Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-23
good-by to his beloved Paris. and cross


that was to mean so much TO us. 1t
was not, however, until the afternoon
was well advanced that message was
received. i could have taken my stick
to the agent for the slowness with
which he opened the envelope. The
clerk was called in, the code trans.
lated, and the message presently trans
cribed.
This, gentlemen" he said at last,
pointing to the telegram. lis from
our agent in Port Said, and is as fol-
lows:
Clifford, small man, gray hair, and
wears spcctacles. No scar on face.
cannot find tirst-class passenger with
one. Fear you have been deceived"
-Confound the fellow" cried, hes
done us again. What's worse, we've
wasted four precious days waiting for
this message. What shall We do
now?"
Look for him elsewhere" said Lee
glosse. eff he didn't go by that boat,
he might have left Ivy another"
We thanked the agent for his cour.
tesy, and were about 10 leave the of
flee when another telegram was hand
cd in. We waited to see whether il
~,oS from, +ba o,,,,,;,, i . a.,
fo,,,d ~, ,,. ,,!p - ',''G ',H
~, dis,nnai,,tad o,,a. nv ~. W ="
consuI,cd III. oodo .. .,i"' =, 'ii' q .,''
mcss,re and roa5 :, "'',e' '''" ''i'
Have interviewed Clifford, threat
ened him with the police for using
passage booked by another person. lie
STRANGER su.b -, ,.o,, 1...a,.;I'. -. ~
cept passY.,e CoIor,ho NJ. .1,tI
net ~
"Ne've bcor done o,,o;,- ~,
bringing mn, fist down ,,.;tb -,
upon the table ~. o,I,, a,,,,+t.n
proof of IIavle's cIeverreg. ,rLo j.,
geniots rascal bool.- hi. ,,o....,,.,. -,
Knowing very wen that i viii Inc ,,,.
OF the first Dlacr, ut which W.. .boli.
ma Se Inquiries LET'S falI, .Gidoo,, ,.,.,,f
th,n transfers his +icl,o. TO SOM.
body else. | suppose he didn't barp,i,,
TO-. my uetIinc ONT of that house =,
tiIIe to follow him. and to tcIegrapb in
Pot Said. Now that we are ccrtaj,.
that he did not ro that WA, we INNS.
try and find out i'm what direction he
did proceed"
and also what has become of tho
a 4
LegIosse. They may he hot uuor hi,
trail, and if we can o,,iv d;ocoy,,
them, and keep an eve on tbor, ~,
may find out all we want to know.
But it is likely to prove q diftieul,
task"
We tried the various SHINING Offices
without success. We called nj evrr,
hotel. important or otherwise ,ri,l-
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. Leglossc's face was tho
picture of despair, and fear mime was
not much better. We inserted adyer-
tiscments 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 ragged urcbiu
called at the hotel and asked to see
us. In reply TO our questions. he in
formed us that he had seen two Eng
hShmen only the day before, such a.
the police were inquirinc for: one of
them was blind the other dumb. IN
deed n was sure of this, for the rea-
son that he had carried their bag for
them down to the harbor whence the
Palermo boat nailed We pricked up
our ears on hearing this. If his story
was correct and hitwater and Codd
hao VISITED sicily then without
GouD' Iiayle must have gone there too
'',t we h"d no desire 10 allow our
serves 10 he taken IN again. 1t might
"e aho'h'r OF iaNI'" tricks, and for
'h'S reason we questioned the boy
more c'oSeIy. lie adhered, however,
10 nus StoTA Wiihout variation His
description OF the men was perfect in
'''S respect ana ne assured us most
'''i'!"' icaIIN hat he knew nothing OF
any 'hu'N'HoaI with such scar upon
n'S race d" hdFie possessed. At last
VIC oecam convinced that his story
was genuine, and we rewarded the boy