The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-17

lence at any rate was not to be appre- |
hended from the stunted little figure
Of man who cowerlngly obeyed his
order.
But as his captive turned round and
showed his sullen face the duke knew
abOnd. sneaking cheap railway Jour
ney. His fellow passenger was part and
parcel of the peril that menaced him
had, in fact, been a fellow passenger
of his before. For the wizened, mean
looking face was the face. of the spy
Marker, who had been pointed out to
him by Leonie on board the St. Paul,
and who had afterwards Swallowed him
to the Hotel Cecil on landing.
$50 we meet again, Mr.. Marker,v
said the duke with pleasant irony. 81
should have thought that your friend
Mr.. ziegler could have provided you
with railway fare, rather than let you
t tnGsT t hike seat. broken racing sharp
The fellow blinked his ferret eyes
prevarication. INV name, / guess,
ain It Marker, and I never heard Of any
one called ziegler," he whined.
Very possibly your, name may not be
Marker, tho you booked under it on
acquainted with the old rascal at the
| Cecil who calls himself Ziegler,' Beau
manoir retorted.
"You seem to know powerful sight
more about me than I know myself
| was the sullen reply. >.
| Beaumanoir made long scrutiny Of
the weak but cunning countenance of
the spy, and he came to the conclusion
that this was one Of the underlings Of
the combination, to be trusted only with
minor tasks in the great game. His
presence there under the seat Of the
| 0,4,,,
able, since he was not the sort of crea-
ture with either nerve or.physique to
murder anything stronger than fly. 5
Look here, my good chap said
Beaumanolr with tolerant contempt, af-
ter, as he thought, gauging Mr.. Mark
er's caliber. "You We got a bit out
of your depth with the people you re
Ziegler & Co. and come over to mes IL
make it worth your WHILE
But the only. response was dull
shake Of the insignificant head and the
sulky rejoinder II don't know what
you re getting at, Mister. I'll chuck
anybody you like and come over to you
with pleasure if you will stand the
price Of ticket to st. Alhans."
The persistent denial was as absurd
as the suggested reason for his presence
under the scat, and Beaumanoir began
to lose patience. ~ SUPPOSE he said
that you will maintain that you did not
go to Mr.. Forsyth s chambers in John
street last night under the pretcnse Of
; being chemist s messenger2'
"Never been in John street in my
life,' came back the pat and obvious
lie. f.
It seemed useless to argue further
and Beaumanoir preserved silence til
the train ran into Radlett Station, wher
, he put into practice the course he ha6
: the creature to disclosure and put hin
: to some inconvenience, as it was pos
= sible that thereby he might disconcer
his plans, whatever they might be
: lowering the window, he called to tn
, guard, and informed the astonfshet
1 official that he had found man trav
cling under the seat without a ticket
Q the guard, who had Mr.. Marker by tn
q collar in trice and twisted him on
e on to the platform with the sharp de
mand:
h "Now, young man, your name an
: address, and gu quick about it. :,
g Defrauding the. company by tray
cling without previously paying tn
/ The. spy broke into jeering cacklt
uYou We only got his word for it tina
e | haven It got ticket, he replied
d 81 nipped under the seat because
o thought he was lunatic, and a ger
e can travel that way, I reckon, if he
J. paid his shot. Here's the ticket, mi.
it ter. I'll make tracks to another ca
IS riage.o
g With which he produced first-clas
is ticket all in order and walked off alon
the pa Platform non esv lfgr the b duke Ike
/, mer with curious smile, the latte
l. with dismayed perplexity.
s. 1sWen, Of all the funny games!0 e.
claimed the official. He must hav
le got in at Elstree while / was atten,
If ing to that there tof, and blessed if /
o. ain t scooting into the same compar