The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-19
Sir Norman stalks:

! He drew his easy chair Il little
/ closer to mine. lie eyed my box of
+ cigarettes hunerily. ! placed It h.
Lis side. and handed him a match.
/ He smoked furiously.
Listen" ne confded: II have n
piece Of evidence. l Will not take
1t to the police. I do not trust them.
You shall find me my gold"
what IS your piece 4 evidence?"
I asked ..
The little gray man." he answered.
the man waom they spoke of AZ
visiting the South Americans in the
next suite All those South Ameri-
caus-I never trusted them, I saw
Madam makes eyes at Metzger. What
need had she If MetZger. \ woman
Ike ma. has lovers enough"
Acoustic little gray man." I ven.
tured.
They speak of him in the evi.
dance,' Gorty vent on eagerly. n"
was al the suite that night. saw
him with Madam the South American.
tyso days before. know where he IS
Ito be found now"
Why the devil haven't you told tho
police" [ exclaimed. THAT IS the
one man they are looking for.
But have I not explained" he ex-
postulated I do not trust the police.
Six of those solemn constables would
march up IN uniform to the place
spoke Of and the little gray man
would slip away I tell you. You
must find him and see who he Is. You
must consider how to ac1. The as
sault upon N1etzger was bad. but Il Is
the gold I want"
Very Well" I said, tell me where
to find him
Go to the reading room at the
British Museum between Il and l
o'clock" Gorty told me. You will
find him there, reading. I myself
am a student. Twice I have sat at
| the next table. He is reading from
some rare volumes the History of the
RosiCrucians.
Between II and l." repeated.
You will go?"
Tomorrow morning" I promised.
GOrty arose
Listen. Greyes." he said. you. Sir
Norman Greyes. VIII you swear that
if you recover my gold It comes to
me?"
II swear It," I answered.
Then through that man you will
| find it," he declared.
Gorty was right. The moment when,
from my place Of concealment, I saw
him shuffling into the reading room
and take his place nearly opposite to
me at the great round table, knew
very well that this was Michael He
| carried with him two or three books,
q volume Of reference and a note
| book. He had the appearance of the
most devout bibliophile, and indeed
/ having watched him for some time
! I came to the conclusion that he was
/ IN earnest about his labors. It was
in these little ways that Michael
achieved real greatness. Detail was a
| passion with him. He not only ap-
peared to be deeply interested in the
| Rosicrucian history. He had actually
! become so.
I was without doubt at fault not to
/ have at once passed on my informa-
ton to Huntington and to have had
my old adversary arrested on one OF
the many previous counts against him.
It seemed to me, however. that this
would bring to an end our chances
Of recovering the gold, and I could
not ignore the fact that was IN
debted to GOrty for TIE information
which had delivered Michael into my
hands. therefore maintained a strict
watch and waited.
For three days and three nights 1
knew NIiChaers every movement. He
made his own breakfast, lunched at q
small restaurant near the Museum,
and dined each night at the Monico,
where he sometimes played dominoes
for an hour afterward. If able to find
an opponent. On the fourth night,
however. he departed from his usual
practices. The young woman whom I
had been employing to watch him
came TO me in haste
Our friend. she announced, called
at the MonicO. but took only an aper-
tiff there. He walked across to Ro-
mano's and has ordered a table and
dinner for two
whereabouts" I asked quickly.
Downstairs in the restaurant, on
the right hand side" she replied.
I rang up Romano's and engaged
one of the tables in the balcony. In
quarter of an hour I was ensconced
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