nally found themselves on the pavement, the face of the first
wore an expression of exultation, while the latter, in his reticent way,
looked soberly satisfied. Both had every reason for these signs of
triumph, for they had touched the highest pinnacle of success.

'I suppose there can be no doubt about it, Baltic?'

'None whatever, Sir Harry. Every link in the chain of evidence is
complete.'

'You are a wonderful man, Baltic; you have scored off that fool of a
Tinkler in a very neat way.'

'The inspector is no fool in his own sphere, sir,' reproved the serious
ex-sailor, 'but this case happened to be beyond it.'

'And beyond him also,' chuckled the baronet.

'There is no denying that, Sir Harry. However, the man is useful in his
own place, and having done my part, I shall now ask him to do his.'

'What is his task, eh?'

'To procure a warrant on my evidence. The man must be arrested this
afternoon.'

'And then, Baltic?'

'Then, sir,' said the man, solemnly, 'I shall be no longer an agent, but
a missionary; and in my own poor way I shall strive to bring him to
repentance.'

'After bringing him to the gallows. A queer way of inducing good,
Baltic.'

'Whoso loseth all gaineth all,' quoted Baltic, in all earnestness; 'my
mission is not to destroy souls but to save them.'

'Humph! you destroy the material part for the salvation of the
spiritual. A man called Torquemada conducted his religious crusade in
the same way some hundreds of years ago, and has been cursed for his
system by humanity ever since. Your morality--or rather I should say
your religiosity--is beyond me, Baltic.'

'_Magnas veritas et praevalebit!_' misquoted Baltic, solemnly, and,
touching his hat roughly, turned away to finish the work he felt himself
called upon by his religious convictions to execute.

Harry looked after him with a satirical smile. 'You filched that morsel
of dog Latin out of the end of the English dictionary, my friend,' he
thought, 'and your untutored mind does not apply it with particular
relevancy. But I see that, like all fanatics, you distort texts and
sayings into fitting your own peculiar views. Well, well, the ends you
aim at are right enough, no doubt, but your method of reaching them is
as queer a one as ever came under my notice. Go your ways, Torquemada
Baltic, there are the germs of a mighty intolerant sect in your kind of
teaching, I fear,' and in his turn Sir Harry went about his own affairs.

Inspecto