The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-12-14
CHAPTER VII.
81 DON'T THINK you HAVE GOT THE RA-
JANIS RUBY"

II DON'T THINK YOU HAVE GOT THE RA-
JAH's RUBY
The following morning, when the two
sepoys appeared on the front porch Of
the Wingfeld hotel, Max Manson was In
the act Of saying goodby to the landlord.
81 must take the next train to New
York." said he; 1.-The distance to the sta
ton is so short I'll walk, but have no
time to lose"
Nevertheless he stood few minutes
after one of the aliens started In the
direction of the station. When the de-
tectire reached that point. the fellow
was lounging among several waiting
passengers. Without seeming to pay
attention to him Max observed that he
bought no ticket. There could be no
doubt that he had gone thither to watch
Manson.
The latter bought with some ostenta-
ton ticket for the metropolis and en-
tered the smoking car Of the train. which
drew mp few minutes later. The
glance which he cast at the platform
showed the East Indian still there. where
he doubtless staid until after the cars
had steamed away.
He knows ! am booked for New
York." reflected Manson, land is sure
that will go straight through. but
have some doubts on that point"
The first station at which the train
drew up was about 10 miles away.
There the detective disembarked and
q half hour later boarded the cars
In the opposite direction. Before they
came to halt he took cautious survey
Of the platform. If the Asiatic was there,
he intended to stay on the train, for 1t
was necessary above everything that his
return TO Wingfield should be unknown
and unsuspected by those fellows
The coast seemed to be clear, and he
stepped out. q number Of other people
doing the same. to say nothing Of several
who took their departure from the place.
Manson was specially anxious to get
back to the inn without detection by the
foreigners. He made his way along and
through the street with the greatest pos
sible precaution. It was to be supposed
that the peddlers would be absent by
that time retailing their knickknacks
through the neighborhood. Manson was
confident. therefore. when he assembled
the steps Of the hotel. without having
caught the first glimpse of them. that he
had nothing to fear in the way Of dis
coyery.
The landlord naturally showed some
surprise at seeing his late guest again,
but the latter. shaking him heartily by
the hand, said:
Strange that should have forgotten
something. With your permission
would like to go to my room for few
minutes"
"Of course. Of course" was the re-
Spouse; lies make yerself at home. I'll
be glad to have you stay week."
They were neat and tidy at the hotel,
for, though the hour was quite early,
Manson found that his bed and room
had been put in good order. The land
lord had given him key with which be
admitted himself. setting his valiss on
the floor. Listening for some minutes
and cautiously surveying his surround
ings. he was convinced that no one was
in sight. He inserted the key in the ad-
joining door. where the peddlers had
spent the preceding night He could not
help smiling when he found that the
lock responded as readily to the key a.
did his own.
I've no doubt 1t win 6t every door
along the hail." was his conclusion a.
he relocked his own door after sewing
down his valise in the room he was
about to inspect.
In case any one should come upon
him while engaged in this apartment he
could make the reasonable plea of
mistake quite natural under the circum-'
stances.
frnSTugupn q