Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-08

'~N~ 10y 49,
confusing. l had IA map beside me,
though, and when once l had spotted
the principal hotels and stations / got
on pretty we'll.
sit was some time before I found ont
where my two gentlemen were living,
but I inquired and inquired, until at
last / dropped across them. They We're
at q clearinghouse at Camberwell,
over on the other side of the river.
When once ! found them out l knew
that | had them at my mercy. l had
grown my beard and there was nc
chance of their recognizing me. i
would dog them and follow them until
/ saw my opportunity. l was deter
mined that they should not escape me
again.
They were very near doing it, for
all that. Go where they would about
London I was always at their heels.
sometimes | followed them on my cab
n sometimes on foot, but the former
was the best, for then they could not
| get away from me. 1t was only early
in the morning or late at night that
could learn anything, SO that I began
to get behindhand with my employer.
/ did not mind that, however, as long
as l could lay my hand upon the men
/ wanted.
"They were very cunning, though.
They must have thought that there was
some chance of their being followed,
for they would never go out alone,
and never after nightfall. During two
weeks l drove behind them every day,
and never once saw them separate.
Drebber himself was drunk half the
time, but Stangerson was not to be
caught mapping. watched them late
and early, but never saw the ghost ola
chance; but I was not discouraged, for
something told me hat the hour had
almost come. My only fear was that
this thing in my chest might burst a
little too soon and leave my work I'M
done.
A last, n evening l was driving
| up and down Torquay terrace, as the
street was called in which they board
ed, when l saw a cab drive up to their
door. Presently some luggage was
brought out, and after n time Drebber
and Stangerson followed it and drove
off. l whipped up my horse and kept
within sight of them, feeling i'll at
ease, for I feared that they Were going
to shift their quarters. At Euston
station they got out. and 1 left a
boy to hold my horse and followed
them on to the platform. I heard them
ask for the Liverpool train, and the
guard answer that one had just gone
and that there would not be another
for some hours. Stangerson seemedt to
be put out at that, but Drebber was
rather pleased than otherwise. got
SO close to them in the hustle that l
could hear every word that passed be-
tween them. Drebber said that he had
a little business of his own to do, and
that if the other would wait for him he
would soon reioin him. His companion
demonstrated with him, and reminded
him that they had resolved to stick to-
gether. Drebber answered that the
matter was a delicate one, and that he
must go alone. 1 could not catch what
Stangerson said to that, but the other
burst out swearing, and reminded him
that he was nothing more than his
paid servant, and that he must not pre-
sumo to dictate to him. On that the
secretary gave it up as a bad job, and
simply bargained with him that if he
missed the last train he should rejoin
him at Halliday's private hotel; to
which Drebber answered that he would
be back on the platform before eleven,
and made his way out of the station.
1.-THE moment for which | had waited
so long had at last come. | had my
enemies within my power. Together
they could protect each other, but
singly they were at my mercy. | did
not act, however, with undue precip-
i~tation. My plans were already
formed. There is no satisfaction in
vengeance unless the offender has
time to realize who it is that strikes
him, and why retribution has come up
on him. had my plans arranged by
which | should have the opportunity
of making the man who had wronged
me understand that his old sin had
found him out. 1t CHANGED that some
days before a gentleman who had been
engaged in looking I'VE some houses
in the Brixton road had dropped the
KEY of one of them in my carriage. 1t
was claimed that same evening and re-
turned; but in the interval I had taken
a moulding of it, and had a duplicate
constructed. By means of this l had
access to at least n spot in this great
city where l could rely upon being
free from interruption. How to get
Drebber to that house was the diff
cult problem which l had now to solve.
"He walked down the road and went
into one or two 1iquor-shops, staying
for nearly half an hour in the last OF
| 4Ia,. yNIo, Lo !, o,,4 ln etar,nro|
in his walk, and was evidently pretty
well on. There was a hanson just in
front of me, and he hailed it. | fol
lowed it so close that the nose of my
horse was within a yard of his driver
the whole way. We ratified across Wa
terloo bridge and through miles OF
streets, until, to my establishment, we
found ourselves back in the terrace il
which he had boarded. | could no
imagine what his intention was in re
turning there; but l went on and
pulled up my cab a hundred yards OF
SO from the house. He entered it anG
his hanson drove away. Give me g
glass of water, if You please. My
mouth gets dry with the talking"
1 handed him the glass and he drank
it down.
That's BETTER" he said. "Well,
waited for a quarter of an hour OF
more, when suddenly there came a
noise like people struggling inside the
house. Next moment the door wa:
flung open and two men appeared, one
of whom was Drebber, and the Other
was a young chap whom [ had never
seen before. This fellow had Drebbel
by the collar, and when they came tc
the head of the steps he gave him {
shove and a kick which sent him hal
across the road. 'You hound!' he cried
/ shaking his stick at him; III teach yor
) to insult an honest girl!' He was 81
hot that | think he would havt
thrashed Drebber with his cudgel, only
that the cur staggered awaydown the
; road as fast as his legs would carr,
him He ran as far as the corner, ant
[ then, seeing my cab, he hailed me ant
} jumped in. Drive me to Halliday
| private hotel said he.
I when / had him fairly inside m,
cab my heart jumped so with joy tina
/ feared lest at this last moment nj
aneurism might go wrong. | drov,
along slowly, weighing in my own mint
what it was best to do. might tax,
him right ont into the country, an
|. there in some deserted lane have nj