The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-01

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pulled the belhope As quick as a flash
Mr. Mitchell jumped up, and before he
/ could DO prevented had left the coach
Just as it started, carrying away Wilson,
completely outwitted and dumfounded
As soon as the train stopped he darted
down stairs and ran back toward the
Third avenue station, but he knew it
was useless, as it proved Ho saw moth
ing Of Mr. Mitchell
Wilson was greatly dishcartoned. for
he was most anxious to stand we'll with
Mr. Barnes, his chief Yet in revolving
/ over the occurrences Of the lust half
/ hour he could not see how he could have
| prevented tho escape of his man, since
/ it was evident that he had Intentionally
acted III way to prevent pursuit. If
ono but knows or suspects that he is be-
ing Swallowed the Third avenue elevated
road, with its bridges 1T Thirty fourth
and Forty second streets offers the most
effcctual means of Gliding tho most
skllml detective If Wilson had known
/ anything whatever about tho man who
4 had escaped him, he might have been
7 able 10 guess his destination, and SO
have caught up with him again by hur
| rying ahead and meeting him, as he had
4 frequently done whom following noted
criminals with whose haunts he was ac-
quaintyd IN this instance he was utter
~ in the dark, 50 could do nothing but
/ swear.
Ii ho could not report where Mr.
Mitchell had gone ut least homight dis
cover at what time he returned To his
hotel and possibly Mr.. Barnes might
receive some valuable hint hy tho lapse
Of time. With this idea Wilson returned
to tho Fifth Avenue hotol and waited
patiently. lie telcphoned to hcadquar-
tiers, only TO hear that Mn Barnes had
Como back to Boston to bring pottingjll
/ to New York Seven O'Clock arrived,
and yet his vigil was uuoWardcd 1t
suddenly occurred tohim that, as ho had
seen Mr. Mitchell purchase tickets for
the Casino, that might 30 good place
to watch, though Of course there was 10
certainty that they wcro for that night
Upon this mcagcr hope he hasteucd up
town and stationed himself where no
could keep an eye on all who entered
AT 10 minutes past S ho was about con
Gliding that his task was useless when
a cab stopped, and, to his intense salts.
faction, he saw Mir Mitchell alight and
/ then hand ont q handsomely dressed
woman Wilson had prepared himself
for this possibility by purchasing tick
ct Of admission, SO that be followed
the couple into the theatcr, determined
not to l0so sight Of his man again
The opera over, no found it easy TO
shadow the two, as the woman declined
the proiTered cab, perchanco because tho
exhilaratiug though cold night ali made
a walk homo inviting He was, how
over, somewhat amazed at last TO sec
them enter the very apartment house on
| Thrtieth street 10 which ho had traced
Rose Mitchell in the morning His mind
was at once set at ease, for since both OF
| his birds had flown to the same doyccut
it seemed plain that they were connect
/ ed. Evidently it was 70 this house that
Mr. Mitchell had gone after Guiding him
in tho morning At least so argued the
astute detective.
Wilson had waited opposite the build.
ings perhaps an hour, lulled into ali
stractiou Of thought by the silence Of
| the neighborbood, when he was startled
by hearing u piercing shrek, laud ard
long continued, which then died away,
and all was still again Nhctherlt came
from The apartment house or one Of the
! private dwellings next to il be was in
| doubt. That it was a Woman's cry he
/ felt sure. Was it cry Of pain or the
shrek Of nightmare? He could not tell
| That solitary, awful cry. disturbing the
/ dcathliko stiffness, seemed unCanny II
made him SILVER and draw bis cloak
closer about him, If it had only been
repeated, after he was On the alert, he
/ would have felt better satisfied, but
though he listened intently he heard
nothing Ten minutes later another
thing occurred which attracted his at
tcution A light in q window Oh the
Gfth floor was eXtinguished There was
certainly nothing suspicious about this,
for lights are usually put out when ono
retires. lie noticed il because it was the
only light which showed from any Of
the windows during his vigil. While he
was tbir1-ipg Cf thie flp door pp1Dglfp
opened. and a man emerged Judging
IL 20 be Mr. Mitchell, he hastily fol-
lowed That there might certainly I've
no mistake Wilson walked rapidly
lnough toreach the avenue conner ahead
# the man when he crossed, So timing
himself that he passed in front Of the
other Just as they both reached the street
lamp
Taking a quick but thorough lock.
Wilson saw that 1t was not Mr. Mitchell,
so he abandoned the pursuit, going back
quickly toward the apartment house.
He had proceeded but a few PAGES when
be met Mr. Mitchell coming rapidly to-
ward him. Breathing a sigh of relief,
he passed, then crossed the street, and
with his usual skill readily,kept Mr.
Mitchell in sight until he entered the
Fifth Avenue hotel Wilson saw him
take his key and go up stairs, SO that he
felt that his vigil was over for that
night Looking at his watch, be noted
that it was Just 1 o'clock Going into
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