the game and in need of money; and
the advertised letter, if followed up by another advertisement--in
which a correspondence might be proposed or some proffer made--might
draw them out; and in some way this must be done. In the meantime a
warrant must be issued, or rather two, one descriptive of the brunette
as a woman, the other as a man; and since the Lausch people had not
done so, we would, if we could, arrest her or him on the charge of
robbery.

I had to go over the ground once more to quiet Dave, or to tire him
out; and we ended at last, as usual, in mutual agreement.

Several days must pass, I knew, before Mr. Trent would arrive. I had
written him daily, and he had replied by telegraph. He would be with
me soon, and would wire me the date of his arrival. In the meanwhile I
was to 'act upon my best judgment' in the matter of delaying the
advertisement. I decided to wait and watch, and so a few more days
passed in routine and quiet.

On one of these quiet days Lossing and I, in a moment of leisure, went
down to that interesting, and by many neglected, portion of the
Exposition grounds where are situated the cliff-dwellers; the Krupp
gun, giant of its kind; the Department of Ethnology, and the great
Stock Pavilion, where the English military tournaments were held
afternoons and evenings. It seemed to be by mutual consent that we
turned away from the little point of land where La Rabida sat
isolated, as a convent should; and, crossing the bridge that spanned
the inlet between the convent and the stately Agricultural Building,
we passed through its spacious central promenade and, passing by the
Obelisk and under the Colonnade, paused at the military encampment.

There was no performance at that hour, but men and horses were being
led into the monster pavilion, 'for exercise,' a big trooper explained
to us, 'and a bit of drill for the 'orses.' At which Lossing slipped
his hand through my arm. 'Come on,' he said, and, a little to my
surprise, he led me to a side door, and taking a card from his pocket,
held it an instant before the eyes of the soldier on guard, saying a
word as he passed him, which I did not catch.

As we entered the great inclosure, a group of officers were standing
near the centre of the arena, in busy converse, and a heavy artillery
team was being put through its paces, while nearer our place of
observation several cavalrymen were leading their horses up and down.
The officers evidently were di