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198 THE NEW CLEW. to do anything, you needn’t wait for my consent. We w go straight to the place where you left Patterson. St there, and point out the house you think he went into, don’t drive up to it.”’ When they were in the coupé, Clara continued to FE ‘“‘T have no definite plan as to Patterson. That =e a velop when we find him. If he can be cajoled, bribed « frightened into telling us the truth, it must be done. 4 don’t see that we are called upon to make nice discrim tions in our methods.’’ ‘‘Any way is fair in dealing with a criminal,’’ r Paul. ‘‘Humph!’’- * ‘*What is it?’’ asked Clara, observing that he began take a lively interest in the street through whiene] Were passing. ‘‘It may be only a coincidence,’’ said Paul, “‘but it occurred to me that thus far Mike has taken us over actly the same course that Poubalov pursued when I | lowed him last evening.’”’ A ‘‘IT presume it’s not a coincidence,”’ reapenaaall Slay and she thought of Litizki’s passionate words: “Ife anything is discovered, you discover Poubaloy’s hand it. 99 Step by step the coupé followed Poubaloy’s line. march, and when it drew up at last, it was at the y corner where Paul had seen the spy talking with stranger. Mike got down and opened the door, and spoke, Clara looked out in the direction in whic pointed, ‘‘This was where Patterson shook me, nies $3 he ‘fan’ I seen him go along down the street an’ cross — just below there an’ go into a house—that one, I : with the balcony along the front, the one a gentler just comin’ out of.”’ Clara drew back into the coupé hastily. The g coming from the house in question was Poubalov, a was walking toward them. q Ba Eomicboo Ss. 4