Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-06-03
CuAPTEE XII.

from causing inc to abandon my search
for Mullen, only ncrved me to fresh cn.
deavor, though how to 60 to work
could not for some time determine. To
threaten Hughes that 1 would report
him to the authorities unless he made
terms for himself by telling me all he
knew about his mysterious visitor was
not a course which commended itself to
me. / might, as last resource and in
tho event of everything else failing, be
compelled to SO bold Il step, but for the
present | felt that the wisest thing
could do would be to trace Quickly s
movements after he had started to shad-
ow the person who had come ashore
from the hulk. This would, however,
necessitate my leaving Canvey, and in
the meantime it was of the highest i'm
portance that an eye should be kept up
ON the Cuban Queen.
Tt was quite within the bounds Of
possibility that Mullen might yet re-
turn, in which case he would probably
do so by night, Hence it was at night
that kept my keencst watch upon tho
hulk, and in order to do this | thought
it advisable to leave the inn and to in
stall myself in small furnished cot
tage, which, by an unexpected stroke
of luck, was able to rent very cheap
ly. But, as | could not pursue my in
quiries in regard to the fate Of Quickly
and keep an eye at the same time upon
the Crhan Queen, l decided to send for
81 friend Of mine named Grant, whom /
could trust implicitly.
Grant took the next train to Bentlect,
the nearest station to Canvey, on re-
ceiving NY telegram, and after hearing
my story assured me CT his readiness
aud willingness to cooperate in the
search for Mullen. He promised to keep
;an unwinking eye upon the Cuban
Queen while I was away and to let me
lknnw should any suspicious stranger
come upon the scene. The matter being
TINS satisfactorily arranged, I started
off to see what could learn about the
ill fated Quickly.
My theory was that that luckless
wight had SO clulnsily performed the
work of shadowing as to bring himself
under the notice of the person shadowed,
who would then have reason to believe
that the secret of his hiding place was
known, OF all events to one person. Un-
der such circumstances Mullen would
in all probability decide that, in order
to insure the return Of the secret to his
own keeping, Quickly must be dispatch
ed to the limbo Of the dead folk" who
'tell no tales" and felt tolerably GER
tain that on discovering he was being
shadowed he had led the way to some
secluded spot, where he or his accom-
plice had made an end Of the shadower.
How set to work to collect and to
sift my evidence I need not here describe
in detail, but will sutn up briefly the
result Of my inquiries.
Quickly had reached the station some
Ininutes before the arrival Of any other
passenger, and in accordance with my
instructions had gone at once to the
general waiting room, where ho remain
ed until the train started. Some few
minutes afterward woman, carrying a
bag, had entered the booking office and
taken third class single ticket to Step
ney When the train drew up at the
platform, she had seated herself in an
empty carriage near the center, and
Quickly had entered smoking carriage
at the end When the train reached
Stepney, she passed through the barrier.
followed at some distance by man an
swering to the description of Quickly.
Tho woman had then bought an even
ing paper from q newsboy and, crossing
the road sIQwly, had turned down a by
streat " hich led to the river The man,
after looking in a tobacoonist's window
for half minute, had taken the same
tu7ming, but upon the other side OF tho
road.
There came to dead stop, for not
one lot OF evidence as to the subse-
,quent movements of either of the two
t1ould / discover, and, reluctant though
i am to admit myself beaten, the fact
could no longer he disguised that III
that direction, too, was checkmated.
"Another throw back, Grant, l said
when entered the cottage at Canvey
after this fresh reverse
"Well, what are you going to dc
now?" inquired my friend and collabo,
rator when he had heard my story
''Give it up, as we did the other riddles
of our schoolboy days!"
"Give it up! What do, yop take me
for? But, hello! For whom is that let
teri" l said, pointing to an enveiope
which was lying on the table.
'fFor you. Hardy Muir brought Il
over, It was sent under cover to hin
from London.
"At lastp' I said, breaking. the seal
<tIt's from Green, the detective whom
nut on to ferret out Mullen's past.
told him that if ho wanted to write hi
was to slip the letter into an envelope
addressed to Muir at the Hogarth clul
in Dover street. He's been long enough
finding anything out. Let's hear wha
he has to say, now he does condescent
to write. 1t is dated from Baxenham
near Yarby. I knew the place wei
years ACCUSED to yacht round there a
u lad. Nasty coast too, with som
curious currents and very dangerou
sands. Here's his letter:
esMax Rissler, Esq.
.sDEAR SIR-When you asked me t
nee what / could find out about jaime
Mullen, did not expect to turn up any
thing much in the way of trumps. But
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