Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-20


rose to depart.
II must again express my graft
trde to you, Mr.. Fairfax" ne said,
for having consented to take up the
case. feel certain you will ulti-
mately be successful. I will leave
you to imagine with what anxiety
we shall await any news you may
have to give u.s."
II will communicate with you as
soon as 1 have anything to report"
l answered. you may rely upon
my doing my best to serve you. BY
the way, are you aware that your
niece called upon me this morning?"
He gave start of surprise.
mo, I certainly did not know IT,"
he replied. "She said nothing to us
OF such an intention. 1 know that
she is heart and soul with US in our
desire to find Hayle. But since you
have seen her you probably know
that?"
81 think 1 do" returned, for
some reason almost abruptly.
"She is a good girl said Kitwa-
W.T. lllcn lOOh IIOIll HIS POChtt
an envelope which he handed to me.
by the way, l brought this with
me-" he said, sin the hope that we
should be able to induce you to ac-
cede to our wishes. Inside you will
find 100 note, which should be
sufficient to cover any preliminary
expenses. II you need more, perhaps
you will be kind enough to commune
cate with me at once, and it shall be
sent you. \ receipt can be forward
ed to me at your leisure"
/ thanked him and placed the en-
velope upon the table. In my own
mind I felt that it would be an easy
matter to guess whence the sum had
come, and for a reason that | could
not then ana we, and therefore am
unable to describe, the thought ir-
ritatcd me.
Having assured them that the
amount would be quite sufficient, in
the event of nothing unforeseen hap
pening, to last for some conside ra BILE
time to come, l conducted them to
the door, again repeating the prom
Use that l would communicate with
them SO soon as l had anything to
report. If I had only known then,
that, at the very moment when they
stepped into the street, the man
they wanted me to find for them,
and whom they hated SO desperately,
was standing in a shop on the other
side of the road. keeping an eve on
my door, and evidently watching for
their departure, how much trouble
and vcXation Of spirit we should all
have been saved. But I did not know
this until long afterwards, and then
OF course the information came too
late to be Of any service to us.
Next morning / was early at the
Office, being DESTROYS OF winding up
another little matter before | turned
of my subordinates had just returned
from the continent whittier l had
sent him to keep an eye on certain
pseudo-French marquis with whom
expected to have dealings at no dis
tant date. He reported that the gen
tleman IN question had broken the
bank at Monte Carlo, had staked and
lost all his winnings next day, and
had shot himself on the promenade
OH the evening following. With his
death the affair. on which | had con-
fidently expected to be employed.
came to an end. | could not say that
l was altogether sorry.
II
day, Turner, for st. Petersburg"
said, when he had finished his report
and l had commented upon il. "Do
you remember Paulus Scevanovitch,
who was concerned in that attempt
to defraud the Partisan jewellers,
Naurel Co., two years ago."
Eyes, sir, ! remember him perfect
~" Turner replied. "A tall, burly
man, with a bushy beard, the top of
his little finger on the left hand
missing, and long white scar over
his right eyebrow"
"The same" ! answered. 81 see
you have not forgotten him. Well.
want you to find him out, and let me
have an exact account Of his move
ments during the next three weeks.
The office will arrange your expenses
in the usual way, and you had better
leave by the mail train. In all prob
ability ! shall see you off,"
every good sir" the man respond
ed. and withdrew.
He had scarcely gone before one of
my clerks entered the room and
handed me card. On it was printed
the name of Mr.. Edward Baylcy, and
in the left-hand bottom corner was
the announcement that he was the
managing director of the Santa Cruz
Mining company of Forzoda in the
Argentine Republic.
"Show the gentleman in, Walters"
l said.
In few minutes tall, handsome
man. irreproachab turned out, en-
tered the office. He seated himself in
n chair the clerk placed for him, put
his hat and umbrella on another, and
then turned to me-
my card has made you familiar
with my name, Mr.. Fairfax" he be-
gan, and doubtless, if you are at all
familiar with mines and mining, you
are acquainted with the name of the
company l have the honor to repre-
sent?"
Il am very much afraid the min
.ng market does not possess very
much interest for me-" replied. Il