The Mission of Poubalov — page 236: what you’re looking at

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232 POUBALOV SUCCEEDS. left you abruptly to follow him. He waited for the New York train which followed us in directly, for ¥ we were late, you remember, and there met the wretch whom you found imprisoned here. I will not enter into details of my all-night watching and inquiring, but 1 confine myself to the results. First, to jump over seve steps, I found that Dexter was going to pack Billings off to Europe, and I followed: to the steamer, hoping for a chance to speak with Billings, for Ican usually worm or frighten secrets from guilty men. Dexter stuck closely to him, however, and [ returned from a trip to Light having seen both Billings and Litizki in the steer- age.”’ **Litizki!’’ exclaimed Clara. ‘Yes. By tracking Dexter and employing my t methods, I got acquainted with his man, Patterson, was he who overcame Mr. Strobel in the closed carriage a week ago to-day, and who left him there bound and stu- pefied by a drug that he had forced down his thoat wh: | he went through the Park Square Station to give color to the theory that Dexter gave to the police that Strobel had gone to New York. Dexter at first declared that he had seen Strobel buy his ticket, but later he weakend on that point, saying he might have been mistaken. He had said enough for Detective Bowker, however, and the investigation was pursued half heartedly. ‘Well, I looked up Dexter's affairs and I found that 1 had a grip on Mr. Pembroke.’’ ‘*Don’t tell me my uncle was guilty of——”’ ‘‘No, Miss Hilman,’’ interrupted Poubalov, ‘Mr. 1 | broke had nothing to do with the abduction of Mr. Brot 2 Dexter is the one villain in the case, and although Pembroke’s conduct may be open to question in one spect, criticism would be finical for I don’t see how he could have acted otherwise. I shall have to go back a long way now, but I will be brief. Matthew Pembroke one brother, Charles, and a sister, Sophie. You, Miss Hil are her daughter. You know, of course, the family 4 iffer | s -_ 4&4 :~ Pr ea. - 5 a