Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-04-08

tAeAly 0iHoro. Inc clerk was next
called in, and gave his evidence, and
these matters having been settled,
the kilograms were dispatched to both
the captain and the agent.
Some four days we knew must csY.
tainly elapse before we could receive
q reply, and that time was devoted h
searching the city for Kitwater and
Codd. That they had not booked paa,
sages in the same boat in which Hayla
had sailed. we soon settled to our
satisfaction. In that case we knew
that they must be. domiciled in Ma,
Pies somewhere. In the intervals be-
tween our search Leglosse and used
| our best endeavors to make Miss Kit
water enjoy her stay. We took her to
PomPeii, climbed Vesuvius together,
visited Capri, Ischia, the great gmu-
scum, the kings palace, and dined to-
gether every evening. / had not been
acquainted with the girl much more
than fortnight. and yet felt as il I
had known her all my life, and the
greater my experience of her was, the
better ] liked her. AS for Leglosse. he
outdid himself in his devotion. He
made the most extraordinary toilets
IN her honor, and on one occasion
went even SO far as to inform me that,
II all Englishwomen were like this
particular specimen, he would say
good-by to his beloved Paris, and cross
the channel never to return again.
At last the eventful day arrived.
and from nine till twelve we called res
Peatedly at the Office for the telegram
that was TO mean SO much to us. II
was not, however. until the afternoon
was well advanced that message was
received. gould have taken my stick
70 the agent for the slowness with
which he opened the envelope. The
clerk was called In, the code trans-
eribea,
"This, gentlemen he said at last,
pointing to the telegram, "is from
our agent in Port Said, and is as fol-
lows:
Clifford, small man, gray hair, and
wears speetaaeeles, No Scar on face,
eannot ind first-class passenger with
one. Fear you have been deceived
"Confound the fellow" cried, a.hsa
done done q yEs again, What's Verse, we've.
wasted four precious days waiting for
this MESSAGE What shall We do
nowP"
Ia 4or him elsewhere" said Le-
glosse. "If he didn't go by that bpat
he might have left by another."e,
We thanked the agent for his coux-
tesy, and were about to leave the OF
flee when another telegram was hanE
ed IN. We waited to see whether It
was from the captain, and presently
found that we were not destined to
be disappointed. Once more the agent
consulted his code, transcribed the
message, and read it to us.
Have interviewed Clifford, threat
ened him with the police for using
passage booked by another person. He
confesses having been induced By
stranger such as you describe to sc.
cePt passage Colombo. How shall I
act?"
We've been done again." cried.
bringing my fist down with thump
upon the table. ITS only another
proof of Hayle's cleverness. The in
I genions rascal books his passage here.
knowing very well that twill be one
Of the frst. places at which we shall
make Inquiries, lets falla Gideon and
then transfers his ticket to some
body else. I suppose he didn't bargain
for my getting out Of that house in
time to follow him, and to telegraph to
Port Said. Now that we are certain
that he did not go that way, we must
try and find out in what direction he
did proceed.
And also what has become of the
Blind man and his companion. said
Leglosse. "They may be hot upon his
trail, and II we can only discover
them. and keep an eye on them, wo
nay find out all we want to know.
But it Is likely to prove a difficult
task" =.
We tried the various shipping Offices.
without success. We called at every
hotel, important or otherwise, ques-
toned the city police, who assured
US they had seen nothing OF the men
we described. and finally were COM
PEELED to own ourselves thoroughly
well beaten. Leglosse's face was the
picture Of despair, and fear mine was
not much better, We inserted adver-
tisements in the papers, but with NO
more luck than before. From the mo.
ment the trio had entered Naples, they
seemed to have vanished entirely.
Then one evening q, ragged urchin
called at the hotel and asked to seq
US. In reply to our questions, he in
formed us that be had seen two Eng
lishmenn only the day before. such as
the police were inquiring for; one OF
them was blind, the other dumb. In
deed. he was sure of this, for the rea-
son that he had carried their bag for
them down to the harbor whence the
Palermo boat hailed. We pricked up
our ears on hearing this: If his story
was correct, and Kitwater and Codd
had visited Sicily, then without
doubt Hayle must have gone there too.
But we had no desire to allow our
selves to be taken in again. It might
be another of HayleS tricks, and Tor
this reason we questioned the boy
moro closely. He adhered, however,
TO his story without q variation. His
description Of the men was perfect in
every respect, and he assured us most
emphatically that he knew nothing Of
any individual with such a scar upon
his face as Hayle possessed. At last