Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-05-10

was our house. Though his hat was
pulled we'll over his forehead, could
see his eyes glancfng up in our direc-
ton from under the brim.
Slowly he passed along the street,
and at the second lamppost up he STOP
ped. Against the farther side of it he
leaned; but, though he occasionally
glanced about him, l could see that his
attention was really engrossed by our
end Of the street. And yet further to
add to the mystery, if mystery there
were. be suddenly left his lounge
against the lamppost, and we saw him
disappear around the corner of the
next street.
More puzzled than ever, l looked at
my uncle for an explanation, and saw
! grim smile play about his mouth.
His eyes had come back to the Picca-
! dilly end Of the street. and, following
,, the direction of his gaze. I saw it cen
ter upon burly policeman who rolled
| with lordl3 nonchalance along the
| pavement.
Quickly putting two and two togeth-
er, turned to my companion for con-
! irmation. He nodded approvingly. as,
though he read my thoughts.
''Quite right. l believe that man to
be there for no good purpose. His
sudden exit into Stafford street, just as
the constable appears, is, to say the
least of it, trife suspicious. OF
course it may be merely coincidence,
| but we shall see. If l am not mis-
taken, he will return by way Of Abe
marie street and Piccadilly."
| "But this is an Englishman," be-
gan. "Surely he'- and then stopped,
feeling very foolish. I was going to
| suggest in the face Of my fathers con-
fession that Englishmen would not mix
themselves up with the Society of Hid
den Meaning.
| Jim saw the hesitation and smiled.
"My dear Davie," he said, "you must
not imagine that we have only Woo
ching to fight. The Society Is rich.
There are always plenty Of men ready
! to earn good wages. One has only to
| 60 into the streets and look at the faces
of the people to imagine how easily the
; society would gain recruits"
With sigh assented. With so
much murder and robbery rife for
problematical gains, how very easy it
would be to find workmen when the
wage was assured. 1t seemed to me
that the ground beneath US was Slip
ping more rapidly than ever.
We accordingly set ourselves to
watch, Jim stationing himself at one
side Of the window, I at the other.
saw the spy slowly enter our street
from the Piccadilly end. We watched
the man walk on until he reached the
end of the street, and there he took up
his stand and began slowly to fill a
pipe. Then my uncle picked up his
gloves and cane.
eve had better 60 now" he. said.
"That fellow saw us enter. He must
see US 60 out again or he may suspect
US of watching. l must go and see
Waring. We shall certainly lose that
fellow in the crowd. Quick, there's an
empty hanson coming along the street
just nowv'
snatched up my hat and gloves, and
together we bundled down the stairs,
opening the door in time to hail the
cab. With a nonchalant step we cross
ed the pavement.
Bank" said my uncle as he bal
anced himself on the step. -.
l, following, took leisurely look up
the street.. The man with the billy:
cock hat had left his stand and was
hurrying in our direction. ! caught q
last glimpse of him as we shot round
the corner into Piccadilly. He was
still good hundred yards behind. -;