The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24

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ever seen or heard Of him. shouldn It
wonder if he'd blown his brains out
long ago. He used to have a mighty
desperate look at times. He was one OF
them Monte Carlo fellers, 7 reckon
"That's all have been able to learn
thus far. 1t isn't, very much, but it
shows we are on the rig hit track. By
ad. tomorrow, offering treatment by
letter. Perhaps our man is too shy to
apply in person. At all events wel
give the other method trial.
CHAPTER III.
The new advertisement duly appeared
and on the next day, which was Wednes
day-I remember it because it was my
hospital day received several written
answers, and among them, one in which
I felt confident l recognized the pc
culiar rs Of Weltz and Rizzi. I took
it at once to Maitland. He glanced at
it a moment and then impulsively
e easpsd e1c1a%ed y hana f ths 'ov crafty fox
doesn't scent the hound, we shall soon
run him to earth. You sec he has Civ
en- no address and signs a new name.
! We are to write to Carl Cazenove, gen.
eral delivery, Boston. Good! we will
do so at once, and will then arrange
with the postal authorities to notify me
when they deliver the letter. Of course
this will necessitate a continuous watch,
perhaps for several days, of the general
our crafty friend will himself call for
the letter, so it will be imperative that
some one be constantly on hand to
shadow whomsoever he may send as
substitute. May I depend on your
assistance in this matter7'
81 will stand by you till we see the
thing thru,' I said, "tho I have to live
in the postoffce a month";
Well, I wrote and mailed the decoy
letter and Maitland explained the situa-
tion to the postal authorities, who fur
ished us comfortable place inside and
near tho general delivery window. They
promised to notify us when any one
called for our letter. Our vigil was not
a very long one On Thursday after
noon the postal clerk signaled to us that
Carl Cazenove's mail had been asked
for, and, while he was consuming as
much time as possible in finding our let
ter, Maitland and T quietly stepped out
into the corridor. The sight that met
our gaze was one for which we had not
been at all prepared. There at the win
dow stood a beautiful young girl just
on the verge Of womanhood. Her frank
dor as I passed by her so that
she. should be between Matt
land and me, and thus unable
to elude US, whichever way she turned
upon leaving the window. We had pre-.
vlously planned how we should shadow
our quarry, one on each side of the
street IN order not to attract attention,
but these tactics seemed to be entirely
unnecessary, for the young lady did not
have the slightest suspicion that anyone
could be in the least interested in her
movements. She walked leisurely along
stopping now occasionally to gaze at the
shop windows and never once turning to
the letter, but held it in her hand with
her portemonnaie, and I could see that
the address was uppermost. A strange
sensation came over me as'I logged he1
steps. I felt as an assassin must feel
who tracks his victim into some lonely
spot where he may dare to strike him
1T was useless for me to tell myself
that was on the side of Justice and en-
gagged in an honorable errand. A single
3 glance at the girls. delicate face, as
frank and open as the morning light
r brought the hot blush Of shame to my
: that, in some way, I was seeking to as
sociate her with evil, which seemed lit
z tie less than sacrilege. I could dc
, nothing, however, but keep on, so I fol
: lowed her thru Devonshire street, tt
| New Washington and thence down Han
{ over street, almost to the ferry. Here
r she turned into an alleyway and, wait
, ing for Maitland to come up, we botl
! saw her enter house at its farthe
+ end.
1 George glanced hastily up at tn,
: house and then said, as he seized mi
: impatiently by the arm: "It' 8 g. tene
ment He h0Wss teo mut 1R th? ihSse is
t So in we went. The young lady ha,
| disappeared, but as we entered we hear,
1 a door close on the floor above, and fel
8 sure we knew where she had gone. W
@ mounted the stairs as noiselessly as pos
}, sible and listened in the hall. We coul,
Y sionally that Of man, but we coul
q not hear what passed between them. o:
d our. right there was a door partly aja1
9 Maitland pushed it open, and looked ir
!; The room was empty and unfurnishet
s with the exception Of a dilapidate
!, separating this room from the one tina
:. the young lady had entered. Maitlan
h beckoned to me and 1 followed him int
d side Of the door which he noiselessl
h turned in the lock. He then began t
n investigate the premises: Three othe
It It which we had taken possession
{. forming, evidently suite which ha
4. been let for housekeeping Everythin
# was in ill-repair, as Is the case wit
n most Of the cheap tenements in this Il
it cality. The previous tenant had nc
IS thought it necessary to clean the apar
t. ments when quitting them-for altrl
d ism does not flourish at the North End
ID but had been content to leave all tn
g dirt for the next occupant.
~ When we had finished reconnoiterin
~ we returned to the room we fir
d. entered, which apparently was tt
Z, kitchen. We could still hear tt
K voices, but not distinctly. EDO yc
st stay here, Doe,' whispered Maitlan
as "while get into some old clothes ar
to hunt up the landlord of this place. T.
A. going to rent these rooms long enoue
It to acquaint myself with my neighbo
err on the other side of the wall. I'll
u back soon. Don't let any man leaV
or that room without your knowing whe
If he goes.' With this he left me and
II, soon found way to busy myself in b
lie absence. In the wall above the stov
MT where the pipe passed thru the partiti'
III into our neighbours apartment, the
as was chink large enough to permit m
ad when mounted upon the stove, to owe
n, IN look the greater part of the adjace
ne room. I availed myself of th
C'r privilege, tho not without those sar
ha twinge of conscience which I had fl
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