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man’s methods into consideration and the fact that a criminal of that stamp seldom lies low for longer than a year, and that _ Jan always turns up in strange places, it ___would not surprise me a little bit if you should find that this Puebla business is one of his efforts.’ | ~~ Well, I must say,” Trim responded, ‘ee. down there it makes me anxious to find out about it. - et he English detective was of the opinion that Jan would show his hand aes sit in America somewhere. ‘That was = Ree way. he wrote me. — He thought that if I knew all the de- =e tails of the London case 1t would help me _ in stopping the man 5 when he should turn - up here. eaten “Now, you see, Jan — thing in ‘New York. _ -~-**hat probably is because he is shrewd - e€nough to know that we would be for- oS ee 5 i ee against him. “Tt is exactly like him x hasn’t tried any- to go to some nd ene there. may be your man, Trim. Pull sl e, , but Sth erceia surprise: me _ tess than_ to learn that you were on the ae of Sage seouinal, wag: has defeated ) THE ‘MULE. DRIVER. } = A few days later Trim was in Me =e Tt was s then afternoon pers ee was in tir atch the last train for the day J oi pf J q | y le » &« 1 — a TIL —= | ~~ "y . % al a \ >| eo | | Fl . —~* = ‘ ts3 —s = - : = - - : . a - ont f-the-way spot like a Mexican city © se Low | dic ae Ti i? , a) Z - \ 7 | a: , ‘= 4 J | stopped upon the side of a hill that was half covered with forest. He noticed that other passengers were equally surprised. Those who were evidently familiar with the line asked each other what was the matter. Some of them went to the olatfatin and looked up and down the line. Trim did not stir. He supposed that there was a hot box along the train somewhere, or that some trifling accident had happened to the locomotive. In either case he could not improve matters by getting up; so he remained where he was. Presently the conductor of. the train caine in and said: ‘‘Ladies and Gentlemen: can go no further to-night.”’ He was interrupted by several voices giving exclamations of she mr and dis- may. } ‘“Why not?” “What shall we do?”’ att “What is the matter ?’’ cried Bificswas persons. — ‘““The matter is,’’ said the conductor when he could make himself heard, ‘‘that the bridge crossing the deep ravine just this side of Puebla has burned down. *“There will be no taking a train across it for several days at least. ‘Instead of being impatient about it, you ought to think yourselves lucky that we were warned in tine to prevent the train from leaping right into the ravine.’”’ Jo cried a This train But what shall we do?’ woman passenger, hysterically. ‘We can’t stay here all night.’’ ‘“There will be no need of it,’’ re- sponded the conductor. ‘ay hha “The railroad company have, arrans red © to send wagons here to Abe: ioe ts rest | of the way. ‘*Tt is not far. “If the wagons arrive here soon as we expect they will, you will all be i in- died City within two hours. ’’ The women looked disappointe 1: fretful, but the men took the “news | “ ee ce sade Po one e -