Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-03-09

pletely before Ions: l:L kba
He made quick gesture wnic1 .uo
other understood, and at once qui''eo 'no
room. ,op .sLod
DO you know me, Hyland?' ssKeo
Cole. as the door closed.
The other stared. but less vacan'iy
than at first, aud this time he snooK MS
head.
Il came on professiona al m stter, con-
tinued our hero.
The other nodded as If he understood
the meaning of the remark.
Where are the st. Cyr bondsf :,
Cole asked this in what ma be calleo
a stage whisper, to which, by his man
ner, he lent as great an air or mystery aS
possible.
The effect upon the derOuged man was
That's it! that's It'll" he kept repeating.
"Then you know"
L know nothing.
"But yon said"
What bonds?"
"Tbe st. Cyr bonds.
"Oh! I've been trying trying, =,
But you know where you put themI
"Yes, yes, I'll go with you. Where 8
my hat?" ou uv,ond,p
"You know me now, don you, hyianu'
who are you?"
Cole Winters"
Never heard of you.
But the bonds YOU"
"Til get theml I must get theml l
can see them now|
"Wherep"
sIn building, Never mind, I'll show
vou. Order hack. I'll tell m where
10 drive, Mr.. St. Cyr." ~
But will they let you leave here?"
asked Cole, who saw confronting him tho
greatest difficulty yet.
why not?"
You have been sick.
"That's so, and they .tch me like l
Was crook with jimmy. You go out
and I'll be there soon enough:
Don't say here you're going?"
Don't Try to give pointers TO me, boy.
7 know nv business Go and do your
part of it,"
made upon the still disordered mind OF
the detective was strong enough to en-
dnre and cause him to find his way out
of the hospital, but he had no Other
course to adopt but rely on the chances
Of his doing so. -,
Accordingly, he quietly quitte1 tht
nloca and entered o close carriage II
which he had been driven from he cenie
of tie city, d stance of two miles ano
more.
The means for purchasing his new out
fit and prosecuting his schemes for hi
own vindication, and the punishment, O
tbe murderers of Paul st. Cyr and hi
f'ir daughter, had been supplied b,
aIJncle Jerry" as he still continued T.
call the rather wicked ca iuna'ic
through whose fancied relationship d
had escaped death.
His object in visiting d land nao no
been primarily the discovery OF the mo
ing pl, ce of the missing bonds, out IN
restoration to his right mind OF IN
brove officer. without whose aid no Sa'
plainly thai he was not likely TO succee
in establishing his innocence.
In accordance with his directions ID
hackman drove his horses slowly up an
down Harrison street, IN front Oh u
urge county building.
Some timo passed and the shadows. z
evening were beginning to gather pesio
lofty buildings and in marrow, passage
wavs. Our hero had about abandone
hone. and was thinking of some otht
way of securing the cooperation OF by
land, when, suddenly, be heard nols'
and saw the detective running toVar
the vehicle.
An instant later he had thrown ope
the door. the officer had entered, ana II
carriage was being driven rapi lily away.
ITO the South Sido," said Hylan'
laconically. ,..
When that splendid driveway, Mich
oan avenue, was reached, he gave mo-
} sneci6c directions and indicated bull!
, ING on a business street on.y two blocl
from the house where he had received n
wound. a fortnight before.
arriving there, they at once quilted IL
CONVEYANCE and ascended TO the tan
Aoor which seemed to be rented out II
living apartments.
The detective produced key, WI
with which he opened a door and usner'
his companion into small room, hit
up for a sleeping apartment. -.
: This was a room which the detect1
t had rented for years. Ostensibly.
slept there, though he seldom used
except as a convenient place for diSgui
ing himself
Hyland lit the gas, aud turned iowa
, the bed.
/ At that instant pair of eyes CLEAN
3 down upon the detective and his expe'
ant companion from dirt-oegrlmI
l transom above door communicate
, with an adjoining apartment.
They were the same evil orbs that h b
6 olared through the library window OF I
St. Cyr mansion in Calumet avenue |
Q night of the great fire in the Exposlu
> Building.
Q fro BE CONTINUED