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him, and yet no such thing had been

uOne. What reductlO ad aDSurduml
Had I not known of an absolute GER
tainty that Mrs. Howard was absent
from New York, on the night Of the
robbery, she would have been connected
in my mind with it. Not only she, how
ever, but her oo-conspirator, was miles
away at the time. Therefore I was
saved all offensive questioning Of my
employer Oh that point.
If there ever was nonplused indi-
vidual, was that man. The impossible
wall still confronted me.
did not confess this to Mr.. Sand
husen, but it was fact all the same. I
bade him good night, simply remarking
that I would do what could to help
him.
There was but one recourse left, and
that was almost as unsubstantial as the
fabric of a dream. Tho man Howard
and his wifo (as I believed her to be)
were connected in some inconceivable
way with the abstraction Of the Mana
ruby. They were tho ones therefore to be
studied, to be watched, to be shadowed
and solved. I determined to do it.
Mr.. Brown has given my account Of
how on the afternoon preceding the rob-
berry I followed the two to the little
New Jersey town Of Railway and saw
them leave the station in cab. They
were driven too fast to follow them on
foot, and had I done so in a carriage the
chances were thousand to one I would
have been discovered and my progress in
that direction effectually blocked for
ever. Some other means must be de-
vised, and I was not long in hitting
upon it.
About noon. on the following day a
ragged, unkempt tramp was put off the
train at Elizabeth for refusing to pay
his fare Left to his own resources and
meekly swallowing the gibes and sneers
Of the trainmen, he slouched off down
the railroad and began counting the
ties" leading southwark in the direction
of Philadelphia.
1t is not mahy miles from Elizabeth
to Railway, and I reached the latter
town about Q o'clock in the afternoon,
where I decided to indulge in an indef-
into rest.
There is little use in attempting any
role unless you do it thoroughly. Be-
sides a loaded revolver and number OF
cartridges, I carried more than $50
slowed away in my ragged garments.
In the latter respect may not have diff
fered materially from others Of my as
sumed class, but it was business Sc
cret which was carefully guarded from
others.
Slumping off down town, I stopped
at several places to ask for food. One
good lady offered me substantial meal
if would saw some wood for her; but,
like O veritablo vagrant, I replied that
my constitution would not permit me
to indulge in manual labor, much as l
desired, and I went off hungry.
had selected the street down which
I saw the cab drive couple of nights
before, but the turnings and interseo-
tions became so frequent that was at
a loss in which direction to 90. 1t would
not be wise to guess when the chances
were all in favor of my going wrong.
would know the driver of the cab If
I met him, but he was not at the sta
ton when I first reached it, and I now
drifted back to the same point. 1t was
yet some time before the arrival Of the
train on which the man and woman
had come, but they might take differ
ent one, and I meant to be as certain as
I could we'll be.
The first thrill of hope came when I
saw my man waiting for the train. he
must have received some intimation Of
their coming, though it was not to be
supposed that he would let any job slip
if it did not interfere with his engage
ment with the ones in whom I was so
much interested.
The hours dragged slowly by, the
trains stopping frequently. My charac-
ter compelled Inc to keep at distance,
but never lost sight of my cabman
and managed to gain fair sight of the
passengers who disembarked.
1t was wearisome waiting, but just
as it was beginning to grow dark my
reward came.
CHAPTER <.
The East Indian was alcne. I waited