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room and said, minute.’ Ned walked in wondering, I pose you can guess te rest.’’ ‘‘T suppose I can,’ answered Trim, gravely. with him ene on to. " Portland you were Satlertiting with Wade, alias the professor, to the hotel.”’ eee A, "7 antics oe me.”? ‘“Wade told you what to say when you went into Mead’s room, didn’t he?” ‘‘Ves, I had rehearsed that over and over, but I came near breaking down | when I was in the room, though, because I had forgotten which was the way to my own room.”’ ‘‘T remember now,’ said Trim, ‘‘that you seemed a little puzzled, but that) doesn’t matter. W to trial I’l] see that you get the full bene-| ‘fit of having told me the truth, provided | Mead.” “Dm doing the best I ki 10 h ow.’’ For some time after this they rode on in silence. At length it began to grow | light and just as they came to the top of | the hill they saw the roofs of Portland in the distance. A half mile or so ahead of them was a_ man on 1 horseback gol ng toward the city. | ee exclaimed § Spark, ‘‘bt ‘Here we are, come in a} mit the fatal deed. suppose, who his friend was, and I sup-| |asked where the boy was confined. ~ Scott had some kind of drug with which he : Pat youtig Sei teh Balsauth Tele» whether they would arrive in time. When this thing comes | ee get me to Portland in time to save | said Trim. t ri bet ough in the siacufiggs t to tell istance whether his was the ate somewhere before proceeding to com- As they passed the Union station Trim ‘“Over by the steamboat docks,’’ was the answer. _ Phat was a long mile away up and wn hill. The horseman was not in Sieht ahead of them, or upon any of the streets they passed, and Trim began to feel anxious again. “and | As they went down the earn street past began to dent Spark had told him that young Mead ‘was confined in a sail loft and that Scott had engaged a room in a cheap boarding house near by. The detective could not = ae why ihe had not come in sight of the horseman again and he feared that the horseman was not ara: 7 I’m id Duke had too much of a start of me, ’ he thought, ‘‘and that the 'worst has happened.’’ Presently they turned from the main |street toward the harbor and went down .a steep hill. | At the bottom of the hill they saw two | men walking in the direction that they — were taking. One of them was Duke. ‘“There they are,’’ exclaimed Spar! “Then 1t was Duke on howse back,” ust have dahon a cut around the hill to save é climbing o¢..2! — £"Why didn’t you drive the same way, Fat -|then e “1 didn’t think of it. op ee ‘Now see here, Spark,’ explain AB Trim, pressing the muzzle of his re rolver — against the young fellow’s cheek, be | aE ‘wasn’t business. 2a “DH lay out th if inecessary, but if L ae ve > to ok you’l lt ’ , | the first t one—understand ? e?? | | | but it seemed probable. | ie >, therefore, , commanded Spark to| drive faster, and for the next few minutes - the horse was again = to ) his utter- ’ - e “ re — . = a.” . 2 = ha ee i.