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cried the young detective. Hell be
showing himself as soon as the coast is
GEAR, and Wen have a certain descrip-
tlon 10 work on in his case. You would
nave no difficulty in Identifying the fell
low, would you, Miss Wardy'
-, Dlllc4ltyE 1 could pick him out OF
The veteran showed himself a little
Tess gloomlly pessimistiC at this.
fou could, eh2' he questioned well,
say, Darcy, If that's the case. / don't
know but what there mightn't be some
lniHS IN TINS scheme Of yours after all.
nat kind of looking man was he,
MISS Wardg' as he pulled out his note
Dcok. Lets have as close a descrip-
Loh or MIN as you can give, and be
sure not to make any mistakes"
wen, she said thOughtfully, Il
should call him a big man, about the
SIZE OF the officer here, perhaps" indi-
caIlng Doyle What. particularly struck
me was the breadth of his shoulders.
ana ne wore dark clothes and no hat,
and his hair was-ahr' she gave a low,
startled exclamation.
W haJ 4 the matter?" demanded her
three auditors In chorus.
W ny, she cried. Il never connected
the TWO before, but he must undoubted-
ly have been the young man who sat at
tle JdDie right next us all evening, and
VINO / noticed on several occasions was
narrowly watching US"
An. " the two detectives glanced at
~
OF course you got a good look at2''
No she shook her head, Il can't
say that / did. We were talking among
ourselves, you understand. and then,
too, l was sitting with my back partly
toward him. Also, after / observed
now he was staring at US I didn't look
IN tnat direction any more for fear ne
might think I was willing TO flirt.
however shS went on, II am sure
II was the same man He, too, was
UEDT-nA1THd I nsa.s nd o. nd
broad shOuldered." Sfe frowned in
the effort, TO recollect, and added:
,SmOOth-faced, too, and with dark
clothes, and / should say, about TWEEN
ty-tive years old.
Yes, she repeated, 'I am positive
II must have been the same man.
And, oh, yes she glanced up, Il don't
know that it viii help you any, or
indeed that it is 50; but from the cas-
ual glance or two I cast at him L
gainel the impression that he was
stuce-' OF some sort"
So Doyle broke in. with an ex-
cited Eotle gulp. so. that was who it
was, Ell? Sure, there amt a man that's
been on beat down here IN the last
four months what hasn't got his pic
ture in their head. And we've all been
wondering what brought him so often.
Oh, there'H be no trouble about land
ing him"
DO you know his name, or where
he iives?" the two detectives Whirled,
sharply on him
NO" Doyle was obliged to reply in
the negative, but he had no manner Of
doubt the fellow would soon turn up
There was scarcely a day in which he
did not appear at some tine in China
town.
Just lay low" he advised, ''and take
my word for it, Wen have him be-
hind the bars before this time tomor-
row."
Tomorrow" gasped MilIicent. "And
poor Florence all that time in the
clutches Of those ruffiansl"
The officers, however, could give her
no better comfort than that they would
use all the haste they could IN tracing
down the man; and the pessimistic one
even added that she must not be disap-
pointed If nothing was accomplished in
q week
ooh. no, nor she expostulated wildly.
Something must be done before that
time. surely. surely, il will not take so
long to locate this man.
AhI her glance rested above the
spot where Moore had been sitting and
with q little cry she dar. ed forward.
See" she exclaimed. there are his
coat and cap still hanging on that hook
on, perhaps you can learn from them
where to find him"
Quickly acting on her suggestion, the
officers ru.nnaged in the pockets Of the
coat and DrodUced half dozen cards
and letters.
All, Thomas Jefferson Moore, Column
bia School Of Mines, eh?'' jubilantIy
cried the younger detective. Thanks
10 you, miss, we'll get him now sure.
He's booked for the chair as certain
as / am for breakfast in the morning"
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