The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-12-02

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tant conclusion imme,
! the idea of following him
| turned up my coat cola!
this may seem strange cone
proprr V drluccd YOU will
right thing to do \ drtc
not on any account be co
Now my linen is always whit
and. therefore. necessarily col
! BY turning up my coat collar
cred my linen and thus rendered
self less liable to attract attention.
then followed my man in Il slouch
ing. Shuilling way. in order to show
people that had no object in follow
ing him. | rounded up my shoulders
bowed my head, looked up under my
eyebrows with the most approved fer
ret expression. and followed nv quarry
with the pcrtinacity of 4 bloodhound
Nothing important happened for the
first half hour, except that the man
conduct in general was highly suspic.
ious. Suspicious. of course. to me: to
ordinary people he would have ap.
pcared nothing out of the common.
His general appearance and demean-
or" | soiiloquized, "are Indicative OF
refinement: he is. therefore, a gentle
man. Being gentleman, it cannot be
his object to perpetrate 4 common
burglary. He has the aspect of 4 for
eigner. Being a foreigner he may be
4 Russian: and being 4 Russian he
must be Nihilist Good heavens. the
welfare of the populace, the very fate
of the dynasty, may be at stake Per-
haps this man carries an internal ma
chine concealed upon his person. Am
| not somewhat foolhardy to remain
near him? But what is the life of one
man to the safety of thousands!
Though perish myself Will run this
villain to earth will take him in the
very execution of his dire purpose. |
will risk my life for the
Here | collided violently with the
lamp-post. This delay ed Inc for some
time, but when | again caught up with
my man | was rewarded l'y perceiving
unmistakeable signs Of criminal COM
municaton Two or three times had
noticed an individual. on the opposite
side of the road, almost keeping pace
with the one | was following. | was
rather suspicious OF him at first. but
when | saw him go into Il public house
| naturally came to the conclusion that
he had dropped out Of the chase. |
was wrong, however. \ little farther
on NY man turned lack and went into
the same house Now. thought rs
followed him, the plot thickcns
| found my particular villain sitting
at a table, reading Il newspaper. His
confederate was sitting near, but there
was no attempt at conversation, | or
dcred something to drink, and took Il
seat in a corner where | could closely
observe their movements without being
apparent that was playing the spy.
For ncarl Y a quarter Of an hour |
watched them: then my pa
tience was rewarded The man who
was reading took out Il pencil and be-
gan scribbliny something on the mar
gin Of the newspaper.
'He is arranging the details of the
crime, said to myself. "lf | can
only gain possession of that writing |
shall have a clue
Presently the man threw the news
paper down 10y the side Of his accom-
plice and walked out. did not follow
him this time | felt convinced that
he left bchin all wanted
| thought of walking over and tax
ing up the paper, but, rs | had antici-
patcd before co olll do 50 the
other man pouncrd on it like Il hawk
For few minutes he pretended to read
I l..
the side Of the page and devour the
pencii note.
Now, this is where | displayed my
genius. When the man had read the
note he deliberately V tore off the piece,
folded it up, stuck it into the gas and
lighted his cigarette with it. Like Il
flash | took out 4 cigarette. and, walk
inc over to him, said the usual After
You, please in the most natural man.
ner
He hrsitatcd a moment and glanced
Slttrplv into my face. Apparently he
wa, satisfied with his scrutiny, for he
hlndr'l me the slip. lighted my Gig
arett'. put ont the paper, and threw it
on the ii Dor SO that it went well under
my chair. then resumed my seat
and waited Developments.
\ few minutes later the man left,
and, with my heart in my mouth,
picked up the paper and spread it ont
Part Of The writing was burned, hut
what remained almost male me veil
WITH triumph. 1t ran thus:
Attempt will be made tonight ....
Col. Lewis'S house in. in..................
approach from back garden in Carbon ST.
Black Jake and Ned SAWYER
That WAS sufficient lor me- 1t WAS
plain that Cul. Lewis houS was to he