Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-25

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1 'ad It, and ne told me- TO 60 to-,
!, well, thssplas g ism Sllnentioned in
Iperlite comp That's al l hnow
about 'im.'',s
He paused sand shook his head in
the direction of the bal. after which
he observed that he knew all about
it, and one or two. other things be-
side. s:.
| gave him shilling for his infor-
nation and then left the house.
Once more I had missed Gideon
! Hayle by q few minutes, but had
received some information that might
help me tor find him again. Unfor-
tunately, however, he was now well
on his way to Southampton, and in
few hours might be out of England.
MY respect for that astute gentleman
l was Increasing hourly, but it did not
deter me, only made me the more re-
solved to beat him in the end. Maxi
ing my way to Waterloo, I inquired
when the next train left for South
ampton. Finding that I had more
than an hour. and half to wait, I
! photographed to the man had sent to
/ southampton, to watch the docks,
and then took the electric railway to
! the city, and made my way to my Of
| flee, where a pile of correspondence
awaited me on my table. Calling my
managing clerk to my assistance, I
set to work to- examine it. He
opened the letters while I perused
them and dictated the various re-
plies. When he came to the fifth he
uttered an exclamation of surprise.
"What is it?" I inquired. "Any-
thing wrong?"
In reply he handed me a letter
written on good note paper, but
without an address,. It ran as fol-
lows:
"Mr. Gideon Hayle returns thanks
for kind inquiries, and begs to in
form Mr.. Fairfax that he is leaving
England to day for Algiers."
IF he thinks he is going to bluff
me with that sort of tale, he's very
much mistaken" I said. 81 happen
to be aware of the fact that he left
for Southampton by the nine o'clock
train this morning. If might
hazard guess as to where he was
going, I should say that his destina-
ton is the Cape. But let him go
where he will, Ill have him yet. In
the meantime, send Williams to Char
ing Cross at once, Roberts to Vic
tor1a, and Dickson to St. Paul's.
furnish each with description of
the man they are to look after, be
particular about the scar upon his
left cheek, and if they see him tell
them that they are not to lose sight
OF him, happen what may. Let them
telegraph should they discover any,
thing definite, and then go in p1r-
suit. In any case I shall return from
Southampton tonight, and shall call
here at once"
Half an hour later I arrived at
Waterloo, took my ticket and board
ed the train for Southampton. When
l reached the port was met at the
station by my representative, who
informed me that he had seen moth
ing of the man had described, al
though he had carefully looked for
him.
| "We'll try the various shipping
Offices first" I said. II feel positive
1y certain that he came down here
by the nine o'clock train"
We drove from shipping office to
shipping Office, and made the most
careful inquiries, but in every case
without success: Once we thought
we had discovered our man, only to
find, after wasting a precious hour,
that the clerks description was alto
gether wrong one, and that he re-
sembled Hayle in no sort of way.
We boarded the South" African mail
boat, but he was not among her pas
sengers; we overhauled the Ameri-
can liner, with an equally barren re-
suit. We paid cursory visits to the
principal hotels, but could hear no
tidings of him in any one of them.
AS matter of fact, If the man had
journeyed to Southampton, as I 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 J
scarcely knew what to think Of IT,
That the boots at the hotel had ~.
been hoodwinking me 1 felt assured
in my own mind. His anger against
the man was too real to allow any
doubt upon that pointo At last, hav-
ing exhausted all our resources, and
not seeing what I could do further,
l returned to my subordinate's lodg-
ings, where it had been arranged
that kilograms should be addressed
to me: On my arrival there a yellow
envelope was handed to me. l tore
it open eagerly and withdrew the
contents. 1t proved to be from Dick
son, and had been sent off from
Dover. I took my cookbook from
my pocket and translated the mes
sage upon the back Of the telegraph
form. 1t ran as follows:
MAN with triangular scar upon
!et: cheek, brown bag ana travelling
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