
"Who brought him up?'
ellis mother. She lived with him up
In Putnam county, coming here into the
city in the winter. She lived very quiet,
never went out anywhere, brought the
boy up well, dedicated him and then
died, Just after he was Of age. Ever
since he has lived as we know him. She
left him a little property. Guess from
all I can hear he has about lived it up"
GLOW did he get into this swell setY"
"tDon't know, but I guess through his
schoolmates."
Probably. Well, it isn't much, and
what there Is makes him all the more
mysterious"
At this moment his friend came.
"Hello, old boy" cried Tom, have q
beer? MOI In a hurry, heya How soon
will you be OFF,
''In about three hours" was the reply.
"See here, old fellow, / want you to do
me a favor. Iwant the picture of a man
taken on the sly"
His friend was delighted to do it;
would do it that very day if he could
find the person.
Tom called the Shadow up and told
him to take the gentleman to the most
likely place where Fountain could be
found and taken unobserved.
"If you don't take him today take him
Tomorrow"
He then hurried of. As he turned
into Chatham street he thought that he
would not lose time by trying the stores
In that thoroughfare, for it would be
quite unlikely that his man would come
so far down town as Chatham street.
'The Bowery, and the upper part of it.
Is my field" he said aloud, and withthese
words he turned, crossed the street, and
climbed up to the elevated railroad sta
Hon.
Arriving at the Houston Street station
be descended to the street. Standing a
moment, he said: I'm work up to
Cooper Institute on this side and then
down on the other"
He put his project into effect at once.
r.
1t Is no purpose OF our story to tell In
detail his search sunce IL 10 say, nus
experiences were commonplace, consist
Ing I entering q store, producing the
slip OF cloth n asking II they 81 q suit
OF clothes OF that materiai. Wnen urged
TO buy others equally as good and OF the
same quatty-as he invarlabiy was-his
answer was that ne wanted tne suit as q
sort OF uniform.
"eariiy ne tfaVefseo DOH sioes OF Inc
thoroughIare between houston streee
n the Cooper institute, and, indeed an
that part OF the bowery on the east side
as far down as Chatham square.
About half way up on the west side
he entered a store M preferred ms re-
quest as usual.
The clerk waiting on MN examined
the piece carefully.
"No," he said, 1--WE have no cloth Of
that kind, but" and he hesitated, much
to Toms impatience. II think If you
win go down into Fulton street you Will
n IL. A oeaier Dougnt III snere "asn
the market of this kind. Ihave q brother
employed there, and II ! am not mis-
taken this IL the KIND OF CLOTH