The Yale expositor., 1913-07-24

game like this. Before I'm done with
him, he'll look me full in the face
and wonder If he's ever seen me be-
fore. / wasn't always a detective.
was a carpenter once, as you know,
and I'll take to the tools again. AS
soon as I'm handy with them I'll hunt
up lodgings in Hicks street. He may
suspect me at first, but he won't long;
I'll be such a COMPOUNDED good work
man. i only wish | hadn't such pre-
nounced features. want to deceive
him to his face. He's clever, this
same Brotherson. and there's glory to
be got in making a fool of him. Do
you think ii could be done with a
beard? I've never worn beard.
While I'm settling back into my old
trade, can let the hair grow"
"Sweetwater! We'd better give the
task to another man-to some one
Brothe~son has never seen and won't
be suspicious Off"
Hell be suspicious of everybody
who tries to make friends with him
now; only little more so with me;
that's all. But I've got to meet that,
and I'll do it by being, temporarily, Of
course, exactly the man l seem. My
health will not be good for the next
few weeks, I'm sure of that. But I'll
be a model workman, neat and con-
scientious with just a suspicion of
dash where dash is needed He knows
the real thing when he sees 1t, and
there's not fellow living more alive
to shams. l won't be a sham. I'll be
it. You'll see."
"But the doubt Can you do all this
in doubt Of the issue?"
NO; / must have confidence in the
end, and I must believe in his guilt
Nothing else will carry me through.
must believe in his guilt"
Yes, that's essential"
And / do. ] never was surer of
anything than l am of that. But I'll
have the deuce of a time to get evil
dence enough for grand jury. That's
plainly to be seen, and that's why I'm
so dead set on the business. It's such
an even toss-up."
->"I don't call ii even. He's got the
start of you every way. You can't go
to his tenement; the janitor there
would recognize you even If he didn't"
Now will give you piece of good
news. They're to have a new jani-
tor next week learned that yester-
day. The present one is too easy.
He'll be out long before I'm ready to
show myself there; and so will the
woman who took care of the poor
washerwoman's little child. I'd not
have risked her curiosity. Luck isn't
all against US. How does Mr.. Challon-
er feel about it?"
Not very confident; but willing to
give you any amount OF rope. Sweet
water, he let me have a batch of let
ters written by his daughter which he
found in a secret drawer. They are
not to be read, or even opened, unless
a great necessity arises. They were
written for Brotherson's eye-or so
the father says-but she never sent
them; too exuberant perhaps. II you
ever want them-I cannot give them
10 you lOHlBHls anu NOuiun IL COulu
don't go to Mr.. Challoner-you
must never be seen at his hotel-and
don't come to me, but to the little
house in West Twenty-ninth street.
where they will be kept for you, tied
up in a package with your name on it.
By the way, what name are you going
to work under?"
my mother's-Zugg."
Good! I'll remember. You can al
ways write or even telephone to TWEEN
ty-ninth street. I'm in constant com
munication with them there, and it's
quite SAFE"
Thanks. You're sure the superin.
tendent il with me?"
"Yes, but not the Inspector. He
sees nothing but the victim OF a
strange coincidence in Orlando Broth.
erson."
Again the scales hang even. But
they won't remain so. One side is
bound to rise. Which? That's the
question, Mr.. Gryce."