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_ Mtge be incre
[I will go it yon think be returned the
ae Tres,
‘Wheo het aunt bad left her
giuickly and, breathlessly to wie uuiton and gazed
long and eagerly ected
8 Mars cure hes would not ha
stop a moment to think who @
tosave his life be could not Femember bow 1 loo
He oe or grief that day to
even ‘ses mot aad
Carrot Graham iveaya looked ovee my hear
‘Slo had a feverish desire to meet bim as other
young las ‘hes ia the great world met him, on equal
Bocial
Tong and feagorly she studied Rer face In the
gles, repeating over and over again to herself the
wort he hud utterod:
att marry tha girl? Why, she fa the home.
Mest Witt the sun) ever shone upou! L would ruther
die than be yoked with her shronh liter"
achite did uot look 20 very horrible, sho told her-
Yes! fine clothes made a wosld of difference.
AN Count" not understand th¢ reat change in
that freckled face of hers. Tie freckles seemed to
have disappeared av if by magi
“He would not know me,” she breathed over
and over again.
‘The longing In her heart to see him and be near
him, without being recoguized herself, was so great
that | she could not conquer i
that oar quite a, different scene was
inspiring in Hyacinth Reed’ boxdot
Jr was nearly Sidaighty and tiyactath land ber
cousin, Amy Tborn, still sat by the window di
bs ‘is ovests of the eveniog whicb had just fitted
I do not wish to go to sleep.” Hyacinth had
gal ia fre senile before. “I feel as if I should
I feel as if i ‘should Uke to sit
Rere ia too mpontigitt and talk to you, Amy, until
the stars died out, and the pink dawa rept ‘into
the eastern sky.
Anyi looked ‘at her cousin in wond
neraliy sleepy after one returo fror
alts as you actended to-night,” she declared.
“ SS ‘Soything happen to make this diferent from
ae ES fro" thiogs bappened,” said Hactoth,
One, @ very lodicrone accident which happened to
lainwaring’s the other—”
here eee faltered, Fons strangely
rs.
ont
4
srindow, and Tsaid to Sr. Grabara
iy evening? Jost like the eereniogs I
wiv
Yer aia he
wey, wy
* ake the Ht "Forte mm
peat rome the lou lone Bigs
take the hopa from the morning's bghts
‘Rnd'we were #0 happy, be aud L
‘Ab, why?
‘Why did he go?
Ab wD,
because oy
Aiideked egaiust uo sleady.
Ah, why?
webs. woe
‘why,
Petaure Eau
Eestatedthine there we inthe yon
‘ac grudges fo life an hour of i
ny
00 HAPPY.
Entered accorting to Act of Congress, in the xear 18S, b
George» Sone ro, in the. once ot ‘ine Librarian, ”
COugeeny Washinawon, D.C.
he Chicago Detective.
A Tale of Theilng C Combats and Perils
By Day and Night, Afoot and
in th
BY “OLD SLEUTH,”
Author of ~ Old tromsides ot His Beats or. The Giant
leentures Among the Hratian orig
ite
ment § eet
me le ete ele.
This story was commenced in No, 1526 of Tie Naw Youre
Vinesiok Comtanion. back numbers cap be obtain
from all Newsdealera
[xmis srorY WiLL KOT BE roDLISHED 18 BOOK FoRM.]
CHAPTER XLUT.
Tow Vzison knew that the critical moment bad
arrive ved, WI 1e dey
bis asian lan for the deliberate M
proved himseif the Nemesis of ihe
such as they have in
tee He here ‘rather absently, T thoug! ht.
ve you ever been abroad?’ I asked, a liitie
panied ‘at the way he was letting the conversation
«Nos but T hope on te go,’ he replied, I
ete to go abroad on my wedding-tour,”
Ob, Amy, Lean net bespiain to you the terribl
iT had given my
slo neawe to hi im fie Saca'never occurch ing to me
that any one tn this world could stand between us,
Ttried to speaks, but w
re? ia bot koow that) yon we r=
ed, "I answered, scarcel) apmine. Town pase
the words. * 4, Who is the indy?
ni
“He ‘ached a little—snch a rich, mellow vaca
~ «#4 Let me make a confidante of you and tell you
drew back froma him, co coldly, 80 baughtily,
that any other man but himself would have bee!
chile’ to the heart.
**Pardon me, 1G your love story will not in-
me, Mr. Geahanay Vaid
“Oh, yea, it will,” he
way
area: * and. to tell you: mae. Teiperience which 3 We are aesori ibins mse =
the 9 frat, intend to orelv rr } apon your of the Program ramme into which our hero:
ag Moment, your opigion of the matter. a as he Uadcrsivud bow the ae
tf tried to took han bee ieas all nscless, | mate gene, wl to bo worked it (domaine
L gas all nsclesy 7 ance et ~
‘After Jess bad f2!
Feaking with the pangs" of Fpelousy and
tie Gest bitter onde of anreturned lov
2 Tou wil excuse te from taking any part {a
ign id, {ring to speak wis Hianity.
con't exese you,” he cried, suddenly
takin porension not only one but both of tm;
ng 2 Four east listen to mo, ttyacinth, while L
tell you bow madly 1 wership—ay, adore this girl
_ Who has stoten my beart
“ia that ene moment, vamy, i suffered all th
agony of a lifetime, Heaven forgive me! Ib:
Seats my anknown rival with ai the or of
i said of ore
‘canton,
yo ou abet her "jst Per
“ate Js.a veritable queen ai
angel pele the dearest and reat gitl
Sil tnis whole wide reridt Life Will never be aee
10 me if { do not W
Wie ber d repeated. Why, I thought, you
were npon a be martled—that it was all settled.
“* There is but ono thing which stands In, th
yoy? he Fetarmed, tand that er
Ege he brea estly.
not think of asta ‘fea ‘wottld be to me!”
bottom of my heart how I
wish that gal will answer no,’ Whoever she may
++¥ou might have influence over her—in fact,
J thine you night pe ranaite hee to XOATTY mie
you promtse m ya will th
Yes,’ Tat resolving at Pe shold not
see my grief, even though it broke art!”
{To be continued in ow
Please that Laura Libbey,
writes Sxchuatvely tor "Tho N New ‘yon: Fireside
Companion, in which paper all her new stories
++
FAMILY Y MATTERS,
~ A rnane. open mind will be always ready to listen, to
coal, od, if truth Pera to be convinced.
te one another's thoughts
ee val ‘and apply them eft;
"0 welcome and
wil Venabie te to test W
‘whole meaning
Gently, Where win ia not
ao se vothing ve amen to attain than meas-
connate easy for the ascetic to spurn
Soratort.and for the lux ‘asceticism : but
ie is hard. for tn fo tod out how far from
cither extreme bie U
“T can all more al shows one rom his smite,” said
the chaplain of & prison, than from his promises or bis
‘sinil some.
sarcastic or a cynical
ature of the person who
right, the smile will be
As we travel the way of fe. sage Mr, Ruskin, we hare
oro according to our working, of wurning all the
Soicus of Nature into of refolcing, and al her
pany, whereet the
it be enuf in our eyes OY Wee Lied mea:
mene sa ir eres
suze: oF of wi tepebing ber sympathy into
fearful withdrawn a coed smatioty of :ot0%,
erying out ot hor sowes ‘ana "chaicog off her diet
tet
rricisx It eriticism were employed, aa it should
es buly for dhe provement "of wo ore a st conduer,
Bod neren tor ise’ pa
Tratted to th
juntety it. ‘fa rs
filled the plare of the one weare Judging? If we have, our
griticlame
if me have not let us retrain from giving voice to
cache avo Siscenire Tal bility. ind
aloable aa they are, wien In the h
Ticky'and dhnowse ink into comparative inige
if 3t the man witone integrity fe erwured, wit
Bittows to be ‘what a power doce he
Srort over all with, whom aes in contact! Others
‘su in vain for eredit and a
favors. They pour in
truth nd siocenty. Lat v
srhen be shows bipielf nelncere he
‘is shorn of his strength. Heaceoru
pers Mnithing torgive ov to receive from ws, The a
mec tn a, Wil
shout i,” he marmured, attempting to take my | cd the
ih the poles may diop to tis scheme before
ac
nina ‘gan
‘Night came. ‘Tom appeared at the samen
lace, and Jess was on hand to receive him
Jess had conjured his brain for i, and hi
ually told our hero hero that he world fee atts into tho
best ever invented by a scientific
rogue,
‘Jess was known to ouf hero as William Rayles,
and Velsor was traveling under the sobriquet o
Sam aw is.
lace hero was to meet Bill Rayles
show drinkingyplachy down ou the rivera
dort of “dive,” where Iunebes and drinks were sold
to boatmen.
ween OuF hero arrived he was greeted with the
"A rather rongh place for students Tike
ou at you see, tt the ebap who faveut.
scary, a
to dispose of his patent.”
jess Went on, aud stated that the inventor was
stranded professional o of some German university —
man who would prove invaluable to the gang in
EEE
at ras you had the
‘an was telling a friend of mine bout
meet one or two of us to-night, and
explain bis process, “He says be will show us’ Low
to make twenty-dollar gold pieces by the bushel,
‘ood enough to siove On the publig for weeks be
fore tne experts will tarab
Then you know nothing of the process yet?”
« Nothing; 01 only ene the per has told me.”
“ triens that are to meet the
stranded professor?”
“They will be along pretty soon.”
Even While Jess 8 Spoke the two men were joined
arious to learn mho the mem
ardor comtmittee would be.
nized the man who joiced them, ‘and the
Gestion arose, «How nmipose th
ean
es parsed, and the party bad swelled
toa ire vinclulog See
fh man came in a few moments Tater, but he
appeared to be an outsider, as no Intercourse pass
between him and Jess,
stood by the bar tapping with bis fin-
1g an occasional word iv the con
‘Our hero
gore, and takin
ot ‘was @ peculiar and critical position for a man
even aa brave and experienced as Chicago Tom to
occupy, did not know at what moment there
ini bee noone in the arrangements. He had
0 learn from expressions that bad dropped
fcom the lipe of Sees tiat he was a dangerous man,
treacherons Taliom, ‘liable st aby'imoment (6
ehanze ‘@ fiendish pl
Thetparty wore quite merry and soctable, talking
wer chances that were to be hoped for from the in-
vention they were to investigate.
‘At length the professor arrived. He was a pecul-
jarJooking man, Prrell got up for the character he
med; bat our hero recognized him at a
gliocean man only second to Jess himself as a
les
“The Profeesor spoke in broken English.
“1 vos sorry I vos keep you waiting, bat you see
I vos very much afraid, der bas been so much raid
py der bolice lately, undt I haf work so lon:
mine invention, vich vos perfect, I vos not, iF
T lose der advantage at der last moments)”
where is your arrangement, old man!
out, and let us see it at once.”
“You, vos Vought I carry tt aronndt fa mine
nat
a No: oat yon can explain the pt
“Yeas, T vos tes fet a ace procese, cebat you must
go mit we and jachinery.””
«You did not tell m
n YOU ¥O8 NOt ndetstood m0, dot ¥08 all. T
raid wok Make plain der process only dot I show
“ Where is you —— thine!
cust dovot epenk co fond, Noone knows at
vot momeot der might be one of dose bolice
aroun
eA rights but where must we got”
“You must go mit me.”
wr Wer
08 keep der place secret; ft vos not
rings a you vos make in a shop above grout.
ned to bjs companions, and ae
is it ‘worth waile to go and examine this ar-
rangemen
The men aa voted in the affirmative, our hero
among them.
‘Oue thing was certain, Chicago Tom did not mean
to play a game any the Jess shrewd than the intend-
Ing ase
‘ie men al filed o
A smile of triamph ted upon the face of Joss
. played it well and to
his favor.
lore out toto the |
SOL batoro @ very respects
jeaa appeared to be very much surprised npon
the if
‘00 live in fine style, professor
“Tees J vos it goot, but I os, tn debt awful
muchy aadt dot vos der feason dot I vos sell iniue
becrot and not york dor game mineself.””
juse, and were all shown
ton lange reort on the ground. oor, a basement
artmeat well tighted, and auch & place as can be
Fe had
min and the ieebaaces were a allio
between us and him are closed.
seen in many modern bullt vila houses,
It was midnight.
‘The men had been in the place but a few mo-
ments, when the mask was ed, and the daring
sent po ‘was bronght face to face with his immi-
The stood, und in a group; they had so
arranged it ‘That ‘tom ‘Velsor and Jess stood 2 fhe
Tall the positions were taken with
sursey fat woald h have indicated some sort ot pag
UVunt do you you thie cot ‘this place???
‘Tom answered, coolly.
“Tam not thinking fuich about it”
TA good pla ‘a fight?”
“Well, ° is room enough.”
“Lea revelation to make to you.”
Abt bave y.
“ “ton ase to revelations.”
“ Yen ‘are not fooled much, are you’””
/® Not much,”
“You're Tom Velsor.”
Tus aunouncemeyt came suddenly, and in a
qui
“ W all yee, tha 's my bame,”? sponse;
and Tom's voice did not quiver, at vaiiourt rhe stood
fn the midst of a battory, o1 of coc!
we 1 We're been ¢ “pip ing? each her
‘There's been 20 ‘39 misunderstanding frem the
nded Torn,
an, Tom.””
jank you.”
“ You've done us a good deal of harm.”
“T think 1 have.”
« We've got you dead now; the drop is ours.” _,
#81 that so?*
“Bo yon keor whol Tam?
“Weil, yes, Jess,
‘The desective spoke as calmly as thongh the
whole scene were Dut a friendly explanation,
{i There is no esoars oF
a
“Wore ran you into a trap.”” \
But you are a good man. I like a good man,
aa jon have achauce for your life.”
ne chance?” —
«Thank you.”
ani ke Fo, _
ry you ‘tnderstand the situation?”
gu think T do,
“All right ‘Now, then, ‘We'll come down to bust-
ness Yon ‘throw up,’ aind you ma leave rere alive;
snd you are a dead
rerier t is iny chi
nce, e)
t That ia your chan, ‘Tom Velsor.””
trenktelh, Ua taking the chance—not even
m Sess
omh afl slcece follomed this last declaration of
the cool and intrepid detect
‘Death hung iu ehe-atr: the marder devil danced
on the muzzles of half a dozen pistols,
ed hot have well considered?” at length demand-
ess.
“have well considered,” came the steady reply.
CHAPTER XLIV.
oars there folioned an ar ful silence.
‘A suspicion had flashed through the mind of
Jets ae He begun’ to realize that tho detect
jve was altogether too cool, under ail the cireum-
stances,
“ Tom
your mind
uy mind is made,
determi: ed Lt
an, that etiough 5 you may
game, we've gut you now."
you have oy: one minute to make up
fame
“Remember, old
have worked a'coun!
“Have yout?
Pena Ta a guerre meg Wi
yreapons, eaten though by ment ‘ippee
Hetbad jerked oat ti
him covered.
Ener, Jeane aie the detective,
Had aby other nfun mage, the call nader the
saine circumstances Jess would not have minded
the warning; but sich @ call from Chicago ‘Tom
meant deat!
‘The detective was no, ordinary man, and bis te
ble antagonist Know it wel
Mattors were at a tas Head the compan-
fone of Jess been tbea of his, jess coura;
‘there onl Dave followed ‘general Byes bat there
but Velsors, en 3
Siva weapon, but Tom bad
and fewer such m
jose Jamies,
it was Tom's turn | es do the talking.
Jess,” he said, *: and I by
for fact other a long Aimer
OK have met at last,” responded Jess.
« Wo have root at last.”
7 Foe bar have nO ‘pinch’ on me in the State of Ilit-
noi lsor,”
rekon oar game against me jen a (pinch.
Altho jough the tables rere tarned, ‘as cool
when the Tied bung over the
‘been looking
latter's head.
«You gave me a chance, Jess.”
“1 didy and tt 20 as a fool, 1 am not
tered myself I was, Tom.”
FYen did go ito ag aiaborate gainer?
<The slowest deal I ever ran out, tt, vom Veleor.”
“ You're a plain talker, Jess
am.”
jixent Te @ level-headed man; you kuow all your
art hoagie Iaid”
" tk ball bave a chance.”
You do'hot lke law or justice.”
“ re lived independent of lav.” «
ve)
x1 econndrel!?”
‘Tot ont call bard names when &
erYoa shall bave a cance, Jess, to hold mi
sponatble for efery word Putier. f think you =
he rth. You think you're a brave
nan’ 1 look upon sou aa 8 ooward y assassin. Ye
aida, dare meet me jike a man, but you've got to
do so now, though.” ”
“What are you getting at, Tom Velsor?”
{Vim going to sare the country future expense tf
can. That's waet | 3m mean,
«Speak right ou
Doeo, please
«You eid to howe a chance.”
“Tom Wehr, at most make me wish I had
been a better mi ; a
ie shall boa snare fight.” : .
si How squar
ft you down me, you go free.”
“ om wi fight me an open, up-and-up fight?””
NO ontalde tnterference?”
“No outside interference. And now, how will
fave it? Knives or pistols?
{EDI take it knives, 1 i auits you, Tom.”
« Knives suit me.
rand fmben will we have it?”
ou'll give moa few minntes?””
To say your prayers!”
“You need to say something of the sort, Vel-
._ Jam going to down you if it’ @ square
“ "a hat be a square duel. I want every one in
of my Voice to understand that I feel Lam
i
aioe: iy duty. The law has failed to reach you,
Jess, my knife shall come to the rescue on the
side of Jaw, order and justice—justi Te
jent—your viet!
jess turned pale | sen wearing the terrible ord
the das jst ccugations, attered in such @ firm
sole:
“Have | the ten minat
‘You shall have the time: but you do not leave
amy prese
‘want p rn, ny ink, and paper.”
Tom pi the reqalred articles,
Tod came xed
ST came fixed.”
‘The notorious outlaw went to a table and spent
five minntos 10 weiting, and when he bad folshed,
he banded the paper £9 the man who had played
the role of the
We will ‘hee state that there were many minor
Incident T uutred whieh we bave not seen Bt
alsring exhausted bis ten minutes of grace, Joss
ia
“Tam read
hav
te rip.
when one of the detect-
bal eat ged to have on the seene,
extraordinary man-
eisor, I protest ‘against this tie
‘00 late
to protest, Jimmy; I've passed my
ire detective whispered 8 fev vende onr hero's
ear, and tl en stepped aside and held a
whispered Conran,
Meantime, Jess had prepared himself for the ter-
rible da eh
# ‘Tomi returned from bis whispered conversa-
tion, Jess a
“How fare my friends?
"ve nothing to say about your friends. They're
any of them have the ‘pinch’ on
the thelr own business, but they'll stand of
tnnl'you and f settle our business.”
‘The detectives advanced and handeuffed every
man of the gang save Jes
The fellows did not ‘offer _any resistance; they
dared not; the game had been played too close for
impending combat
otherwise would
d, they all submitted to the bandeuffing
in ‘iene, ‘and without a single protest for too we
id they tinderstand that protests woold have been
Jn alas the ‘who bad worked the game on
Sone to leave @ “peep” hole un-
mes deliberately commenced to strip himself for
the combat. He had evidentiy silenced the protests
of his brother detectives,
It may ar strange r readers that the
detective, aRRa hare shosen to fight Jess, instead
sting him, and yet we have pre pared 01
‘wea 8 ta, mol ad ong defed the law. He
"The Illinois
ilies ‘would have been only too glad to have
taken to Missouri 0 a requisition.
long ag above ground, Tom
vale 3 ile wou ld be in ‘peri, barring every ‘other
considerat
It was. tthe latter consideration, however, that
influenced | tne daring detective, le calculated it
Yas worth the chance of big own Lie torid the com
puualty of ‘such a scourge. ‘as the man lived
e Would be a ecourge to acctet and the ¢ gomme-
hiiy would never bersavo. oatil be wed
either on the gallows or ‘by violence, “The prison
jot been built that could hold him.
‘moment later. and. the Preparations for the
Senna ght were all complete.
HAPTER XLY.
Tae two men, stripped to the walst, each holding
4 naked bowio in his hand, stood feos to face,
Tndced: it wage torsiste Moments They were two
adiators well iI'matched physically, and, as far as
mere brute courage was concerned, both were game
men.
An inexperienced person might think that there
was po Bkill in a duel ct bowle knives: bas the
Fant io there are an es sy f the
Tapier-oF foil.
"i ras stated, a ceorpat moghont mhon the two
stood face to face, There are moments
When's human being, under inegpoes of a great
excitement, becomes seemingly superhoman.
"Ton aud Jess were both laboring under great ex-
citement, alt! hough t both sought to hide its betrayal.
eir eyes gleamed, their nostrils were expanded,
Hicir lips were firmly set, and their bared bosoms
heaved like an agitated woman’
joes not exist @ ‘2 ore terrible conflict than
a content with knives: ‘the pistol duel iy beside
4 tame affair, and the sword practice, merely fancy
business, ‘There is wo contest where the shadow of
death comes looming over with tore certainty,
only man of irom nerre could step to the ne eat
tog 2 toe, ey eye, to engage in such mbat.
a mis sate or two the men parried, ‘pot mOv=
ing Hedy om their feet, wud uelthor betraying one
seintila of nervousness.
J: was e strange tablsan presented, such, a scene
is rarely witnessed. The detectives stood ground
wit! ai ces, el ing eyes, and bat reath:;
and the ‘handeulted rufflans also stood silent and
aghast
no moment when the near presence of
deati'ia any sbape Te hota terble proenee: avd
the heart never pulsated that does not beat with &
quicker motion at such an instant.
eareful, both men were wat
tage lay with the man who could avoid
the fist slash, the counter eur belag tio surer one
sake,
‘°.The biaze in the eyes of both combatants became
brighter, and it was indeed a sight J see how
he two gladiators watched each otter.
tom made a feint, and his cut ws |; but
no comer slash was made, and for fay teu inne
‘tes the men danced before each other, moving i like
Bigures mado of willow, so graceful ‘and w
were their mover
“FeainTomn tae a clash, Tle took a tong chance.
Hg invited " ‘counter ont, but Jess held off
The latter was noted, under ordinary ‘circum.
stances, as & Very Impetivoas and reckless fighter;
in great; but M in ne fo presence
He tood | advan
it the de
letective
ol
Jess would anticipat
Fesjo'n genulne sinsbe and blood followed the git
ter and plunge of his knifo.
Good readers, we will not proceed further in de-
ible seoue followed: the real combat
ie drawing of blood, the play
tail A "horn
mmenced Ww
eer) combatants moved with the rapidity of
lightning, and all the time nota word escape
the lips of either man, but their heavy breathing re-
tounded through the foo
‘The terrible conflict, after having once com
menced, was not of long duration, and soon, with
a groan, Jess sunk to the floor, and over bim stood
a bloody gare,
‘om Velsor had not come out-of the desperate
fight seathless; but he was the victor, and it was
the knife of Jess that fell from a powerless grasp.
dessa lay iotionloss his mat | career over. Tom
‘one side, but at once was caught in
said: but”
—and, with a strange laugh, be tdded ise ald
out tip scourge!”
to take Tom to a 4 phyalelan. Hey
wonderful man, rad, not Lose
iesued his orders
Sr Take tue basdetts off the other rascals,” he
whispered. “There's no ‘pinch’ on thom; let
them attend to thelr man.
‘The orders of the detcative were obeyed, and a
fewmoments later bo was pat tnt the sarvinge in
whieh his onde had followed him to the seeue of
the enco
(As our ‘readers have discerned, Tom Velsor bad
pared against all double-bank tricks against
Rinwoit. He had met Jess at bis own game, and
bad come ont vieto
hero was token, at his request, to bi
odeinga'a gungeon Wes tent for, and au exaosina.
tion 3 followed.
m had eaneated that the facts of the combat
show be sy be sappressed. Ho knew that he bad been
engage game, strictly speaking, al-
thong tn vi line of duty. Had he strictly adhered
s duty, he would havo surrendered Jess; but
he Wnetorrea to work as ho had and the chances
were his determination bad cost him his
Je was not until the following day that the eur-
geon was able to render a decision, when he made
the cheering statement hat tho detective wuld re
cower.
Later on, the physician explained that Tom
one of those men poss fa constitution that
ould earry bin through: there was no danger
fro “to the system—the latter, in such cases,
frequently Proving the fatal element.
Our hero sent word to Mr. Chapman, who was
brought to his bedside.
"Tom explained that ‘his duty bad called him in a
direction which resulted tn bie wonndings sald he:
yi soon be on my fect again, aud then I i
follow the trail for the recovery of your mi
Tn ten days our hero was on his feet again; his
Wonderful constitution brought him through in a
manner that even surprised his physician.
A day or two before the detective rose frot
bed, he received a visit from one of bis brother-of!-
cors, “The latter had been one of the party present
‘at the time of the terrible comba
Well, Riggs, what have you 0 repo
« Nothin;
You can ) get no word?”
a Not a word.”
remember that no ube had
been elven‘to the battle between the great despera-
do and the detective.
‘ou van make up your mind, then, that the
man lives.”
“Not after te jwounds he rece!
he was gaspin; when we eas
“AN right; ‘he is ing yet; fon had be been
dead, the gang would bave inade'a sign. Jess and
I will eet again before one or the other of us is
seThom had been ont and around for a week, when
e Fecelved a note which eansed him to decide upon
an Immediate eourso of aetior
The note was {101 rs. Degnon, and convered
the jatermation that the wosnan had got on the
track, of Crampt on ‘who, she wrote, would pay a
visit to
Tom, tarantino, set out to investigate the fate of
Jess on his own hook, while at the same time he de-
termined to keep a lookout for the fellow Cramp-
ned his own theory. He decided
that ‘Granipton was-geing to visit-Culeago in order
fo flood some of the securities he “nipped”
He compan
Asit hanced, our bero made a lucky hit the very
an out for a trai
THe was passing the Palmer House when he saw
Raynor and anotfier man enter, ‘Tom had str
disguise that no living man could ever have pene-
trated, and he followed the two men into the bar,
ts later mas sitting at a convenient
abled him to overhear
a stranger would not
have gathered anything "Hom thet talk; bat our
hero was balanced to take in the whole meaning of
every word that passed bet
‘Oute of the mew remar
iqabetmeen you and me, it’s safe to let out the
"9 Wary asate,
“Tommy has assed in his ebips.”
41 Fou think sor”?
“ “wel “otherwise there world have been a police
Well, you are just on the wrong end of the sit-
pation, "You can bet @ hundred be's eafe and out
and around aga
“ Fes a rondeit 1 man.”
“TY tell you there never was such a thing before.
Why, ais Fthose two men are more than’ buman,
es Will recover in a week or two; he will be
droun’ as coud a taan’as ever, and he bad at
Jenst three cuts, either one of which would have
Ailled ap ordinaty mai
ad Jou thlake the “cop? ts coming around
ator
wat, Re moment Tom Velsor's attention wns at-
trncted' Vir 'another direction. “His prey had come
woh
* (To be continued in our next.) “.
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