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CHAPTER VI.
The sight of Talbot's letter seem -
id to fire Brett's imagination. He
,adiated electric energy. Both
ord Fairholme and Miss Talbot
left that in his presence all doubts
ranished.They realized, without
rauowledge why, that this man of
power, this human dynamo, would
Iuickly dispel the clouds which now
rendered the outlook so forbidding.
For the moment, heedless of their
presence, he began to pace the
Croom in the strenuous concentra-
tion of his thoughts,, Onoe he halt-
ed in front of the small bust of Ed-
gar .Allan Poe, whose pedestal still
imprisoned the two cuttings of a
newspaper which formed the bar-
rister's first links with the tra-
gedy. His ideas suddenly reverted
to the paragraph describing the ef-
forts of the Porte to obtain from
the French Government the extra-
dition of a fugitive relative of the
Sultan. At that instant, too, a tiny
clock un the mantelpiece chimed
forth the hour of eight.
"That settles it," said Brett
aloud. "Smith," he vociferated.
.And Smith appeared.
"Pack up sufficient belongings for
a. short trip to the Continent. Don't
forget a rng and a great -coat. Have
the portmanteau on a cab at the
door within three minutes."
"I am sorry, Miss Talbot," he
continued, with his charming smile
and a manner as free from perplex-
ity as if he was announcing a for-
mal visit to his grandmother. "I
have just decided to go to Paris at
once. The train leaves Victoria at
8.15. Lord Fairholme will take you
home, and you will both, I am sure,
be able to convince Sir Hubert than,
to yield too greatly to anxiety just
now is to suffer needless pain."
He rattled on so pleasantly that
Edith, absorbed by the agony of
her brother's disappearance and
possible disgrace, could not conceal
an expression of blank amazement
at his levity.
Brett instantly became apologe-
tin.
"Pray forgive my apparent flip-
pancy, Miss Talbot," he said. 'I
am really in earnest. I believe that
a flying visit to Paris just now must
unquestionably advance us an im-
portant stage in this inquiry. Let
me explain exactly what I mean,
Here is a letter from your brother,
in handwriting which you and
others best qualified to judge de-
clare to bo undeniably his. It also.
bears post -marks which would de-
monstrate to a court of law that it
was posted in Paris last night and
received here to -day. But it does
not follow that it was written 'n
Paris; it might have been written
anywhere. Now, according to the
police, there is no entry in the visi-
tors' book at the Grand Hotel which
appears to prove that your brother
wrote his name therein on Tuesday
night. If the handwriting in the
Grand Hotel register corresponds
'beyond all doubt with that in this
letter and envelope, then your bro-
ther must be in Paris. If it does
not, he is not there. I am convinced
that the latter hypothesis is cor-
rect, but to make doubly sure I will
go and see with my own eyes. There
now—I owed you an explanation,
and I have barely time to catch my
train. Good-bye. I will wire you
in the morning."
He placed the mysterious letter in
his notebook, gave them a parting
smile, and was gone.
He managed to catch the 8.15,
which started punctually, the solo
remnant of railway virtue possessed
by the Chatham and South East-
ern line. A restful porter, quicken-
ed into active life by a half-crown
tip, found him a vacant seat in a
first-olass smoking carriage, and
Brett's hasty glance round the
compartment revealed that his tra-
velling companions, as far as Do-
ver, at any rate, were severely re-
spectable Britons bound for the
Riviera.
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its unusual aspect of dejected mis-
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moderate: sea, and the barrister,
bumped down his bag and flung
himself hate a chair on what a no-
vice would regard as the weather
aide of the charthouse, Be bore
the,cliscomfort for a few minutes,
and was rewarded for his foresight
by possessing the most sequestered
nook on deck when the vessel turn-
ed her head seawards and began
ono of the shortest, but perhaps
the most disagreeable,. voyages us
the world.
Having retained his seat long
enough to establish e proprietory
right therein, Brett rose and made
a short tour of the ship. To die-
tinguish any one on deck -Ives al-
most out of the question. The pas-
sengers wore huddled up in indefin-
able shapes, and there was hardly
light sufficient to effect a stumbling
progress over the multitude of
hand -baggage, So the barrister
dived down the companion -way and
'cannoned against a burley individu-
al who had propped himself against
t ilkhead on the main deck sa-
loon. 0
'something hard in the man's
pookets gave Brett a sharp rap,
-and when they separated with mu-
tual apologies, he laughed silently.
"Handcuffs!" he mwiniurod.
"Scotland Yard is always prepared
kr emergencies. I will wager a
considerable sum that as, soon as
Winters reached headquarters his
story about the letter caused a tele-
gram to be dispatched to Dover.
Here's a detective bound for Paris
and prepared to manacle Tal'bo't the
moment he sees him, What a fear-
ful and wonderful thing is the Eng-
lish police system. A crime, obvi-
ously clever in its conception and
treatment, can be handled by a
sharp policeman wearing regula-
tion boots and armed with hand-
cuffs. Really, I must have a
drink."
Clinging to the hand -rails and
executing some crude but effective
balancing feats, he reached the din-
ing saloon.
Near the bar, solemnly digesting
a liqueur, stood a man to whom
the choppy sea evidently gave no
concern. He had the square shoul-
ders, neat -fitting clothes and closely
clipped appearance at the back of
the neck which mark the British
officer; but he also stood square on
his feet and swayed with unconsci-
ous ease whether the vessel pitched
or rolled or executed the combined
movement.
"Now, I wonder," said Brett, "if
that is Captain Gaultier. He must
be. Gaultier, from his name,
should be a Jersey man, hence his
facility in foreign languages and his
employment as a Foreign Office
messenger. It's worth trying. I
will make the experiment."
He reaehed the bar and ordered
a whiskey and- soda. Turning af-
fably to the stranger, he remarked t
"Nasty night, isn't it? I hope
we shan't be much behind time."
The stranger glanced at•him with
sharp and inquisitive eyes, but the
glance evidently reassured him, for
he replied quite pleasantly:
'Oh, no. A matter of a few min-
utes, perhaps, They usually man-
age to make up any delay after we
leave Calais."
"That's good," said Brett, "be-
cause I want to be. in Paris at the
earliest possible moment."
The other man smiled.
"We are due there at 5.38," he
said. "Rather an early hour for
business, isn't it?"
"Well, yes," assented the bar-
rister, "under ordinary circum-
stances, but as my only business in
Paris is to examine an hotel re-
gister and then get something to
eat before I return, I do not wish
to waste time unnecessarily on the
road."
The ether man nodded affably,
but gave no sign of fnrther inter-
est,
"So," communed Brett, "if it be
Gaultier, he has not heard the lat-
est developments. I must try a
frontal attack."
Does your name happen to be
Gaultier?" he went on.
The stranger arrested his lioueur
glass in the final tilt.
"It does," he said; "but I do
nob think I Have the pleasure of
knowing you."
"No." said Brett, "yon haven't,"
"Well 2" said the other man.
"The fact is," said Brett, "I
heard you had been in London. I
guessed from your appearance that
yon might be a King's messenger,
and it was just possible that the
Captain Gaultier in whom I was in-
terested might start back to the
Continent to -night, so T put two
and two together, don't you see,
with the result that they make four,
a thing which doesn't always hap-
pen in ,deduction if in inathema-
tics.
Captain Gaultier eyed his cotes -
toner with some degreo of stern
suspicion as he said from behind Lis
cigar—
"May I ask who you are?"
"Certainly," replied Brett, pro
doming his card.
After n. nuick glance attho paste-
board,
board,
Gaultier rcntinned—
" 1 supnnse, Mr. Brett, you have
some motive inaddressing tne7.
Wlrst'^is it?"
"T ant interested '!n, the fate of a
man named Talbet," was: the"
straightforwand reply, "and ae y0111
told the Under-Secretary that you
Thad seen Talbcit, erosaing to Parrs'
iu eampany with a lady last Tues-
day, I hoped' that perhaps you
would not mind discussing the mat-
ter with me."
Captain Gaultier was evidently
puzzled, Private conversation's with
Under -Secretaries of State are not,
as a rule, public property, and his
Momentary intention to decline fur-
ther eonverwation with this good-
looking and faseinating stranger
was checked by remembrance of the
fact.
"Really, Mr.' Brett," he said,
"although I do not question the
accuracy of your statement, you
will readily understand that I can
hardly discuss the matter with you
under the circumstances:"
Gaultier clearly hesitated, but
did not refuse to accept the Under-
Secretary's letter which Brett hand-
ed to him, with the words—
"You know the -handwriting, no
doubt?"
"That speaks for itself;" The
King's messenger smiled when he
returned the. note. "It is an odd
coincidence," -he added, "and still
more curious that you should spot
me so readily. However, Mr. Brett,
we have now cleared the air. What
can I do for you?"
"Simply -this," said the barris-
ter; "do you mind telling me how
you came to recognize Mr. Talbot?"
"Well, for one thing," was the
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coat. I often met Talbot in the
Foreign Ofiice, and one day he drove
me to his club wearing a very hand-
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"Then you. are quite certain it
was Talbot?" went on the barris-
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"Quite certain."
"Would you swear it was he,
though his life depended on your—"
"No, no," interrupted the other.
"I rather -had a good lookat his
coat --and the lady. Who ever the
man was, he appeared to be wrap-
ped up • in. •both• of them, and he
certainly did not court observation.
I naturally thought that the femin-
ine attachment accounted for this,
and fors the same reason„ I did ,not
even seek to scrutinize him too
closely. To put the thing in a nut-
shell, I saw a man whom I•beliaed
to be Jack Talbot—and who. cer-
tainly resembled him in face and;
figure—attired in .Talbot's clothes,
and wearing a coat which I had not-
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describe it to my tailor when or-
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lady, young and unknown, and you
have my soul laid "bare to you in
the matter."
"Thank you," said Brett, "I am
much obliged.
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WHERE TIONS THRIVE.
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He found a thicket of live oaks
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nob been open to animal'sof any
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ticks.
Tie also discovered that when his
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Extended investigation on the
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Some oven aver that like other
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Out on the prairie the tickcan
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Another fact found was that the
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If seeds and fish eggs may occa-
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