Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-27

he gets a weeks start of us, we shall
never set eyes on him again"
"If that is so we must cndeavor TO
make sure that he does not get that
start" 7 replied. ~ will have the
principal ports watched, and in the
meantime will endeavor to find out
where he has slowed himself away in
London. You may rest assured Of
one thing, gentlemen, took this
matter up in the first place as an
ordinary business speculation. / am
now going on for that reason and
another Mr. Hayle tried trick on
me that I have never had attempted
before, and for the future he is my
enemy as well as yours. 1 hope l
have set myself right with you now.
You do not still believe that ! am
acting in collision with hm?"
IL do not" kitwater answered,
vchemently. "And | most humby
apologize for having said what ] did.
1t would have served me right if you
had thrown the case up there and
then, and / regard it as a proof of
your good feeling towards US that
You consent to continue your work
upon it. To-day is Friday, is it not?
Then perhaps by Sunday you may
have something more definite to
tell u.s."
at is just possible, l may" re-
turned.
an that case l am instructed by
mi nj tn a Z, eriy
the pleasure of your company at
Bishopstowe on that day. After the
tolls of London, a day in the country
will do you no harm, and needless
to say we shall be most pleased to
see you"
! remembered the girls pretty
face and the trim neat figure. am
not lady's man, far from it. never
theless | thought that | should like
to renew my acquaintance with her.
81 shall be very pleased to accept
Miss Kitwater's invitation, provided
l have something Of Importance to
communicate" | said. "Should not
be able to come, you will of course
understand that my presence is re-
movements must Of necessity be
regulated by those of Mr.. Hayle, and
while | am attending to him | am not
my own master"
Kitwater asked me one or two
more questions about the disposal of
the gems to the merchants in Hat
ton Garden, groancd as | describe
~ l. 4
under his breath when he heard of
Havle's cunning in refusing to allow
eft her his name or address to be
known. and then rose and babe me
good-hy.
During dinner that evening | had
plenty to think about. The various
events of the day had been so alb
sorhinr, and Aad followed so thick
and fast upon each other, that l had
little time to seriously digest them.
AS ate my meal, and drank my
modest pint of claret, | 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 boundlcss resources to stop
him, it is by no means an easy thing
for criminal to fy the country UNI
observed; but with me the case was
different. | had only my own and
the eXcrtions of a 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 |
had finished my dinner | strolled
down the Strand as far as Charing
Cross station. Turner was to leave
for st. Petersburg that night by the
mail train, and | had some instruc-
tions to give him before his dcpar-
turc. | 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. | warned him OF
the delicate nv ure of the operation
he was about to undertake., and bado
him use the greatest possible care
| that the man he was to watch did
not become aware of his intentions
Directly he knew for certain that
this man was about to leave Rus
STA, he was 10 communicate with me
by cipher, and with my representa-
tive in Berlin, and then follow hin
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 bc given him
! Knowing that he was a great votarN
of the Goddess Nicotine, | gave hin
few cigars to smoke on the way tC
Dover.
write TO me Immediately when you
have seen your man" ! said. "Rc
member me to Herr Schneider, anC
if you should see"
| came to a sudden stop, for there
among the crowd, not three-carriag g,
lengths away from me, a travelling
rug thrown over his shoulder, anC
carrying a small brown leather ha!
in his hand. stood Gideon Hayle
Unfortunately, he had already seeI
me, and almost before 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,
set off in pursuit, knowing that he
was going to make his bolt and thai
if | missed him now it would prob