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THE CCNTAUR COmmNV, TT MURRAY STRCCT, NEW YORK CITY.
Molladay
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A Mystery
Of Two
Continents
-By
BURTON E.
STEVENSON
Copyright. 1903, by
Henry Holt and
Company
nm wnat naa Been ms part in" the
! affair? For a moment I groped bllnd-
ly In the dark, but only for a moment,
j Whatever his share in the tragedy, he
; had plainly been left behind to watch
i us; to make sure that we did not fol
i low the fugitives; to warn them In
case of danger. I understood now hia
. solicitude for Miss Holladay "in her I
! take such an Interest!" It was 1m-
portant that he should know the mo
! ment we discovered her absence. And
; he bad known; he knew that I was
; even at this moment commencing the
. search for her. My cheeks reddened
I at the thought of my indiscreetness;
! yet he was a man to command confl
; dence. Who would have suspected
him? And an old proverb which be
had repeated one evening flashed
through my mind.
"Silly Is the sheep who to the wolf
herself confesses," I had translated it,
J with that painful llteraluess character
istic of the beginner. Well, I had been
the sheep and silly enough, heaven
knows!
I had reached Broadway, and at the
corner I paused to look at a display of
men's furnishings In a window. Far
down the street on the other side, al
; most lost In the hurrying crowd, Mar
tigny was buying a paper of a news
' boy. He shook it out and looked quick
jly up and down Its columns, like a
man who Is searching for some special
j Item of news. Perhaps he was a spec
ulator; perhaps, after all, I was de
ceiving myse!f la imagining that ho
was following me. I had no proof of it;
It was the most natural thing in the
.world that he should be in this part of
the town. I must test the theory be
fore accepting it. It was time I grew
wary of theories.
I enteretl the store and spent ten
, minutes looking at some neckties.
When I came out again Martigny was
Just getting down from a bootblack's
chair across the street. His back was
toward me, and I watched him get out
his little purse and drop a dime into
the .bootblack's hand. I went on up
Broadway, loitering sometimes, some
times walking straight ahead; always,
away behind me, lost in the crowd,
was my pursuer. It could no longer be
doubted. He was really following me,
though he did it so adroitly, with such
consummate cunning, that I should
never have seen him, never have sus
pected him, but for that fortunate in
tuition at the start.
A hundred plans flashed through my
brca. I had this advantage he could
not know that I suspected him. If I
could only overmaster him In cunning,
wrest his secret from him and then,
as I remembered the strong face, the
piercing eyes, the perfect self control,
I realized how little possible it was
that I could accomplish this. He was
my superior in diplomacy and deceit;
he would not pause now at any means
to assure the success of his plot.
Yes, I could doubt no longer that
there was a plot, whose depths I had
not before even suspected, and I drew
hack from the thought with a little
shiver. What was the plot? What in
tricate, dreadful crime was this which
he was planning? The murder of the.
father, then, had been only the first
step. The abduction of Frances Hot
laday wa tha ocong. What wontt .
the third be? How could we pre
vent his taking it? Suppose we should
be unsuccessful? And, candidly, what
chance of success could we have, fight
ing in the dark against this accom
plished scoundrel? He had the threads
all in his fingers; he controlled the
situation; we were struggling blindly,
snarled In a net of mystery from
which there seemed no escaping. My
imagination clothed him with super
human attributes. For a moment a
wild desire possessed me to turn upon
him, to confront him, to accuse him,
to confound him with the very cer
tainty of my knowledge, to surprise his
secret, to trample him down!
But the frenzy passed. No, he must
not discover that I suspected him. I
must not yield up that advantage. I
might yet surprise him, mislead him,
set a trap for him, get him to say more
than be wished to say. That battle of
wits would come later on this very
night perhaps but for the moment I
could no nothing better than carry out
my first plan, yet he must not suspect
the direction of my search. I must throw
him off the track. Why, this was for
all the world just like the penny dread
fuls of my boyhood. And I smiled at
the thought that I had become an actor
in a drama fitted for a red and yellow
cover!
My plan was soon made. I crossed
Broadway and turned into Cortlandt
He staggered and seemed to fall.
street, sauntering along it until the ele
vated loomed ahead; I heard the roar
of an approaching train and stopped
to purchase some fruit at the corner
stand. My pursuer was some distance
behind, closely inspecting the bric-a-brac
in a peddler's cart The train
rambled into the station, and, starting
as though I had Just perceived it, I
bounded Tip the stair, slammed my
ticket into the chopper and dashed
across the platform. The guard at the
rear of the train held the gate open for
m.for an iiutant.afid Jhes chUMd It
nnc we were on wrtn a Jerk." As 1
looked back I saw Martigny rush out
upon the platform- He stood staring
after me for an Instant; then, with a
sudden grasping at his - breast, stag
gered and seemed to falL A crowd
closed about him, the train whisked .
around a corner, and I could see no
more.
But at any rate I was well free of
him, and I got off at Bleecker street,
, walked on to the square and began
my search. My plan was very simple.
'Beginning on the east side of West
Broadway, it was my intention to stop I
at every house and inquire whether $
lodgers were kept. My experience at
the first place was a pretty fair sample
of all the rest.
A frowsy headed woman , answered
my knock. ' : 1
"Tou have rooms to let?" I asked.
"Oh, yes, monsieur," she answered,
with an expansive , grin. . "Step r zis
vay."
We mounted a dirty stair, and she
threw open a door with a flourish
meant to be impressive. :
"Zese are ze rooms, monsiear; zey
are ver fine."
I looked ; around them with simu
lated Interest, smothering my disgust
as well as I could.
"How long have they been vacant?'
I asked.
"Since only two days, monsieur. As
you see, zey are ver fine rooms."
That settled it If they had been va
cant only two days, I had no further
Interest in them, and with some excuse
I made my way out, glad to escape
from that fetid atmosphere of garlic
and onions. So I went from house to
house, stumbling over dirty children,
climbing grimy stairs, catching glimpses
of crowded sweatshops, peering into
all sorts of holes called rooms by cour
tesy, inhaling a hundred stenches In as
many minutes, gaining an insight that
sickened me into the squalid life of the
quarter. Sometimes I began to hope
that at last I was on the right track,
but further inquiry would prove my
mistake. So the morning passad, and
the afternoon. I had covered two
blocks to no purpose, and I turned
eastward to Broadway and took a car
downtown to the office. My assistants
had reported again they had met with
no better success than I. Mr. Graham
noticed my dejected appearance and
epoke a word of comfort.
"I think you're on the right track.
Lester," he said. "But you can't hope
to do much by yourself it's too big a
job. Wouldn't it be better to employ
half a dozen private detectives and put
them under your supervision? You
could save yourself this nerve trying
work and at the same time get over the
ground much more rapidly. Besides,
experienced men may be able to sug
gest something that you've overlooked."
I had thought of that I had won
dered If I were making the best pos
sible use of my opportunities and the
suggestion tempted me. But some
thing rose within me pride, ambition,
stubbornness, what you will and I
shook my head, determined .to hang on.
Besides, I had still before me that bat
tle of wits. with Martigny, and I was
resolved to make the most of it '
"Let me keep on by myself a day or
two longer, sir," I said. "I believe I'll
succeed yet If I don't there will still
be time to call in outside help. I fancy
I've made, a beginning, and I want to
see what comes of It"
' He shook me kindly by the hand.'
"I like your grit," he said approv
ingly, "and I've every confidence in
you. It wasn't lack of confidence that
prompted the suggestion.. Only don't
overdo the thing and break down as
Royce has. He's better, by the way,
but the doctor says that be must take
a long vacation a thorough rest",
"I'm glad he's better. I'll be care
ful," I assented, and left the office.
While I waited for a car I bought
a copy of the last edition of my paper.
from force of habit more than any
thing, then, settling myself In a seat-
still from force of habit I turned to
the financial column and looked it over.
There was nothing of special Interest
there and I turned back to the general
news, glancing carelessly from item
to Item. Suddenly one caught my eye
which brought me r.p with a shock.
The item read:
. Shortly after 10 o'clock this morn Ins a
man ran up the steps of the Cortlandt
street station of the Sixth avenue ele
vated In the effort to catch an uptown
train Just pulling out and dropped over on
the platform with heart disease. An am
bulance was called from the Hudson
Street hospital and the man taken there.
At noon It was said he would recover.
He was still too weak to talk, but among
other things a card of the Cafe Jourdain,
64 West Houston street, was found In his
pocketbook. An Inquiry there developed
the fact that his name is Pierre Betbune,
that be Is recently from France and has
no relatives in this country.
In a moment I was out of the car
and running westward to the elevated.
I felt that I held In my hand the ad
dress i needed.
'To m Continued.)
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