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

NH BARNES DISCOVERS An ARTISTIC MUIR
DER
While the meal was progressing, a
man silently passed through the room.
No one would have guessed that he had
amy special motive i'll doing SO, for he
noticed no one Neither would one have
supposed that Mr. Barnes observed him,
for he had his back turned. Yet TINS was
tho Same individual who upon his in
struction had followed Rose Mitchell
when she left the train.
Breakfast over, the two men started
10 leave tho restaurant Reaching tho
stairway which leads above to the main
floor, Mr. Barnes cautiously stood aside
To allow his companion TO ascend first
Mr.. Mitchell, however, with wave Of
tho hand, declined and followed MIR.
Barnes Whether either had any special
design in this was a thought occupying
the minds Of both as they silently passed
up stairs. Mr.. Mitchell had a Slight ad
vantage, in that being behind he could
watch the detective. There seemed,
however, to be little To ser To he sure
the man who had passed through thu
restaurant was idly leaning against the
doorway, hut as soon as Mr. Barnes
head appeared, and certainly before hl
could havo bconnoticcd by Mr. Mitchell
he stepped ont into the street, crossed
over and disappeared into the hank
building opposite Had any signal passed
between these two detectives: Mr..
Mitchell, despite his shrewdncsS in send
ing Mr. Barnes up stairs ahead Of him,
saw mono, yet this is what occurred;
Mr. Barnes said adicu aud walked
away Mr. Mitchell stood in the door
way. gazing after him till he saw him
enter the elevated railroad station; then,
looking carefully about, be himself
walked rapidly toward Sixth avenue.
He did not glance hahind, or he might
have seen the man in tho bank stop ont
and walk in tho same direction They
had been gouo about five minutes WhcU
Mr. Barnes once moIo appeared upmr
the scene lie stopped in The doorway
where tho other detective had bcCu
leaning Kcenly scanning the pmoling
his eye presently rested upon what he
was seeking Family written in pencil
were the words No - East Thir
tieth That was all, but it told Nh
Barnes that Rose Mitchell had been fol
lowed to this address, and as it tailed
with that which she herself had given
10 him he knew now that she corld b,
found when wanted Wctting his llngcl
against the tip Of his tongue, ho drew
it across the words. leaving nothing bat
dirty smudge
Wilson is a keen oac, ~ thought The
detective He did this Trick Woll--s;.W
my nod, wrote that address and got out
Of sight in an instant / wonder if h.
can keep an eve on that slrcwd scouu.
droI PshaWl lam giving Tho fellow
too much credit Imust leave it oWil-
SON for today anyway. rs | must get
through with this PoJtingill matter.
Half an hour later he was at headquar-
tiers talking with his assistants
Meanwhile Wilson followed Mr.
Mitchell to Broadway, then down 70 the
Casino, where he stopped to buy tickets
then out again and down Broadway tC
the Fifth Avenue hotel, which he enter
ed. TIo nodded to the clpk, took his key
and passed up stairs Evidently he lived
there. Wilson, Of course, had no further
definite instructions From Mr. Barnes
backward nod he had understood that
he was to shadow this man. and, under
the circumstances, 1t woe his simple
duty to do this until relieved by further
orders In these days Of telephones it j,
easy enough 20 make hurried reports tc
headquarters ard then c1ntinuo the pu..
suit. Tho Fifth Avenue isnot promis-
Ing place in which to watch II man, pro.
yided the man knows that ne is being
watched. It has three cXits--one On
Broadway and one each on Twenty.
third and on Twcnty-fo1r'h street.
Wilson fattcrcd himself that Mr.
Mitchell was unsuspieious and therefore
Whichever way he might leave the build
ing be would first return his key At The
desk He consequently kept thot point
in view Not half an hour had elapsr'
when his man appeared, gave NJ hit
key, as expected, and passed eat by tb'
Broadway door Crossing the apcuc h'
WALKED down Twentythlrd street cast
ward. Wilson followed cautiously, 80
ing through the park a, Third ayeuut
Mr.. Mitchell climbed ,Lc elevated stair
way, ard Wilson WAS compelled TODD th,
same, though this brought him uhplcaS
antly close. Bah mon took the SAINT
train. Nh Mitchell in the Sat coach
Wilson in the last At foty seconc
street Mr.. Mitchell left jh1 train an'
crossed tho bridge. bat instead # taklrt
the annex for the Grand Central depot
rs one is expected 10 do. Eo slprt'
through the crowd tp the nnin platform
and took train going harE downtown
Wilson managed 10 get the sane tram
but h. realized at once that bis MAJ
either knew that be was followed on els
was taking extraordinary precautions
At Thirty fourth street station the tricl
was repeated, Nh Mitchell crossing Owe
tie bridge aud then taking an up tow
train What puzzled Wilson was that h
roum not detect that his man had no
ticcd him II seemed barely possible, a
they bad encountered crowds st bot
places. that hc had escaped unohServcd
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