Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-26


 me. and drew me aside into recess, just as another cab arrived.
 Here he is," Hewitt said. 'I fol- lowed him as faras Huston road and then got my cabby to squirt up and pass him. He has had his mustache shaved of. and feared you mightn't recognize him and so let him see you" i From our retreat we could see Wilks hurry into the booking office. We watched him, through to the platform and followed. He wasted no time, but made the best of his way to a third class carriage at the extreme fore end of the train.
 We have three minutes" Hewitt said, "and everything depends on his not seeing us get into this train. Take this cap. Fortunately. we're both in tweed suits"
 He had bought couple of tweed cricket caps, and these we assumed, sending our hats to the cloakroom. Hewitt also put on pair of blue spec tacles and then walked boldly up the platform and entered first class car riage. followed close on his heels.
 ''So far so good" said Hewitt when we were seated and the train began to move off. "I must keep a lookout at each station in case our friend goes off unexpectedly"
 T waited some time," I said. "Where did you both get to?''
 First he went and bought that hat he is wearing. Then he walked some distance, lodging the main thorough fares and keeping to the back streets in way that made following difficult, till he came to little tailor shop. There he entered and came out in g quarter of an hour with his coat mend ed. This was in street in Westmin- ster. Presently he worked his way up to Tothill street, and there he plunged into barber's shop. took cautious peep at the window, saw two or three other customers also waiting and took the opportunity to rush over to a mo- tion' shop and buy these blue specta- cles and to hatter's for these caps. He was rather long while in the bar ber's and finally came out as you saw him, with no mustache. This was a good indication. It made it palmer than ever that he had believed my warning as to the police descent on the house in Gold street.
 .'When we alight, we shall have to follow Wilks again under the most difficult possible conditions, in the country. There it is often quite im- possible to follow man unobserved. It is only because it is the only way that I am undertaking 1t now. Wilks has hidden the ruby, and without his help 1t would be impossible to find 1t. We are following him so that he will find it for us."
 He must have hidden 1t, suppose, to avoid sharing with Hollams."
 "Of course, and availed himself of the fact of Leamy having carried the bag to direct Hollams' suspicion to him. Holhms found out by his re- peated searches of Leamy and his lodgings that this was wrong and this morning evidently tried to persuade the ruby out of wilks' possession with revolver. We saw the upshot of that"
 Kedderby. station was about forty miles out. At each intermediate stop ping station Hewitt watched earnestly, but Wilks remained in the train.
 At Kedderby we saw him jump out quickly and hasten from the station. The train stood for few minutes, and he was out of the station before we alIghted. Through the>railings behind the platform we could see him walk ing briskly away to the right. From the ticket collector we ascertained that Radcot lay fin that direction, three miles of.
 At first for a little the road zfgzag- ged, and then the chase was compara- lively easy. We waited behind one bend till Wilks had passed the next and then hurried on his trail, treading in the dustiest parts of the road or on the side grass when there was any to deaden the sound of our steps. At the last of these short bends we looked ahead and saw long white stretch of road with the dark form of Wilks Q. couple of hundred yards in front.
 Just ahead we saw the square tower of an old church set about with thick trees. Opposite this wilks paused, looked irresolutely up and down the road and then went on. We crossed the road, availed ourselves of the op- posite hedge and followed. The vil- lage was to be seen some 300 or 400 yards farther along the road, and to- ward 1t Wilks sauntered slowly. Be fore he actually reached the houses he stopped and turned back.
 ''The churchyardT exclaimed Hewitt under his breath. "Lie close and let him pass"
 wilks reached the churchyard gate and again looked irresolutely about him. At that moment party of chill dren who had been playing among the graves came chattering and laughing toward and out of the gate. and wilks walked hastily away again, this time IT, the opposite direction.
 That's the place. clearly" Hewitt said. We must slip across quietly as soon as he's far enough down the road. Nowr'
 We hurried stealthily across. through the gate and into the ehurchyard. where Hewitt threw his blue specta- cles away. It was now nearly in the evening. and the sun was setting. Once again wiIks approached the gate and did not enter because a iaborer passed at the time. Then he came b,1k au1 affpv,.1 strauwh