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Ling Chu was the cleverest of all his sleuths, a man who never lifted his nose from the trail once it was struck, and he had been the most loyal and faithful of Tarling's native trailers. But the detective never pretended that he understood Ling Chu's mind, or that he could pierce the veil which the native dropped between his own private thoughts and the curious foreigner.
He doubted not that Pierre Lanier had effected their removal. From London advices he learned that this villain was then in Calcutta, disguised, but shadowed by detectives who were not to be hampered in their methods. To Esther he said: "If these sleuths knew of the Paris confession and would coöperate with me, how easily the family might be located.
"Now then slide out of here take a walk!" advised Mulligan, as he shoved out some of the men and boys who had entered. "Get out! You can read all about it in the papers. The reporters'll be here soon enough," he added with a wink at Darcy. "I'll lock the door and keep the crowd out. The sleuths can knock when they get here. Where's your 'phone. I'll have to report to the station."
This was the last seen of them, and although five weeks had elapsed since the discovery of their loss and Holmes's decision to look into the matter, no clew of the slightest description had been discovered by the thousands of sleuths, professional or amateur, who had interested themselves in the case. "He had such assurance!" I muttered.
During that time the Rover boys received two visits from the headquarters' detectives, and were again subjected to innumerable questions. "We're on a new tack," said one of the sleuths. "I think we'll be able to report something to you in a few days." "You can't do it too quickly," returned Dick.
Ar-re ye niver to escape th' vigilance iv th' polis, thim cold-eyed sleuths that seem to read th' very thoughts iv ye'er pathriot sons?" "There must have been a spy in th' ranks," said Mr. Hennessy. "Sure thing," said Mr. Dooley, winking at Mr. McKenna. "Sure thing, Hinnissy. Ayether that or th' accomplished detictives at Scotland Yards keep a close watch iv the newspapers.
He had, as night drew on, a breathless and excited sense of eluding and escaping them, and dressed with the emotions of the criminal who realizes that the sleuths are hard upon his trail. It is unnecessary to say that he was early at the Gildersleeve, and managed to secure a table which commanded a view of the entire room.
They continued with their work until they finally brought up facing each other in front of the trees to which the broken ends of the halters were still tied. Harriet glanced up into the perplexed face of the guide and laughed. Janus gave back a glum look and muttered, "I swum!" "Have you two sleuths finished your work?" called Crazy Jane. "It certainly looks as though we had," replied Harriet.
But needs must where necessity drives, and as his own country would have none of him, he was tolerant of the flag that hid him from the "sleuths" of British law. BUT WAR CAME, and the chance to redeem himself. What washes so clean as blood and many a stained escutcheon has in these times been cleansed and renewed bathed in the hot blood poured out freely by the "sons of the line."
He had read and reread the tale until the episodes were known almost by heart, but still The Sign of the Four held powerful sway over his imagination. Thaddeus Sholto lived again to tell his nervous, halting tale to the astute Baker Street detective. Tobey took the two eager sleuths through the episode of the trail which led to the creosote barrels.
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