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He pulled open the drawer of his desk, took out a card and wrote rapidly. "I'll put Snakit on her trail," he said. "Snakit!" said the other contemptuously. "He's all right for this kind of work," said the colonel, alluding to the little detective whom he had bought over from Maisie White's service. "Snakit can trail her. He does nothing for his keep, and Lollie doesn't know him, does she?"
"Next Saturday," he said, "from Liverpool." "Very good," said the colonel; "thank you, Snakit, you've done very well. See if you can pick them up to-night, or, stay " He thought a moment. "No, don't shadow her to-night. I'll have a talk with her." The news disturbed him. Lollie was getting ready to bolt that was unimportant.
In communication with the police," said the other impressively. "Now just tell me what you mean," said the colonel. "Do you mean she's on speaking terms with the policeman on point duty at Piccadilly Circus?" "I mean, sir," said Snakit with dignity, "that she's in the habit of meeting Mr. Stafford King, who is a well-known man at Scotland Yard "
The man shook his head. "It is guarded inside and out, miss, now. He has not only his butler, who is a tough customer, to look after him, but he has Snakit, the man you employed, I understand." "That's the gentleman," said the girl with a little smile. "Very good, Cobalt you'll 'phone me if you make any other discoveries."
"Snakit," said the other; "here's my card." He produced a card from his waistcoat pocket, and the colonel read it. "Mr. Horace Snakit," he said, "of Dooby and Somes. Now what do you say to coming into our service?" The man blinked. "I've got a good job " he began inconsistently. "I'll give you a better six pounds a week, regular expenses and an allowance for dressing." "It's a bet!" said Mr.
"He's well-known here too," interrupted the colonel. "Where does she meet him?" "In all sorts of queer places that's the suspicious part of it," said Snakit, who had joyously entered into the work which had been given to him, without realising its unlawful character.
James's Street, and walked up with her, very deeply engaged in conversation," said Snakit, consulting his note-book. "He met her once at the foot of the steps leading down from Waterloo Place, and they were together for an hour. This morning," he went on, speaking slowly, and evidently this was his tit-bit, "this morning Mr.
"I don't know whether it isn't betraying the confidence of a client," he waited for some encouragement to pursue the path of rectitude and honour, but received none. "Well, I'll tell you candidly, our firm has been engaged by a young lady. She brought me here to-night " "Miss White, eh?" said the colonel quickly. "Miss White it was, sir," said Snakit. "So that was why she was here?
Then he remembered the little detective whom Maisie had employed and who had been bought over by the colonel. "Oh, you see him, do you?" he asked carelessly. "He comes up, sir, now and again. He's the colonel's valet, isn't he, sir?" Pinto grinned. "Not exactly," he said. "I shouldn't discuss things with Snakit. That man is quite reliable and "
Snakit downstairs and tell him where to report. Fix up his pay you know," he gave a significant sideways jerk of his head, and Crewe escorted the gratified little detective from the apartment. When the door had closed, the colonel turned on Silva. "Pinto," he said and there was a rumble in his voice which betrayed his anger, "that girl is dangerous.
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