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Se "and when he was satisfied hat his dis- -——-s« gutise would not be recognized, he locked the empty room behind him, went down} aes, 1rough the hotel office aud along the «plank walk toward the beach. “The professor thinks he has fixed aS things so that I will be shut up in Mead’s room for the next few hours,’’ thought > 4 ." m d« —_? a T nr Ye ' . — Ries | : “49 > _— _- ‘« ri a se. crooked business that will make him care-' _ Sr “Tf he is innocent I shall find him at! ___ the drug score, for that is where he said he was going. — “Tf he isn’t innocent I ought not to} | # : ¥* A s| i ‘ - = . . : / = - the worst thing he could do wouid be} to maticerpt to conceal his movements. Be rte the eadewit. will be for him... Seo thio ug h about making inquiries, forif any- pth body rabpala happen to tell him that a) stranger was askin g for him, he’d be oo 2 likely to grow suspicious. ’”’ _ oe os hen Trim arrived at the drug store, h hich was near the railroad station, a'| glance within showed him that the pro- ae fe sor was not there; so he continued on “Ss aa across the tracks and downa stretch lined | ~ . a > rr, a a 2 the cool evening air. oe =e ze ge Prim walked slowly, keeping his eyes| open for the professor, when a man who | Se a8 3 walking in the Sypoae direction | ____- **Good evening, Mr. Johnson.’’ + Sa “Good -evening,’’ answered Trim, = s? ; ae santls Y; and he paused to have a short | ghat with t he recognized enough if you wanted to by going chat with this man whom as the po ceman, who had had a hand in the affair at the depot on his arrival. a was wonder wh, Mr. Johnson is?”’ resé mble— ‘‘and if he’s really ‘up to any'| = _ have any difficulty in finding him because | : ra shall have to be pretty careful | | | i 3 Ss both sides witn hotels. ” As good many people were out en joying | ight Trim. “Tt’s clear that I’ve made |] : x . neat whom | rae than there has been any time this ‘season before.’ “TI suppose they’re mostly on the beach ?”’ | ‘‘Well yes, there’s some there but a good many go up to the park on pleasant evenings like this.”’ Trim nodded, wondering where the park Was. =" The policeman evidently had nothing to say and was about to pass on when Trim made a chance shot in this way. ‘““By the way,’? he remarked, ‘“‘did |you notice the man who was walking with Professor Spinner ?’’ ‘Not particularly,’’ the answered, ‘Good enough,’ thought Trim, ‘‘I’ve hit it right so far.”’ Aloud he said: — ‘*T only caught sight of his back and ‘wasn’t certain, but I thought possibly ‘Iknew him.” ‘“Like enough,’’ the | swered, ing the past few days, but never happened ‘to hear his name called, ‘‘He’s a friend of the professor, I think» who is staying at one of the hotels down there. ’” af suppose by this time then that they }are in a room at one of these hotels——”’ “They ‘started down the beach toward Seaview,’? and he made a gesture with his hand toward the west. ‘“T think quite likely they’re going to ‘walk upinto the park before they get | through for that’s a favorite walk. ‘“You could overtake them the railroad tracks to the place where it crosses the road to the park, for they’ re pretty likely to go | ied way.”’ ‘Oh, no, it ¢ professor, and the man he’s with may be any friend of mine. | other. direction. yee -, —Oh, no!’ interrupted the policeman. easily = | iswered, ‘‘I’ve no “acquaintance with ‘th ru walk i in ed ‘*Pve seen him around here Gr i