Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-16
what about me?" cried Fairholme.

what about me?" cried Fairholme.
You. my dea fellow. will remain at
the hotel and await orders"
This arrangement did not seem to
suit the active young Englishman who
had beer so suddenly plunged into the
excitement Of a criminal chase in
Paris.
Really, Brett" he said, ct hate to
cause you are always right; but you
must pardon me for saying that I do
not see what particular value my pres
ence here has been to you"
What" laughed Brett; mot after
your dramatic appearance in the Rue
Barbette this morning."
"Oh. anyone could have done that. All
1 had to do was to break in a door at a
given hour"
Exactly" said Brett gravely. 81
wanted a friend whom l could trust to
implicitly obey my orders, and you
did 1t. / am sure o will fall In with
my wishes now"
So Fairholme was silenced on this
point, but he ventured to put another
question.
How long am I to sit chewing cigars
in your room, them"
"All night. If necessary. If 1 do not
appear by sever o'clock tomorrow
morning you had better go to the en-
bassy and tell one of the secretaries
everything connected with our visit to
Paris. He will then take action through
the police in proper form, and after
that o must simply await develop
ments."
do you mean to say" said Fair
holme, anx!ously, that o are con-
templating another risky bit of BUSH
ness tonight?"
"Once l take my stand outside the
Cabaret Noir about $50 I cannot tell
where fate may lead me. If 1 am lucky
1 will certainly return, whatever be
the personal outcome. If, on the other
hand, I learn nothing. you may GER
tainly expect to see me about two in
the morning"
At the hotel Brett found awaiting
him a letter delivered by the midday
post. 1t was from his elderly assistant
in London, whom he had told to make
a close scrutiny of all inhabited houses
within a certain radius of the Carlton
Hotel. The man had lone his work
systematically, and in only three in
lance was he called on to report
doubtful cases.
Two foreign restaurants in side streets
contained a number of residents con-
corning whom it was difficult to obtain
specific information.
One of these establishments he be-
lieved to be the resort Of continental
gamblers driven from soho by the too
marked attentions of the police. The
other was a place of even more ques-
tionable repute, and in both instances
he had utterly failed to obtain the
slightest information from the servants,
who apparently STOOD in" with the
management.
The third dwelling which courted OBJ
~servation was a fiat situated above
some business premises in another
quiet street. So far as he could learn,
1t was tenanted by an elderly lady
who was a helpless invalid, waited on
by a somewhat curious couple.
"They are Italians, l think" wrote
the ex-policeman, land very uncom-
municative people. 1 nave twice called,
on one pretext or another, but when the
door Is opened it is always kept on the
chain, and l cannot see more than the
face of a man or woman Inc a few
inches of wall beyond. Still, / have
no reason to doubt that the view taken
by the milkman and baker Is correct,
namely, that the owner Of the fiat is
! confined to her bed and is suffering