Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-03-02

srow, and, therefore ecessaril1
conspicuous By ture np mi
coat collar | covered linen and
thus rendered myself lisbis Il
attract attenfioB.
then folIored u 81 is,i ,
sIauching. shufII,ne - order
so slsw people that 20 OBJ
ject 10 foIlowina lin. enndef
up ny shoplsleF on had,
\ ked np nndef M egebfsuF slff
the most approved ftrret express,
ion, and followed ny quarry with
tie pertinacity Of . bloahoand.
Nothing important dsppened fol
the first half hour, except that the
mans conduct in general vas high.
ly suspicious. Conspicuous, OF
course, to me; to ordinary people
he would have appeared nothing
out of the common.
"Eis general appearance and de-
meanor," soliloquized. "are IN
dicative of refinement; heiis, there
fore, a gentleman. Being a gen.
.leman. it cannot be his object to
perpetrate a common burglary.
He has the aspect of a foreigner.
Being foreigner he NAV be Rus.
sian; and being a Russian be must
be a Nihilist. Good heavens !! the
welfare of the populace, the very
fate of the dynasty. may DO at
stake. Perhaps this man carries
an internal machine concealed upon
his person. Am | not somewhat
foolhardy to remain near him :
But what is the life of one man ia
the safety of thousands Though
| perish myself | will run this vii.
liam to earth. / will take him in
the very execution of his dire pur.
pose. will risk my life for the
Here | collided violently with .
lamp post. This delayed me- foi
some time. but when ! again caught
uRsto my snspI rs rewarded. hs
perceiving unmistakzble signs OF
criminal communication. Two OF
three times had noticed On iudi.
.vldual. 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 public house
| naturally came to the conclusion
that he had dropped out of the
chase. | was wrong, however. A
little farther on my man turned
back and went into the same house.
Now, thought as | followed him,
the plot thickens.
] found my particular william sit,
ting at table reading a newspaper.
His confederate was sitting near,
but there was no attempt at CONVEX.
sation. | ordered something to
drink and took a seat in a corner
where | could closely observe their
movements without it being sppar-
ent that | was playing the spy.
For nearlya quarter Of an hour
| furtivelY watched them then ms
patience was rewarded. The mar
who was reading took out a pencil
and began scribbling something on
the margin of the newspaper.
"He is arranging the details oI
the ciime," said | to myself. "Ifl
can only gain possession Of. thai
writing shalt have clew.''
Presently the man threw the
newspaper down by the eide Of h;,
accompIice and walked out. | did
not follow him this time. | fel,
convinced that he left behind all
wanted.
! thought of walking over and
taking up the paper. but. as | had
anticipated, before | could do 90
the other man pouneed on it like {
hawk. For a few minutes he pre-
tended to read the news, then sau
his eyes sneak to the side of The
page and devour the pencilnote.
"Now, sbis is where ! displayed
my genius. When the man had
read the note he deliberately tore
of she piece, folded it up, stuck il
into the gas and lighted his cigar
cite with it. Like fash | tool
out cigarette, and. walking ovel
to him. said the usual AFTER, you
please" in the most natural man
ner.
He hesitated q moment and
glanced sharply into my face Ap
parenly he wss satisfied with hi
scrutiny for be handed me th,
slip ! lighted my cigarette, pu