Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-18

4 4 M !. !
a TRAvRL.ING RUG THRoWNsovER
r Ills SHOULDER. sAND&CARRYlNG
81 A SMALL. BROWN LEATHER BAG
IN HIS HAND, STOOD: GIDEON
a. HAYkE .s.s ,=e..ss : -
and fast upon each other, that 1 had
little time to seriously digest. them
AS | ate my meal, and. drank my
modest pint of. claret, I gave them
my fullest consideration. AS Kitwa-
ter had observed, there was no time
to waste if we desired to lay our
hands upon that slippery Mr.: *Hayle
Given the full machinery of the law
and its boundless" resources to stop
him, it is by no means an easy thing
for criminal to fly the country un-
observed; but with me the case was
different. I had only my own and
the exertions of few and trusted
servants to rely upon, and it. was
therefore impossible for us to watch
all the various backdoors leading
out of England at once. When I
had. finished my dinner I :. strolled
down the Strand as far as Charing
Cross station. Turner was to leave
for. St. Petersburg that night by the
mail train, and I had some instruc-
tions to give him before his depar-
ture. found him in the act Of at
tending to the labelling of his lug
gage, and, when he had seen it safe
~ on the van, we strolled down the
platform together. I warned him of
the delicate nature of the operation
he was about to undertake, and babe
him use the greatest possible care
that the man he was to watch did
not become aware of his intentions.
Directly he knews.for certain that
this man was about to leave Rus
STA, he was to communicate with me
by cipher: and with my representa-
tive in Berlin, and then follow him
with all speed to that city himself.
As I had: good reason to know, he
was a shrewd and intelligent fellow,
and one who never forgot any in
structions that might be given him.
Knowing that he was q great votary
of the Goddess Nicotine, gave him
a few cigars to smoke on the way to
Dover. -. -.
Write to me Immediately when, you
have seen your man." I said. "Re-
member me to Herr Schneider, and
if you should see" -
J. L came. to a sudden stop, for there,
the crowd, not three-carriage
lengths; away from me, a travelling
rug thrown over his shoulder, and
carrying a small brown leather bag
in his hand. stood: Gideon Hayle.
unfortunately, he. had already seen
re, and almost before I realized
what he was doing, he was making
his way through the crowd in the
direction of the main entrance.
Without another word to Turner, I
set off in pursuit, knowing that: he
was going to make his bolt, and that
if l. missed him now it would prob
ably be my last chance of coming to
grip with him. Never before had the
platform seemed so crowded. An :ex-
asperating lady, with lanky youth
at her side, hindered my passage,
porters with trucks piled with lug
gage barred the way just when l
was getting along nicely; while, as
/ was about to make my way out
into the courtyard, an idiotic French
man seized me by the arm and i'm
plored me to show him "ze Office cf
re money-changaire." l. replied
angri]y that did not know, and ran
out into the portico, only to be in
time to see Gideon Hayle take seat
in a hanson. He had evidently given
his driver his instructions, for the
man whipped up his horse, and went
out of the yard at a speed which, at
any other hour, would certainly have
got him into trouble with the police.
I called up another cab and jumped
into it, promising the man a SOW
ereign as / did so, if he would keep
the .other cab in sight, and find out
for me its destination. -, -. -
q Right ye are, SIR" the cabman re.
piled. you jest leave that to me.
wont let him 60 out of my sight"
e Then we, in our turn, left the yard
Of the station. and set OF eastwarda
along the Strand in pursuit.. Both
ecabmens were sharp fellows and evi-
IDENTIFY familiar with every twist; and
turn Of their famous London. In my
time ! have had q good many curious
drives in one. part Of the world and
another, but think that chase will
always rank irst. We travelled along
! the Strand, about 100 yards be