The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10

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Ends This interesting Series.
a nshwtfe. who does not know my real
character, and who is always glad to
see me- l can act the part admirably,
ana when / asked her 10 accompany
me 10 a large gin palace. she was all
too willing 1 was in reality following
| two men, and she knew nothing OF
that While these men were drinking
tunate enough 10 hear few words of
their conversation. They spoke for the
post part in Italian. which / happen to
know. The name of Captain Marchant' :
/ yacht. the Snowflake, dropped from the
lips OF cne- There was also a woman
mentioned, but not by name. The
Snowflake was waiting for the woman.
, Meanwhile the men were hiding in an
old disused Martello tower on the Pc
vensey marshes. This / learned scrap
by scrap. but il was enough for my
purpose l returned 20 town by the
first train this morning. Ford and Ty-
Ter have received all the information /
have Just told you, and are certain
/ that the yacht belongs to madame.
Ford and Tyler go to Hastings by the
II o'clock train And now the ques-
ton is, can you go with them, and will
Mr.. Dufrayer be induced to accompany
you? Knowing as much as you must
do about the society. your help viii be
Invaluable"
Il will CO." said. land will send
a wire to Dufrayer."
VERY we'll" she replied: '1t is
scarcely II o'clock yet-you will find
the detectives at Charing Cross at
noon"
But won't you come with us?" 1
said.
NO." she answered; my work
obiiges me TO remain In town.
do you mind telling me what your
next step is?" ] asked
| 81 would rather not" she answered,
''for even here walls may have ears"
| AS she spoke she glanced round her
| with nervous fash in her eyes.
II never confide my plan OF opera
lions to any one In advance" she con-
1 tinued- Il have much to DO and not a
] moment to lose. / believe now, between
US, madame has little chance of es-
| cape; hut one false step. the smallest
indiscret:on, would be fatal. Good bye,
Mr.. Head. am glad that you have
confidence in me-"
THE utmost" I replied, as / wrung
her hand.
| A moment later she left the house
! packed few things, sent a wire TO
Dufrayer, and at the right moment
/ drove of to Charing Cross. where I met
my friend, and also the two detectives
We took our seats in the train. and 1t
moved out of the station. We hap
pened TO have the carriage TO our
| selves.
| .sas1 ~ 80. a.. ,r,z- 1.-.,.<-..
was the one person in all London TO
| help us2'' he cried. "She is like blood
hound when she scents the prey, and
never let's go of the scent. From what
she tells me, there is little or no doubt
that most Of the gang are hiding down
\ in the PeyenSey marshes, and have
taken possession OF one of the old, dis
used Msrtello towers. There are
good many of them along the south
coast"
| Dufrayer asked one or two questions.
and Ford continued: That's a cute
/ idea about using the old tower, and
believe the one which we are to watch
| is No, 80. 1t stands on the beach by
| the marshes of Pevensey bay. The gang
| is only waiting till the steam yacht
now being closely watched can take
them off. OF course, we could quite
easily go straight to the tower and
eaten those members of the gang who
are there, but we want Nine Koluchy,
and my impression is that she is quite
certain to come down tonight or to-
morrow. Our present work, however,
will be to watch the tower day and
night, so that when she does arrive
we can catch her. Miss Beringer is un-
| der the strong impression that at pres
ent madame is hiding in London We
may have a rough and tumble with the
gang when ii comes to the point, but /
have taken steps to secure lots Of as
sistaace."
On arriving at Hastings station we
were met by couple Of Tyier's agents.
Has anything fresh occurred ?"
asked Ford. as we alighted.
Netting" answered one Of the men,
but there is no doubt that several
members of the gang are in No. SO
tower, and the steam yacht has drawn
off down channel"
Just as 1 expected" said Ford,
well, the sooner We mount guard the
better We viii start as soon as it is
dark"
The next few hours we spent IN max
ing preparations. 1t was arranged that
We should go as If we intended shoot
Ing wild duck. This would give us the
excuse of carrying guns, which We
knew we might possibly want for big
| ger game If the gang offered any Sc
Tious resistance.
| At 6 o'clock our little band. consist
ing OF Dufrayer. Ford. Tyler, myself
and a couple of policemen In plain
clothes, drove westward out Of the
town to a lonely part of the shore.
Here boat awaited US. and entering
it, we pulled out into the bay. The
moon had risen, and we could see the
row of Martelio towers dotted along the
beach, and the dark waste OF the
marshes behind them.
Ford steered. and after an hours
hard pulling. turned the boats head
towards the beach, where one of the
dykes ran infe the marshes from the
sea. This we silently entered, and in
a few moments the tall bullrushes that
grew on either side completely con-
eealed US, Ford raised his hand. and We
quietly shipped our SOULS.
That's where they are" he whis-
rered, pointing 10 one OF the towers
about 200 yards of. There Is not a
light visible, but they are there and