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CHAPTER XIV.

walked over 70 get haSulp b fePo1% ava
concerted signal the detectives came out
to report the result Of their nights Work.
"Well?" We all asked in q breath.
Nothing. He never came" replica
Hasnip, in q surly voice. 1T was all q
plant; waSEent the wrong way to work"
You Rept good watch?" I asked, In
credulously.
Naturally. We we're on duty"
Hasnip looked aggrieved.
"A fine watch!" cried Smart, who had
been examining the machine. "See, this
door is unlocked"
And the money gomez"
Gone"
He came, sure enough" said MI.
Smart. II say, Hasnip, what were you
about?" he went on, severely; you'll
have to be pulled up for this-both OF
you" y
1t will have to be done all over again.,
I said rather sharply to Smart.
ITO think that Hasnip, old Hasnlp,
should have served US such o trick. tits
annoying, replied the Chief Constable,
apologetically. But, never fear. we
shall get him yet
what do you imagine he'll be up TOT"
went on the Chief Constable, very coolly
and quietly. .,,.-
eLeave the country, probably, with his
swag."
Just my idea. But where would he
go?"
ITO his W part Of the world"
Right again. Well, we'll have all the
issues watched. The London police will
see to that. I'll wire at once. In the
meantime can you find out the country
he hailed from?" -.
Il think the head waiter said he was q
Belgian, a Fleming. But We CON easily
ask"
I'll leave that to you, only come round
to the Office as soon as you know anything
more" .
The head walters answer was prompt
and explicit.
Cornelis Jansen. He remembered the
fellow well-a very impudent man. Coun-
try? All, yes. From Belgium-from the
Flemish provinces Of Belgium-Antwerp,
Anvers, that vas his native place.
We'll have all the Channel and Cont
| mental boats watched, as I told you. Mr.
Leslie. He'll 60 abroad now, you'll see,
meaning to enjoy himself till he runs short
Of cash, then he'll milk MI. Sarsheld
again" u-.n-
Have q little patience, Mr.. Leslie; it'll
all come right, and you won't find q day
or two here unpleasant, 7 expect"
I am constrained to admit that he was
right in this sly surmise. I found myself
firmly established in the good graces Of
the Sarsfelds. Captain Fawcett even
confessed, with o muttered apology, that
he had done me an injustice, but the adj
mission went sorely against the grain. !
could see.
He still hated me most cordially, but
on grounds that were p%ardonable, after
ALL. Miss Bertram, I began to hatter N.Y.
self, decidedly preferred my society to
his, and I became, in consequence, more
| devoted than ever.
It was evident that so long as Cornelia
was ut large, and in q position to break
his promise or to renew his threats, Mr..
Sarsfeld would know no peace Of mind
The truest kindness, in spite of his fears;
would be to call his tormentor to strict
accoun. for his crimes.
Happily Cornelis did not elude us long.
We heard of him on the third ddy. Hs,
or a man answering to his description,
had crossed by the Harwich steamer to
Antwerp.
what did I tell you?" cried Smart,
triumphantly. He has gone straight
home"
where we had better follow him i'm.
Immediately"
NO; we'll give him q day or two, OF
rather tho Antwerp police, Just to ge.
upon the scent, and then we'll join to run
him in together. Ill send over instruc.
tons tonight"
This seemed a judicious plan, and ]
.~.aa1 - - ~ool;Jy Va yrora rouvorla1
for in q few days came news in the shape
of O telegram from the chief of the Ant
werp police.
Have your man in view" it said.
Lose no time. Identification indispen-
sable"
We were in Antwerp next morning,
Smart and I-Hasnip, since his fasco at
the bathing machine, had been dropped
out of the case-and the moment we
landed we drove to the Grand Place,
leaving our luggage with the Commits
sionnaire of the Hotel St. Antoine.
The chief Of the police, a smart man,
wearing o military uniform and speak
ing English huently, was very pleased to
see US.
you want one Cornelis Jansen. Can
you desc.ibe his appearance?"
I did as requested.
He is known 10 us, I think; but you
shall see for yourselves. The man We
mean belonged to Antw erp His mother
had q stall in the Friday market"
But is he in Antwerp now2"
Beyond doubts Cornelis Jansen; Il
only It 10 the same man. We have had
our eve on him for some days. We should
have been obliged to send him to jail for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct had
you not wanted him for the larger crime.
He had been twice in the ~amigo-our
police cells-already, and he is utterly
given up to dissipation OF the worst
kind"
In funds, of course"
He has evidently unlimited cash. He
lives at an estaminet-a drinking-shop in
the Steegsken, q low part near the qusys,
and he passes his time between 1t and
the music halls"
Where is he now?"
In his bed, probably, sleeping of the
fumes of gin and white Louvsin beer.
Come, We will take him where he lies, II
only you are sure"
1t was q short walk up the Grand Place,
and by the Rue Haute, across the square
of Capucin Convent, and in to the Steegs-
ken, q narrow. dirty alley, every second
door that of an estaminet, the rest ship
chambers and shops selling wooden
sabots, sailors gaudy handkerchiefs,
round cheeses and dried 1at-fsh.
We halted before q drinking den, the
"Estaminet in den korn bloem BIZ van
Loo"-so ran the sign.
At the sight of the police the landlord,
trembling, asked how he could oblige, A