The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-18
BY GUY 3oOTHBY.

AZ last the svsntfui day arrived.
and from nine till twelve We called re-
peaisdly az the Office for the telegram
that was 60 mean so much to uS. it
wAA not, however, until the afternoon
was well advanced that q message was
received. could have taken my stick
10 the agent for the. alowneSz with
which he opeucd the envelope. The
clerk was called In, the code trans
lated. and thumsssage presently trans
cribed
This. gentlemen" he said at lant,
pointing 10 the telegram, lis from
our agent in Port said, and il rs fol-
lows:
Clifford, small man, gray hair, and
wears sPectacles. No scar on face,
cannot find frst-clAss passenger with
one. Pear you have been deceived"
"Confound the fellow" cried, hes
done US again. what's worse. we've
wasted four precious days waiting for
this message. What shall we do
powg"
Look for him eiassshsEs." said LIE
glosar. ''lf he didn't 60 by that boat,
he might have left by another"
We thanked the agent for his eour-
tssy. and we're about 90 leave the Of.
fee when another telegram was hand
ed In. We waited 20 see whether u
was from the captain, and presently
found that we we're not destined 20
be disappointed. Once more the agent
consulted his code, transcribed the
message, and read IL so US.
"HRve interviewed Clifford. threat
ened him with the police for using
passage booked by another person. lie
confesses having been induced by
stranger such az you describe to 40
ccpt passage Colombo. How shall
act?"
We've been done again" cried,
bringing my fist down with a thump
upon the table. "It's only another
proof 81 Hsyle'a eleverneSs, The In
genious rascal books his passage here,
knowing very well that Il will be one
of the first places at which We shall
make inquiries. let's fall Gideon, and
then transfers his ticket 90 some
body Elise. / suppose he didn't bargain
for my getting out of chat house In
time TO follow him. and 60 telegraph to
Port Said. Now that We are certain
that be did not go thu, way. we must
try and find out In what direction he
did proceed"
And also what has become Of the
blind man and his companion said
Lcglosse. "Th.5 mas Ne ho. - n h,s
trail. and II we can only discover
them. and keep an eye on .hem, we
may find out all we want TO know.
But IL is likely to prove a difiicult
task"
We tried the various shipping Offices,
without success. We called at every
hotel important or otherwise. qaes-
TONED the city police. who assured
us they had saen nothing of the men
we described. and finally we're com
PEELED 10 own ourselves thoroughly
well beaten. Lsgiosae's face was the
picture Of despair. and fear mine was
no, much better. We inserted adver~
tiaements In the papers. but with no
more luck than before. From the mo.
ment the trio had catered Naples, they
seemed 70 have vanished entirely.
Then one evening ragged Hrehin
called at the hotel and asked to see
ns. In reply 20 our questions. he In
formed us that he had seen two Eng
Ilkhmen only the day before. such as
the police were inqwiring for; one of
them was blind, the other dumb. In
deed, he was sure Of this. for the rea-
son that he had carried their bag for
them down 20 the hArbor whence che
Palermo boat hailed. We prlrked up
our ears On hearing slsia. n his story
'vas correct, and Eiswafer and Codt
had visited Sicily. tken without q
doubt Hayis mnst have gene there too.
Bot we bad ne desire 60 allow cur.
selves 70 be taken IN sgain- II aEgAs
ss another of HayieA tricks. and for
Ihis rrasen we questioned fhs boy
more closely. He adhered, hersvsr.