many of these fellows were coming over,
and he had plenty of chance to make himself solid on the way, or even
before they crossed the water. Who knows how much fine work he has
done among these Turks, Syrians, Algerians, Egyptians, Japs, and so
on?'

'Jove! you're right enough.'

'And then, Delbras has just the face and figure to disguise well; as a
Turk, for instance'--Dave made a wry face--'or as an Arab, and even
Bob could manage to transform himself into a passable Algerian. Your
discovery of this morning, Dave, simply means that, from this moment,
in addition to the task of watching all the European faces in search
of our men, we shall have the added perplexity of peering under the
hoods, turbans, fezes, etc., of all Midway.'

Dave's face was very grave, and he was silent for some moments.

'The very fact,' he finally resumed, 'of finding Delbras in a Turk's
fez and playing the "jay" for one of their theatres shows that you're
right, Carl. Well'--getting up suddenly and catching his hat from off
the floor--'we didn't exactly come here to play; and as for
disguises--why, we've played at that game ourselves.'

We took a hasty and somewhat meagre lunch at the nearest 'stand,' and
prepared for an afternoon upon the Plaisance. But I saw clearly that
some other way must be devised to entrap our quarry; that, given the
open sesame of the temples and pagodas, the booths and pavilions, the
villages, with their ins and outs, and our tricky and elusive trio
would have an advantage against which it would be difficult to
contend.

And in this I was right. We found Delbras, or the man we believed to
be Delbras, still occupying the 'lecturer's' place at the entrance to
the theatre. He was disguised to the extent of a pair of black
whiskers and some slightly smoked gold-rimmed nose-glasses, just as he
had been in the morning; and he did not labour continuously. Instead,
he exchanged often with a second person, who took up the strain of
flowery superlatives at about every other half-hour, during which
relief the disguised Delbras gave some portion of his time to the
box-office and making of change, and the remainder to puffing
innumerable cigarettes. But in spite of our combined vigilance,
before the afternoon was over, and while the crowds were thickest and
rapid movement impossible, the man escaped our vigilance. It did not
surprise me. Those Midway throngs made veritable sanctuary for a
fleeing criminal, but it made me m