Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-06-12

NIIAI En- --SON IlN CED'
In reply he handed me a letter
written on good note paper, but
without an address. 1t ran as fol
lows:
'Mr. Gideon Hayle returns thanks
for kind inquiries, and begs to in
form Mr.. Fairfax that he is leaving
England to day for Algiers."
eff he thinks he is going to bluff
me with that sort of tale, he's very
much mistaken" l said. 81 happen
to be aware of the fact that he left
for Southampton by the nine o'clock
train this morning. If l might
hazard a guess as to where he was
going, I should say that his destina-
tion is the Cape. But let him go
where he will, I'll have him yet. In
the meantime, send Williams to Char
ing Cross at once, Roberts to Vic
toria, and Dickson to st. Paul's.
Furnish each with description of
the man they are to look after, be
particular about the scar upon his
left cheek, and if they see him tell
them that they are not to lose sight
of him, happen what may. Let them
telegraph should they discover any
thing definite, and then go in pur-
suit. In any case I shall return from
Southampton tonight, and shall call
here at once"
Half an hour later I arrived at
Waterloo, took my ticket and board
ed the train for Southampton. When
reached the port l was met at the
station by my representative, who
informed me that he had seen moth
ing of the man l had described, al
though he had carefully looked for
him.
"Well try the various shipping
Offices first" l said. 81 feel positive
ly certain that he came down here
by the nine o'clock train"
We drove from shipping office to
shipping Office, and made the most
careful inquiries, but in every case
without success. Once we thought
we had discovered our man, only to
find, after wasting a precious hour,
that the clerks description was alto
gether a wrong one, and that he re-
sembled Hayle in no sort of way.
We boarded the South African mail
boat, but he was not among her pas
sengers; we overhauled the Ameri-
can liner, with an equally barren re-
suit. We paid cursory visits to the
principal hotels, but could hear no
tidings of him in any one of them
AS a matter of fact, if the man had
journeyed to Southampton, as had
every reason to suppose he had done
L. ln, i -
air when he got there. The whole
affair was most bewildering, and ]
scarcely knew what to think of it
That the boots at the hotel had not
been hoodwinking me 1 felt assured
I'm my own mind. His anger against
the man was too real to allow any
doubt upon that point. At last, hav
ing exhausted all our resources, anC
not seeing what l could do further
returned to my subordinate's lodg
dngs, where it had been arranged
that kilograms should be addressed
60 me. On my arrival there yellow
envelope was handed to me. l tore
it open eagerly and withdrew th,
contents. 1t proved to be from Dick
son, and had been sent off from
Dover. l took my cookbook from
my pocket and translated the mes
sage upon the back of the telegraph
form. 1t ran as follows:
"Man with triangular scar upo1
left cheek, brown bag and traveln.
rug, boarded train at Herne Hill
went through to Dover, and ha
booked to Paris. Am following hin
according to instructions"
"Then he slipped me after ALL"
cried. Gle must have gone on t.
Waterloo, crossed to Cannon street
then on to London bridge. TIL
cunning scoundrel! He must hav
made up his mind that the bigges
bluff he could play upon me was t
tell the truth, and, by Jove! he wa
not very far wrong. However, thos
laugh best who laugh last, an
though he has had very fai
innings so far, we will see whethe
he can beat me in the end. I'll pc
back to town now, run down to BisE
opstowe tomorrow morning to re
port progress, and then be off
&aris after him on Monday"