The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-30

was likely 10 prove bigger analr
than ! had hargained for.
Having failed In both his attempts
70 got me out OF the way, his naxt |
move will be to leave England with |
as little delay an poasihlc." said 70 |
myself. "if only knew In what part |
of London he was staying. I'd ran
sack II for him. II ! had 20 visit every |
house In order 30 do No. A. u H. he |
has a thousand different ways OF ea-
CAPE. aud unleAs luck favorS me ]
shall he unable Ia prevent him from
taking his departure"
At that moment there was tap
Ai the door and my clerk entered the
room.
MIR. Kitwa,cr and Mr.. Codd 20 see
you. sir"
"show them in" said. and q mo-
ment later the blind man aud his
companion were ushrrrd into my
presence.
Gold must have OWNED from the
expression upon my face that J was
not plea =ed to see them.
YOU must forgive me for troubling
you again 80 soon" said kitwairr,
as he dropped into the chair J had
placed Tor him, "bui you can under.
stand that we are really anxious
about the affair. Your ietteg tells
us that you discovered that Hsyie
was in London short time since.
/ and that he had realized upon Rome
of the stones. Is " not possible for
YOU 20 discover some trace OF his
| wh.rca bOuts?"
II have not been able 20 do that
1 vet" I answered. at will I've ~ In.
/ trrrst To you. however. to know that
he called upon me here In this room.
aud occupied the chair ron are now
/ sitting IN. three days ago"
| Ritwatrr clutchrd the arm ~ the
chair IN ques;jou and his face fsrn,
az white a. his beard.
I'm this room three days ago. and
| sitting in your presence" he cried.
Then YOU know where he Is, aud
can take ~ 30 him
81 regret that such thing Is out
Of my power" answered. The
man came into and left this room
without being hindrrcd by mr."
Kitwater sprang to bis feet with
an oath that struck me Us coming
rather oddly fro.n the lips ~ a mis-
sionary.
81 see IL all. You are In league
with him" he cried. his face suftnssd
with passion. "Tou are siding with
him against ~. by God you are, and
I'm have you punished for II. You
hoodw linked us, you sold MS. You've
taken our money. and now you've
gouc over and are acting for the
enemy"
opened the drawer Of my table
and took out the envri0p~ he had
given me when he had called. FoF a
reason Of ms own | had not banked
the note II contained.
"Excuse me. Mr.. Kitwater." I said.
speaking a. calmly ~ | could. but
there seems TO he a little miSundsr.
standing. have not sold you, aud
have not gone over 10 the enemy.
There Is the money you gave me.
and will not charge You anything
for the little trouble ! have beep
put to- That should conviBes you of
my integrity. Now perhaps yon will
leave my Office. and let me wsah my
hands of the whole affair"
noticed that little Codd placed
his hand upon the Others arm. IL
, travelled down until their hands met,
, saw that the blind man was nak.
, ing an effort TO recover his com
! posure. and ! felt sure that he re-
GREETED ever having lost u. A mo
mcnt later Codd came across che
room TO my table, and. taking up a
piece Of paper. wrote upon " the
following words
"KitwAter ~ sorry. am sure. Try
to forgive him. Remember what he
. has suffered through Hayle."
7 rhe simplicity OF the massage
touched meN
pray sit down a minute, Mr.. Kit
water" said, land lei mr put my
self right with you. II IL only
natural that You should get angry,
, II you think / have treated goa "a
you said Just now. However, thai
b does not happen to be the ease. !
7 can assure you that had | known
who Hsyle was, should have taken
very good care that he did not leave
: this Office until you had had an In
tervlrw with him. Unfortunately,
however. I was not aware of his
identity. I have encountered some
bold criminals In my time, but do
not know that I have ever had q
more daring one than the man who
treated you 10 badly.
thereupon proceeded to give hin'
a rough outline of Hayes interview
with myself. and hiA subsequent
treatment OF me. 10th men listened
with rspt attention.
"Tha, IL Hayle all over" said Kit
water when | had finished. -It 10
not his fault that you are not Q
dead mau now. He will evade ua u
he possibly can. The story OF the
roughs you have just told ~ shows
, that he Is aware that you are on the
! trail. aud, u know him az all, he
will try the old dodge. and put run.
ming water between you and hsnassIi
as soon as possible. As ] said to you
the other day, he knows the world
! a. well as you know London, and. In
spite of shat people say, there are
still plenty OF places left In u where
hs can hide and we shall never aud
, him. With the money he stole from
! as he can make himself 40 comfort
. able as be pleasea wherever he raay
happen 20 be. To sim u all up. u
he gets q weeks start of as, we SHALL
, never set eyes on him azain."
''If that " 30 we must sndeayoF "a
make sure that he does NOT get that
start" replied. II will have the
urluclpa4 porta watched, and IN sks