Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-19
CHAPTER XIII.

II He had not much 10 waste
~ were he 70 do that upon whose
- doing he had set his heart II
lrked him sore TO have TO lose the in
valuable moments demanded by cor
tain imperative arrangements, hut his
haste was such that all WAS oonsum-
mated within an hour.
Within the period OF n single hour.
then, be had ransomed his luggage az
st Pancrus. caused II TO be loaded
upon four wheeler and transferred
TO a neighboring hotel or evil flavor.
but moderate tariff. where he engaged
room for n week. ordered an imme-
date breakfast and retired with his
! belongings 10 his room lie had shay
cd md changed his clothes, selecting a
! seEviceable suit OK heavy tweeds, stout
shoes. fore and aft cap and negll-
gee shirt OF n deep shade, calculated *
least 10 seem clean for a long time.
! Finally he had devoured his bacon nd
! eggs. gulped down his coffee and burn
ed his mouth and, armed with a stout
/ sdck. set of hotfo6t In the still dim
giimmering OF carly day.
BY this time his cash capital had
dwindled TO the sum OF e l0s. Sd
and would have been much less had
1 he paid for his lodging IN advance
At Kings Cross station on the nm
dsrground an acute disappointment
/ awaited him. There likewise he
/ learned something about London. A
/ sympathetic bobby Informed him that
? no trains would be running until after
ESQ and that. Furthermore, no buses
! would begin topiy until half afrer7.
! i 'It's tramp It or cab It. then" unused
the young man mournfully, his long
Ing gaze seeking nearby cab rahk,
just then occupied by solitary han
som. driver somnolent on the tox.
"Oticer"-he again addressed the DO
q hcemaB, TnindfGl or the English nx..
| ION. when in doubt ask bobby
! officer, when's high tide this morn
lngT'
/ The bobby produced well worn
| pocket almanac, moistened n massive,
thumb and ripPled the pages.
! London bridge, Ugh tide twenty
minutes rrfter 9. SIR" Ire announced.
with a glow Of satisfaction wholly
! pardonable in one who combines the
functions OF perambulating almanac,
| guidebook, encyclopedia and conserv-
or OF the peace
! Kirkwood said something beneath
| his breath. word I'm itself n com
Portable mouthful md wholesome and
/ emphatic He glanced again at the
cab md groancds 90 Lord. / Just das-
/ sentP' with which. thanking the bu-
/ reUu OF information he set OF rapid
! ~ down GreYs Inn road 90 lind the
Alethea before she sailed. Proceeding
upon the working hypothesis that Mrs
| Hallam was polished liar IN most
respects, but had told the truth 80 fnr
as concerned her statement 10 the ef
feet that the gladstone -bng cOutainod
valuable property, whose ownership
remained moot question. though
fI<irtSwood WAS definitely committed 10
{ the belief that 81 was none OF Mrs
I Italians or her SONS. no reasoued
/ that the two GGyentuFcrs with Doro
| thy and their booty, whu!d attemuf ~
| loavc London by wuter roufoIn The
chip Alethoa. whose name bad faEcu
ffOm their lips at Bernondsey OLD
StalEs.
Kirkwood's Initial task. then would
he 10 find the needle in the hnystack
The metaphor is boor-mOre properly
90 sort out from the hundreds Of yes.
scls ~ all dcsc riptions at anchor I'm
nidstrc1m. moorod 20 Tire whnrfs n
l0rgshore warehouses; or I'm the gigau-
tic docks that line The Thames. that
one called Aigthen, Of which BE- Was
! 50 deeply mircd IN ignorauccNbat ~
could not Say whether she were tramp
steamer. c.astwise passenger boat
ono Of the liners that ply between I'll.
bury md an the world. chnuael ferry.
boat. priyafo yacht Csteun or ealD.
schooner, four master, square rigRcr.
bark or bTigonune.
London had turned over once or
twice md was Pulling the bedclothcs
over its head aud erumbune ahout got.
iu~ m but ire cite was sill round
asleep. WHOM 0t ls ..fh Or passed for
minutes rest IN froJ OF tho Mansion
House and realized. win "a ping Of
despair, That he was completely tuck
cred out