The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
1 gave him a shilling for his infor

Ohce more ma MISSED baucon
Iuylr by a few minute, but I had
received some information that might
help me to find him Rgain. Unfor-
tuuafrly, however, he was now well
on his way 10 southampton, and in
a few hours might be out Of England.
Ny respect for that nstute gentleman
was increasing hourly, but IL did not
deter me. only made me the more re-
solved to beat him In the end. Max
ing my way to Waterloo. ! inquired
when the next train left for South
ampton. Finding that ! had more
than an hour and half to wait, I
Photographed TO the man ! nad sent 70
southampton 20 watch the docks,
and then took the electric railway 20
the city, and made my way 10 my Of
fce, where n pile Of correspondence
awaited me ON my table. Calling my
managing clerk TO my assistance, I
set To work to examine IL. He
opened he letters while I perused
them and dictated the various re-
plies. when he came 90 the fifth he
uttered an exclamation Of surprise.
"What Is ~" ! inquired. "Any-
thing wronR?"
In reply he handed me letter
written on good note PAPER. but
without an address. II ran as fol-
lows:
mir. Gideon Hayle returns thanks
for kind inquiries, and begu TO i'm
form Mr.. Fairfax that he is leaving
England to day for Algiers."
III he thinks he Is going to bluff
me with that sort OF tale, he's very
much mistaken" I said. ~ happen
TO be aware OF the fact that lac left
FOR Southampton by the nine o'clock
train this morning. II might
hazard guess a. to where he was
going, should say that his destlnA.
tion n the Cape. But let him go
where he will, IN have him yet. In
the meantime, send Williams To Char.
ing Gross at once. Roberts to Vic
toria, and Dickson TO st. Paula.
Furnish each with q description Of
the man they are to look after. be
left cheek, and II they see him tell
them that they are not 20 lose sight
OF him. happen what may. Let them
telegraph should they discover any.
thing definite, and then 40 in pur-
suit In any case | shall return from
southampton tonight, and shall call
here az once"
Half an hour later / arrived at
Waterloo, took my ticket and board
eel the train for Southampton. When
/ reached the port ! was met at the
station 10y my representative, who
informed me that he had seen moth.
ing Of the man / had described, al
though he had carefully looked for
him.
Wen try the various shipping
Offices frst." I said. 81 feel positive.
BY certain that he came down here
by the nine o'clock train"
We drove from shipping Office 90
shipping Office, and mHGe the most
careful inquiries, but In every case
without success. Once we thought
we had discovered our man. only to
find. after wasting q precious hour,
that the clerks description was alto
gcther wrong one. and that he re-
semblcd Hayle In no sort of way.
We boarded the South African mail
boat, but he was not among her pas
scugers; we oVerhauled the Ameri-
can liner. with an equally barren re-
suit. We paid eursory visits to the
principal hotels, but could hear no
tidings Of him in any one of them.
A. n matter OF fact, II the man had
iourncyed 10 southampton, as ! had
every reason TO suppose he had done,
he must have disappeared into thin
air when he got there. The whole
affair was most bewildering, and !
scarcely knew what TO think OF IL.
That the boots at the hotel had not
been hoOdwinking me l felt assured
In my own mind. His anger against
the man WA too real TO allow any
doubt upon that point. Al last, hav-
ing exhausted all our resources, aud
not seeing what ! could do further,
! returned 10 my subordinate's lodg-
ings, where u had been arranged
that kilograms should be addressed
TO me. On my arrival there a yellow
envelope was handed 20 me. | tore
u open eagerly and withdrew the
contents. II proved 10 be from Dick.
son. aud had been sent of from
Dover. took my cookbook from
my pocket and translated the mes
sage upon the bnck OF the telegraph
form. II ran as follows;
''Man with triangular scar upon
left check, brown bag and travelling
rug, boarded train at Herne Hin,
went through 90 Dover, and has
booked to Paris. Am following him
according to Instructions"
"Then he slipped me after ALL" I
cried. Gle must have gone on 20
Waterloo, crossed TO Cannon street,
then on 60 London bridge. The
cunning scoaidrell He must have
made up his mind that the biggest
bluff he could play upon me was TO
tell the truth. aud, by Jove! he was
not very far wrong However. those
laugh best who laugh last. and
though he has had a very fair
innings 40 far, we win see whether
he can beat me In the end. III get
back TO town now, run down to Bish-
opstowe tomorrow morning 10 re-
port progress, aud then be of 20
Paris after him ON Monday"
At s;ss that night reached Lon
don. AZ the same moment MIR.
Gideon Hayic was sitting down TO
charming little dinner ut the Cafe
des Princes. and was snsiine {. him
.sls as he thought of the suecess
that had attended tine lrick he had