Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-01

"Write to me Immediately when you
have seen your man." ] SAID. he
member me to Herr Schneider, and
if you should see"
/ came to a sudden stop, for there,
among the crowd, not three-carrlage
lengths away from me, travelling
rug thrown over his shoulder, and
carrying a small brown leather bag
in his hand, stood Gideon Hayle. |
Unfortunately, he had already seen
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, L
set off in pursuit, knowing that he
was going to make his bolt, and that
if / 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 a 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
l was about to make my way out
into the courtyard, an idiotic French
man seized me by the arm and inn
plored me to show him re office OF
re money-changaire." / replied
angrily that / did not know, and ran
out into the portico, only to be in
time to see Gideon Hayle take a seat
4 {l,.
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.
] 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.
! Right ye are, Sir" the cabman re-
piled. you jest leave that to me.
won't let him go out of my sight
Then we, in our turn, left the lard
of the station, and set off eastwards
along the Strand in pursuit. Both
cabmen We're sharp fellows and evi.
IDENTIFY familiar with every twist and
: turn of their famous London. In my
time have had good many curious
:. drives in one part of the world anC
another. but ! think that chase viii
L always rank first. We travelled along
D the Strand, about 100 yards be
i hind the other vehicle, then turned
up southampton street, through
: Covent Garden by way of Henrietta
street into Long Acre. After that
e cannot pretend to have any idea o
the direction we took. l know tina
L we passed through Drury Lane
crossed High Holborn, to present.,
o find ourselves somewhere at the bacl
of Gray's Inn. The buildings of tn,
: Parcels Post depot marked another
stage in our journey. But still thu
e other cab did not show any sign o
Il coming to a standstill Leaving
v Mount Pleasant behind us, we en-
e tered that dingy labyrinth of street
e lying on the other side of the Clerk
enwell House of Detention. How
u much longer was the chase going t
y last? Then, to my delight, the othe
D cab slackened its pace, and eventua
TX ly pulled up before small public
] house. We We're so close behind
| that we narrowly escaped collision
| / sprang out, and ran to the othe
| vehicle in order to stop Hayle befor
! he could alight.
| "Wot's up. guvner?" asked the cal
| man. Don't go worriting {
| yourself. There's nobody inside"
| He was quite right, the cab Wa
| empty!
| ITO be, Continued)