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| “= UNDER HIS THUMB, Cae AkOS quisitely waxed, a silk hat, cane, and lavender-hued _ gloves. He wore eye-glasses instead of spectacles. For, whatever his guise, Croly always took care to wear glasses of some kind, to conceal the real expres- sion of his eyes. It matters not how skillfully one may be disguised, the eyes will invariably betray the person to any keen observer. But if no one ever looks into the eyes, and therefore never beholds their true expression, how can this feature betray the one disguised? 7 The detective, in his dandy make-up, entered a car of an elevated train going down town. Asit chanced several passengers got out, while none except Croly got into this particular car. Therefore, as the detective was about to take a seat, and the train rumbled on its way, he noticed: that the car contained only a single SE besides himself. This passenger sat upon one of the four cross-seats in the middle of the car. He wasa rather large man, wore a Slouch hat and coarse garments, and his at- titude was one either of dejection or profound reverie. : Croly made his way to the seat facing ee one 0c- cupied by this stranger, and seated himself directly opposite the latter. The man instantly raised his head, and bent a glance of surly ad eee pated upon the dandified per- son before him. He had a coarse face, and small, bleary eyes. There was a scar across his: left cheek; his beard was black and bristly; his hair long and unkempt. For a full minute the two gazed fixedly at each Eomicbooks €o mn