The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1893-05-17
MAX MANSON HAD ALREADY CAUGHT A
NEW SOUND.

MaJ Manson had already caught a netC
sound.
Detective Max Manson when he set
out to track the two natives of Hindoo-
stan was confident that, if the missing
gem was ever recovered, 1t would be
through his efforts rather than those of
his clever comrade, Folsom Simpson. He
believed that his rotund friend had de-
liberately thrown the opportunity in his
way.
1T would be just like him. He came
to Ellenville unwillingly, but in obedi-
ence To orders He staid long enough to
help me to The true theory and stays be-
hind to go through the form of doing
something. That owlish look when put
the question to him was with a view of
deceiving me. Folsom is clever fellow,
but l can read him."
1t proved not very difficult to trace the
aliens. Travelling with their packs, it
was their custom TO spend several days
at different villages and towns When
through with any place, they did not
walk to the next harvest field, but trav-
eled by rail.
Bef )re leaving Ellenville Manson
made some inquiries, the result of which
was not altogether satisfactory. He
found that the peddlers had never been
arrested for the suspected robbery of
Miss LiveImOre. There was consider
able suspicion expressed conceri ing
shem, but it never went to the point OF
interfering with their movements.
"Dr. Maidhoff told me that those
two men were arrested and subjected to
rigid examination without proving any
thing against them. What could his OBJ
ject have been in deceiving me?"
II was hard 10 answer the question.
After all 1t did not seem of special i'm
portance, and he soon dismissed it from
his thoughts.
The agent at Ellenville remembered
that the two men had bought tickets for
a point about 20 miles away. The fact
that it was in the direction of New York
caused Manson some uneasiness, for his
fear was that they might elude him by
going straight to the metropolis and sell
ing for Europe He decided that if he
should find they had gone directly to the
city he would telegraph to Chief Varick
and set him at work.
Leaving the train at the point indi-
Gated, he quickly gained tidings of the
fellows. They had left tie town only
two days before, still proceeding in the
direction of New York. Their tickets
would carry them alarmingly close to
the metropolis, and Manson's misgivings
increased.
A surprise awaited him when he once
more left the train and succeeded after
some inquiries in gaining track of the
men. That morning they had bought
tickets for Wingfield, whittier they had
undoubtedly gone with their packs and
trinkets.
The curious feature of this last move
was that Wingfeld instead of being to
the westward, lay in directly opposite
course. The East Indians had turned
back over their own trail.
"That's queer, reflected Manson, "but
those people are as cunning as the cobras
of their own country, and probably they
are indulging in this deliberation for the
purpose of throwing off all possible sus-
picion."
1t was past II o'clock when the detect
i've stepped upon the platform Mt Wing
field, which, as far as he could tell with
the aid Of the moonlight and few oil
lamps, was of about the same size as FL
lenville, and, like that primitive town,
contained but single house for the en-
tertainment of man and beast. Making
his way thither, he found the landlord
smoking his pipe in the barroom and on
the point of retiring. His visitors had
departed, and of his guests only couple
were visible to the belated arrival. They
were the East Indians whom he was
seeking.
There could be no mistake on that
point, for single glance was sufficient
to identify them, with their swarthy
skins, their jet black hair and eyes, their
white, CLASSY teeth and their half orien-
tai garb.
They We're seated in chairs in one cor
ner of the room talking in their native
tongue, Naturally they glanced up at
Manson as he came in, and nodding to
them as well as the landlord he regis
tered and stated that he would probably
spend several days in the village.
II was vast relief TO the detective to
find that he had run down the couple in
such brief time and with comparative
ly little trouble. He fully believed that
one of them at that moment had the ra-
jah's ruby about his garments, for il
was not to be supposed that after once
getting their hands on it they would take
the risk of forwarding it to India, OF in
deed of allowing it to pass out of their
possession unless compelled us matter
Of preoaution TO take the step.