l at headquarters if one of the
guards was to "leak" on them, and maybe spoil their game. And if you
should chance to meet this party again, remember, mum's the word.'

'I'll keep mum, sir. I don't want to lose my job, not yet, before I've
seen half the Fair.'

'Very good. Now, how long have you been on duty about this place?'

'Two weeks, sir--ever since I was put on the force.'

'And this foreigner--manager as you call him--did you have a good look
at him?'

'Oh yes, sir.'

'Ever seen him before?'

'Now that you ask, I'm quite sure I have, but not knowing who he was.
Yes, I'm sure I've seen him about the village among the Turks more
than once.'

'Describe him.'

'Why, he's good-looking, and tall, and dark; got a sort of proud gait,
and square shoulders; always dresses swell.'

'Thank you.' I had squeezed my orange dry, and was anxious to leave
him. I had suspected it before, and was now convinced that
unwittingly, in my attempt to play the guardian angel to Adam Camp and
his wife, I had come face to face with Delbras.

When I compared notes with Dave that night he was quite of my opinion.

CHAPTER XIV.

MISSING--CARTE BLANCHE.

It had been decided between Miss Jenrys and myself that the little
brunette should not be altogether ignored, at least for a time; and I
had taken it upon myself to provide the letter which was to put off
until a more convenient season the proposed survey of the White City
by night.

After some thought I had written the following, and posted it
according to directions, in care of a certain cafe on Fifty-seventh
Street:

'DEAR MISS B----,

'I find that I can hardly evade the duties one owes to
courteous friends, and must for a few evenings devote myself
to these. It is very likely that some of the friends of my
chaperon will visit the Fair, perhaps this week, in which
case she will perhaps be able to dispense with me for one
evening; therefore please inform me if you should, as you
suggested, change your address, so that I may drop you a
note when the right time comes.

'Yours, etc.,
'J. E. J.'

This letter was submitted to Miss Jenrys, and then posted, but not
until the superintendent had secured for me the services of a
half-grown boy who had won a reputation as a keen and tenacious
'shadow.' Him I set to await the coming of our brunette; and, lest he