The evening world., 1911-05-06

@ my question that he had
not seen the man pass. and the
other white-drsped Hindoos. gathering
about me from the doors In front OF
which they had been asleep. made the
same statement. None OF these Hin
docs resembled In the least the man i
had seen, for I looked them over care
fully one By one with this in mind.
when made a light In my room IN
order to examine II thoroughly touhd
nothing had been touched except tho
writing desk. and even from that MOTH
Ing had been taken. although the pa
pers had been disturbed. The whole
affair was as mysterious and ineNplic-
able as the mans first appearance had
been, or as his subsequent appearance
proyed; for, though carefully ques-
toned the hotel employees In the
morning, I could not learn that n
such man mad entered or gone out from
the hotel"
That Is Very satisfactory indeed
Tran.'s gratifca lion was evident n MS
tone. as Axton finished. ut Will quite
take the place Of tho letter that was
lest. There Is only ono thlng more-so
far as I know now-in which you mag
I've Of present hstp to me. MI. Axiom.
Besides your friend LAWYER, who was
drowned In tho wreck OF the Gladstone,
and the man Beaslcy-who. Miss Wal
dron tells me, IS IN a London hospital
there were only two men In Cape Town
with you who had been IN Cairo and
Calcu,ta a. the same limo you were,
You do not happen to know what has
become OF that German freight agent,
Schultz"
II have not tho least idea, Mr.. Trant."
"Or Walcott. the American patent
medicine man.
II know no moro OF him than OF the
other. Whether either OF them Is IN
Chicago now "a precisely what ! would
like to know myself, Mr.. Trant; and
hope you Will he able 70 find out for
mo-"
Il will do my best to locate them.
Rv the way, NJ. Axiom. !ou have no
p objection t. my setting a watch over
your family home. provided | employ a
man who has no connection with tho
pc,iCe""
"Wt;h that condition I think II would
be a verv good idea" Axiom assented.
He waited to see whether rrant had
anything more to ask him.; then. with
a look o, partially veiled hostility at
Csryl. ne went out.
The other followed, hut stopped at the
door.
"we-that .,. Miss w~aldron-w,i GEAR
from you. Mr.. Trant?" lie asked VITA
sudden distrust-"I mean. YOU will re-
port TO her. rs well as to Mr.. Axiom"
Certainly: but 7 hardly expect to
have anything for you FOR two or three
days"
The ~psychologis. smiled as he shut
the door behind Caryl. lie dropped
into tile chair at his desk and wrote
rapidly o series OF kilograms. which he
addressed 10 the chiefs OF police Of a
dozen foreign and American cities.
,VIsaN mar, slnvstN hA uyrofa n IN 40 an On
10 the Seric Medicine Company OF New
York and another to the Nord Deutscher
Lloyd.
The first two days Of the three Trant
had specified TO Caryl passed. with no
other event than the installing OF a
burly Waterman at the Anton home.
On the third night this Waterman re-
Sorted to Miss Waldron that he had
seen and driven off. without being able
to catch. n man who was trying TO
force q lower window: and tho next
morning-within half an hour OF the
arrival of the Overland Limited from
San Francisco-ITrant called UP the
Axiom home on the telephone with the
news that he thought ne had At last
positive proof OF the m mysterious mans
Identity. 1t least. he a with him .
man whom he wanted Mr.. Axton TO see.
Axton replied that he would be very
glad TO see tIe man, az ifdilt NouIi
make an appointment, In three-quarters
of an hour at the Axton home. Trant
answered: and forty minutes later. a
ing first telephoned young Caryl, Tran'
with his Waterman, ~escor:ing a
stranger who WAS broad s~houldered,
weazel eyed OF peculiarly silent and
guarded manner, reached the Axton
doorstep. Caryl had so perfectly timed
his arrival, under Trnt's Instructions
that he Joined them before the bell was
answered.
Trant and Caryl. leaving the strange
under guard of the Waterman In the
hall, found Miss Waldron and Anton in
tho morning room.
"Ah. Mr.. Caryl again." said Anton,
sneer!ngly. "Caryl was certainly not
the man you wanted me to see, TrantG'
The man is outside" the psychologist
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