The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-28

CT police orncer III disguise. nv was u
stout, rather pompous man Of middle
height, with fluffy whiskers, clean
shaver chin and upper lip, and from his
dress might have been a linen draper or
small tradesman from some cathedral
town. Having warmly shaken hands
with me he put his top hat down on a
chair, seated himself on another, mop
ped his forehead with red bandanna
handkerchief, took off and carefully
wiped his spectacles, returned them to
his nose, and then said quietly, "What
do you think of this for make up, DR..
De Normanville?''
"Walworth, cried, in utter amaze
ment. "You don It really mean to say
it's you! / was just beginning to won
der how should manage to rid myself
of Mr.. Samuel Baker before you should
arrive. You are certainly genius at
concealing your identity, if ever there
was one. )"
81 have had to do it SO often" he re-
piled, sthat have reduced it to a sci
ence."
"Have you anything to report?'
"a good deal,' he answered. sBut
before begin, may light cheroot? /
see from tine ash trays you smoke in
here!''
"Smoke as much as you please" l
replied. "May also offer you some re-
freshment? Perhaps you haven't dined?
If SO, can tell them to bring you up
something!"
"No, thank you," he answered. 81
have dined, and excellently. Now let us
get to business without any further
waste of time. -
"With all the good will in the
world" I said, seating myself again.
"Go on. Tell me all. {"
sin the first place I have ascertained
that the van leaves the prison at def
mite hour every day. 1t drives down,
takes the prisoners up and drives back
again. This being SO, it is certain that
it must be stopped on its way from the
prison to the court and in such way
that 1t cannot go on again for at least
half an hour. In the meantime another
van must drive down equipped in every
way like the real one. This one will
take up the prisoner and drive off. Once
out of sight of the station, it will drive
into the yard Of an empty house, con-
veyance will then be in waiting in the
other street, her ladyship passes through
the house, gets into that and drives off
to railway station. There Pullman
must be in readiness to take her to the
seaside, whence yacht will convey her
to some place where we can have the
Lone Star to meet her. shall cable to
Patterson to set off and be in readiness
to pick us up directly we have decided
where that place shall be.
"But how will you cable to him with.
out exciting suspicion?'
You need have no fear on that score.
We have means of communicating of
our own which would explain now
only it would be waste of time. What
do You think of my scheme?"
1T sounds all right, but il it work
able?''
81 really think SO. However, we will
discuss it item by item and try and ar
rive at conclusion that way. To begin
with, money must be considered no OBJ
ject. If even e10, 900 is necessary to it's
success, 100000 will be spent. In the
first place, we must find a competent
coach builder at once. If he has van on
hand, which is hardly likely, we'll pur-
chase it. If not, we'll, then he must put
on all his hands and make one, even if
he has to work day and night to do it. :"
"But how will you explain the pur-
pose for which we want it?''
II have thought of that, and when I
left you I sent the following telegram. :"
Here he produced a duplicate form
from his pocket and read it aloud:
To the Lessee Olympic Theater, Manchester:
What dates this month"; Reply terms, stra.
gaus, West Strand telegraph Office
MAXIMILLIEN STRAGAU6.