Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-09-05
touched with an electric wire ran along

touched With an electric wire ran along
his nerves.
But he controlled all appearance of
excitement, and said, mockingly:
II guess you fell asleep and dreamed
all this, Jacky."
mo, sir, you bet didn't! see 'em
both jest as plain as see you a-stand-
in there. She was tall young woman,
but she didn't even reach to his Shout
der, fo- he wur uncommon tall an
large--a grand figger Of a man: an
what with his handsome face an yaller
hair, an them eyes O. his. couldn't
forget him in all my life; an as to
dreamin', couldn't dream anythin'
half so handsom as that man or that
young woman, either"
"About what time was 1t when you
saw them?" Hantlin asked. ~
''It was before 3, COS I counted the
strokes next time the clock struck in
the church over yonder; but eggsackly
what time, can't say. 1t wasn't long
before
"Just the time the French maid dis
appeared thought Hantlin, hurriedly
searching his pockets and dropping a
silver quarter into the bootblack's hand.
A4lal VIII OO, JaSAy, SOO VIC PoAAohACo
me up first-rate. I wish could have
seen that yellow-haired gentleman. I
am great admirer of beauty. I would
be willing to give this golden piece Of
money to get look at the man you've
described"
And he tossed up five-dollar piece in
the air, and caught it as it fell.
Jacky's eyes shone with admiration.
both at the coin and Hanlan's dexterity
in catching it.
IT might see the yaller-haired Teller
again." he said, cycling the coin visit
fully.
When you do, ust let me have good
look at him, too, and you shall have
this piece of gold to remember him by"
said Hantlin, dropping the coin into his
vest pocket and turned away with a
nod and look quite Ineligible to the
bootblack.
THE French woman's lover" thought
Hantlin, or the fair young woman's,
perhaps. The maid could scarcely have
such remarkable man for a lover. In
any case, the murderer of Philip Gray
son, and the man who was concealed in
the French girls room. HIM! that boy
is a treasure. Not one boy In hun
dred would have observed the man be-
cause of his beauty, and the woman
alongside of him, too. The description
sets a mark on him at once; but what
will he do? His first care will be to
have that golden hair cut short and,
perhaps, covered with wig; then he
will stain his cmplexion and change his
costume. I must communicate with
every barber in town. Pshaw! he won't
go to barber; the woman will go to
him tonight, and act the part of hair
cutter. I must have the house watched
and Mademoiselle Leonce Swallowed.
must do it myself, too. It's fatal to
leave these things to a secondary per-
son. Oh, for the power to be in six
places at once, furnished with twenty
pairs of eyes'
That being obviously impossible, De-
tective Hantlin was fain to do the next
best thing, and that was to disguise
himself beyond the possibility of recog-
milton.
This he proceeded to do as soon is he
reached his rooms; and when he
emerged from there into the street
again. his own mother would not have
recognized her son in the odd-looking
COuuCIv Uulllphll1 4AIO WAAOAAA AAC AAeAA
transformed himself.
In the meantime he had telegraphed
to every police station in the city to be
on the lookout for a very tall, blonde
man with magnificent long, yellow hair;
also, similar party with short, yellow
hair; also, very tall man with dark
hair, presumably wig.
HE can't disguise his height, any,
how" thought the detective, land that
of itself is unusual"
AS soon as he had reached the street
he directed his steps, in a rambling
manner toward the scene of the morn
ings tragedy, and, after arriving there,
proceeded to ring the bell, his first OBJ
ject being to ascertain whether Leonce
was in the house or not, and he guessed
that there would be ten chances to one
that she would answer the bell, for the
simple reason that she was more anx-
ious than any one else in the house.
The event proved the correctness of
this reasoning. Laonce opened the dooi.
and to some trifiing question of the de-
tective, replied briefly and GROSSLY, al
most closing the door in his face when
he would have asked for further in
formation.
"All right, my LADY," thought Hant-
lin. You are there; that's all want
to know for the present. And those
sharp, bright eyes of yours never recog-
nized me, smart as you are-and what
bright eyes they are, to be sure! They
fairly haunt me. Wherever look see
those great, dark, lustrous eyes dancing
before me-
Musing thus, Hantlin crossed the
street, and took up a position where he
could, unobserved, watch the house
which was the center of interest for
him, both from the principal entrance
and the servants entrance. He had al
ready taken the precaution to find out
that there was no means Of egress by
any back way, or through the back
street.
Hour after hour the detective kept his
position and watched. More than once
a passing policeman observed him. and
stopped to order him to move on" but
a few magic words, uttered In a low
tone, relieved him from further molest-
alton; and still he remained. He saw
all sorts Of persons come and go-un-
dertakers. plying their CHASTITY trade; a
load of ice left at the area; messen-