On their arrival at Wynford Place Morriston told them that Gervase Henshaw was there with a detective in the room of the tragedy.

"] The ingenious detective of France, where crime and all its appurtenances have reached such a state of perfection, is not without his means of securing his man (No. 7).

Hill was able to supply the detective with some interesting information regarding the visitor, and, in contrast to his manner when previously questioned at random by Crewe, concerning his young mistress's habits, seemed willing, if not actually anxious, to talk.

But could the prisoner who had indirectly speeded this young detective on his present course, have read his thoughts and rightly estimated the force of his purpose, would he have viewed with so much confidence the entrance of this unprepossessing stranger upon the no-thoroughfare into which his own carefully studied admissions had blindly sent him?

The disdainful pity of the deductive experts for the rule-of-thumb methods of the police is not to be compared with the vigorous scorn of the official detective for the rival who has not had the benefit of police training.

Allerdyke, who was in a quiet corner, beckoned the detective to a seat, and offered him a drink.

Afterward I heard that he was Sweetwater, the detective from New York who had had so much to do in unearthing the testimony against Arthur,testimony which in the light of this morning's revelations, had taken on quite a new aspect, as he was doubtless the first to acknowledge.

The glance she now gave the detective at closer range from her large dark eyes was innocent and ingenuous, with a touch of admiration.

Dr. Perry nodded, excused himself to the lawyer and followed the detective into the small writing-room which he had occupied during the funeral.

Flack had so little professional pride that he was pleased at meeting a gentleman who usurped the functions of a detective without having had any police training, and who could beat the best of the Scotland Yard men like shelling peas, as he confided to his wife that night.

She applauded the action of her young friend in engaging such a famous detective as Crewe, and declared that if anyone could unravel the mystery, Crewe would do it.

" "Still, even if Godensky and Girard are friends," Ivor tried to console me, "it isn't likely that the Count has talked to the detective about you and the affair of the treaty.

He heard the detective behind him.

When I took my walk into the country the afternoon after I got here, I saw the detective out of the back of my head, and a merry chase I led himup the steepest paths I knew, down the rocky sides, across the ferry, and into the remote village, where I let him rest his body in the stinging cold while I made an unexpected call.

For, as in other matters, so in this business, too, he had numerous detectives through whom he sought out the persons who could please him most by their foulness.

There are a lot of detectives around here and if you're not careful, they'll jump on you and throw you in jail.

"Is this the one?" muttered the detective under his breath, at the same time making a slight motion toward the woman.

But he didn't do anything of the kind, and Candy considers himself still in his employment, and vows he's going to get hold of you before the other party does; so, you see, you have got two sets of detectives after you, and they'll be mighty sharp, for the first one that gets you will make the money.

"I'm a reporter by choice, and a detective by instinct," began Slade, with startling abruptness.