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Roe DETECTIVE BOB BRIDGER. se Bridger, “it is possible that Videre altered his course at Philadelphia, and is now travleing westward upon the con- necting train of the Pennsylvania Central.” At that moment the operator received a second dispatch from Barclay to Bridger. It read : ‘Have found that a man answe1ing the description of the English- man purchased two tickets for Cincinnati, and is on Penn. Central — train, now west of Harrisburg.” Ned Hoffman, the famous Chicago detective, and Bridger’s intimate friend, was at the time engaged in se- cret serivce work for the Government, and stopping at the Monongahela House in Pittsburg, Pa. Bridger at once telegraphed to Hoffman to be on hand at the arrival of the train, and to hold the men “ wanted” if they were passengers thereon. An hour later Bridger received Hoffman’s answer, as- suring him that he would do as requested, and being weary, the two sleuth-hounds drove to the Bond street rooms, and were soon soundly slumbering. CHAPTER XXX. AT THE POST-OFFICE. At sunrise Bridger and the Scotch detective were up and ready for business. This day they determined to make another effort to un- earth the lurking-place of the abductors of Annette, and release the fair cantive. Realizing that the day might bring them in contact with desperate men, they prepared themselves accordingly. Their dress was the same as they had worn on the night previous, but white shirts took the place of the blue ones. In their pockets they placed several extra pairs of steel manacles, gags, hempen cords, and each carried a brace of revolvers, and a small dark lantern. Calling first at the St. Nicholas Hotel, they sat at break- fast with Dr. Macy, and narrated to him the experience of the past night. As on the evening previous, the detectives painted aver thing in its brightest colors, and, on leaving the anxious old man, promised to lose no time in reporting to him the out- come of the day’s search. | comic 900 se tees