Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-29
took chairs opposite him.

time to show the slightest interest in
 bicycling, this rather surprised me. l
 had, however, such general outsid.
 CTS grasp of the subject as is usual in a journalist of all work and managed to keep the talk going from my side,
 As we went on I could see the face of the young man opposite brighten with interest. He was a rather fine looking fellow with dark though very clear skin, but had hard, angry look of eye, a prominence of cheek bone and a squareness of jaw that gave him rather uninviting aspect.
 of course" Hewitt said, we've a number of very capital men just now, but believe a deal in the forgotten riders of five, ten and fifteen years back. Nobody ever beat Cortis-except let me see-I think somebody beat Cortis once. Who was it. now? I can't remember" -.,
 "Liles," said the young man opposite, looking up quickly. e
 "Ah, yes, Lilies it was-Charley Lilies. Wasn't it championship"
 Mile championship. Cortis won the other three, though"
 "Yes, so he did. I saw Cortis when he first broke the old 2:46 mile record" And straigttway Hewitt and the stranger plunged into whirl of talk of bicycles, tricycles, records and rac- ing cyclists.
 Our new friend, it seemed, had him. self been a prominent racing bicyclist a few years back and was presently, at Hewitt's request, exhibiting a neat gold medal that hung at his watch guard. That was won, he explained, in the old tall bicycle days, the days of bad tracks, when every racing cy- clist carried cinder scars on his face from numerous accidents. He pointed to blue mark on his forehead, which, he told us, was track scar, and de- scribed bad fall that had cost him two teeth and broken others. The gaps among his teeth were plain to see as he smiled.
 Presently the waiter brought dessert, and the young man opposite took an apple. Nut crackers and fruit knife lay on our side of the stand, and Hew- lit turned the stand to offer him the knife
 No, thanks" he said. q only pol ish a good apple; never peel it. It's mistake except with thick skinned for. eign ones."
 And he began to munch the apple as only a boy or healthy athlete can. Presently he turned his head to order coffee. To my unutterable amazement, Hewitt reached swiftly across the ta- ble, snatched the half eaten apple from the young mans plate and pocketed it. gazing immediately with an abstract ed air at painted Cupid on the cell ing.
 Our neighbor turned again, looked doubtfully at his plate and the table cloth about 1t and then shot a keen glance In the direction of Hewitt. He said nothing, however, but took his coffee and his bill, deliberately drank the former, gazing quietly at Hewitt as he did 1t, paid the latter and left. Immediately Hewitt was on his feet and, taking an umbrella which stood near, followed. Just as he reached the door he met our late neighbor, who had turned suddenly back.
 Your umbrella, I think" Hewitt said, offering 1t.
 "Yes, thanks" But the mans eye had more than its former hardness, and his jaw muscles frightened as I looked. He turned and went. Hewitt came back to me. Pay the bill" he said, "and go back to your rooms. will come on later. must follow this man. It's the Foggatt case" As he went out l heard cab rattle away and immediately after it another.
 I paid the bill and went home. It was 10 o'clock before Hewitt turned up, calling in at his office below on his way up to me.
 ''Mr. Sidney Mason" he said, "is the gentleman the police will be wanting tomorrow, expect, for the Foggatt murder. He is as smart a man as remember ever meeting, and has done me rather neatly twice this evening""
 You mean the man we sat opposite at Luzatti's, of course?"
 "Yes. got his name of course from the reverse of that gold medal he was good enough to show me. But I fear he has bilked me over the address. He auenacfad r,a that xroa pfafn on1 Iof4 his umbrella by way of experiment to see if I were watching him sharply enough to notice the circumstance and to avail myself of it to follow him. I was hasty and fell into the trap. He cabbed 1t away from Luzattis, and I cabbed it after him. He has led me pretty dance up and down London tonight, and two cabbies have made quite a stroke of business out of us. In the end he entered house of which of course have taken the address. but expect he doesn't live there. He is too smart man to lead me to his den, but the police can certainly find some thing of him at the house he went in ! l expect, left by the back way. 1 By the way. you never guessed that 1 simple little puzzle as to how I found l that this was a murder. did you? You 1 see 1t now. of coursef" I Something to do with that apple , you stole. supposeT" Something to do with itl I should | think so. you worthy innocent. Just l ring your bell Wen borrow Mrs. l Clayton's sewing machine oil again. | On the night we broke into Foggatt's I rOOm you saw the nutsheIls and the 1