A League of Three: Boy's Detective Stratagems — page 61: what you’re looking at

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7. > A LEAGUE OF THRER. “Watch hint. ” ? ; “T tell you Iam watching him.” * And you don’t catch on?” “No.” “ He’s watching.” “He is?” “Yes.” “ How ?” *DVon’t you see? He’s going somewhere; he don’t want to be seen; he is on the lookout every minute. He is up to something, and I’ve got his trick. He has the girl concealed somewhere and he is going to pay her a visit. Yes, I knew when we got on the Italian’s track ‘and fol- lowed him close we’d find the girl. We'll find her, you bet.” There came a terrible look in Madie’s eyes, and he grit- ted his teeth as he exclaimed: “If we do find her we must find her as she was when she left the mountains, save a few weeks older. If we don’t, then, Mister Italian, your days—ay, your hours— are numbered. No law for your punishment, I'll take care of that. Yes, let us find her the Addie she was when I last saw her or " “Hold on, Madie, don’t make any rash promises. You don’t want to hang.” “Yes, I do,” returned Madie in decided and emphatic tones. “Well, don’t do the hanging act just yet, Madie; wait until we know all about it. Maybe we’re wrong; we’ll wait and see.” Py The Italian, meantime, kept upon his way and finally stopped before a deserted ‘looking house in a neighborhood where there were factories and business houses only. It was a building that had once been in the olden time a palatial res‘dence, but at the time of which we write it was sa - P a - . - _ , ° ; “ — te “= - = . - —— Aik - OO 14M Cs Ge _ -_ © aa : -., o