It was a boisterous night, its inclemency heightened when viewed from the shelter of this friendly roof, one which must defy their sleuth, the chauffeur, had he had the temerity or the stealth to follow them through the forest.

Here again fortune favoured the voluntary sleuth.

" "Was that fair, Solon, to pit a sleuth as relentless as Billy against poor Potts?" "All's fair in love and war.

These were counterfeiters, murderers, embezzlers, horse-thieves, confidence men, what notcriminals to satisfy a sleuth of the most catholic tastes; but they were all wanted elsewhereat Altoona, Pennsylvania, or Deming, New Mexico; at Portland, Maine, or Dodge City, Kansas.

" "My dear Outwood," snapped the sleuth, "I thought I had made it perfectly clear.

Better be cautious and wait until he had thrown the sleuths off his track.