n the dive I met a lady on the street, at

fore; in fact, felt that I had o

h

orris!"

tled at being thus addressed. Then I saw h

istaken," I said. "You

who became a detectiv

hen I walked along beside

some days, but at sight of

inquired

in some time," Mrs.

g seen him, and then s

d her hum

Several mornings before she had awakened to find an envelope thrust beneath

imed, in surprise. "Will you le

tain

hadow. I remembered some of the bills, and was c

y w

ed was in the roll of bills she han

and Shadow being one and the same person w

and how I had last seen Shadow-or Mat-for I knew

ney, the mother's confidence in her son was so great that she felt

n toward finding our Helen?"

constantly before me, and my ears always open, when I vis

found no clew, nor had I h

at though I did not see him he saw me

he pursued the one object o

d a certain description, he would persistently shadow until he

ain was he d

sfied gesture with his hand, and

n! Success mus

n, pursuing some unknown person who

from a feeling of resentment toward the whole tribe of evil-doer

talking about some "job" on entering t

had talked freely before him-it

the robbery of a bank with

in which the bank was located, they opened an oyster

o the cellar, and until break of day would

ortar between the bricks, first one and then another was pried out, until at last only one layer of f

omplished on

ntended entering, knowing that in all probability they wo

themselves, a pair of k

e those

me. It was from the mysterious being, whom

was ver

mply

nue at eleven o'clock to-night, with a do

ad

getting ready to act upon the commu

ile the required number of men were scattered about in the conc

ot long

for I had not seen or heard him approach, yet on turn

nearest lamp, so that I could plainly see what he w

underst

of thus talking with the fingers, and I have once been able to do al

that I could recall the

under

low me. When I cough, quietly

, and several blocks away I saw a fe

said, and placed my revo

not mi

hed. Quick as a flash, I wheeled and planted the muzz

of noise-or I'll put a

e men were walking, handcuffed him, and sent him to the station in char

l followe

on his fingers. "In five minutes

dmitted him to a hall connecting with the bogus oyster sal

into ten, twelve, fifteen, and

detected a

I opened the door and en

althy steps,

ened by some one, and in the big strong

was covered, and we-the silent witne

his life? I thought of Mrs. Mor