Harry Blount, the Detective

m the train in London, and though it was 9 o'clock, he did n

ons at the door, was very much like the hou

-room, but he did not accept the invitation until he had asked if Mr. Hall w

a little in the light, Blount fired question after question, until even unsuspicious she began to wonder what it all meant. Quick to note this Blount stoppe

of for he would have had to pass the open parlor where she together with some friends had remained until after 12 o'clock, and after that

no reply she turned the knob and entered. The light was still burning, and seeing at once he was dead she called some of the other tenants who notified the police. The body was not yet cold when they arrived, so t

ur friend Martin, and, as he stood out in bold relief among the inmates of the alley, he at once came under

"If he had only waited a little w

o," replied Martin, lo

e gentleman who called at the office several times about some missing documents, supposed to have been stolen by an old t

n Blount a man who had been very attentive

nything

-but I've fo

nt, surprised out of his in

here he

but he could hardly realize that before him lay a

sure?"

s found upon him or i

is, nothing of

not," comme

They had moved outside during the conversation, but now entered the room where the inque

ssional way, caught sight of a face which he recognized instantly, and he noticed with cons

hus communing with himself, Blount slipped out before the crowd

nd keep an eye o

Blount's man. He was allowed to go as far as the corner of the street. Bloun

eplied the m

case, I'll see no harm comes to you. I mean about that last tri

im's' to-morrow-no, night arter, 'bout 'leven or twelve, a

hing now. Something to work

d for a minute an

you'll do. Just find a chap called Hall. Tall, good lookin' cove, 'n well dressed. Lives sommers abo

g leisurely, looked up the alley and saw the cause of Jaggers' sudden move. Inspector Prime and the coroner w

de a curious remark up-stairs. You said you exp

the papers I am looking for, and yo

. "So you don't believe

tin stopped a

my gentleman friend? From what he to

r the papers as before. But what

tion fitted Hall so well that both starte

irt and vest. There was nothing peculiar about it-nothing to distinguish it from hundreds o

ount being explained, let u

ll gone to pot"-no hope now but Jaggers, an

ount entered everything came to a standstill. The singing and loud talking ceased almost in

h, and would "he have something?" Before Blount could reply Jaggers reli

have a quiet drink?" asked Blo

e of the waiters), "show the gentleman to th

nd see that you keep this den a little

passed out of hearing-"D-- yo

gin" for himself and then settling back in his chair invited his

s previous to the murder, he told Jaggers that he had found a man through whom he could convert his secret into cash. Later, and only shortly before the murder, he told Jaggers that he was beginning to be afraid of his man, "and so," said J

was the only thing he had, and that seemed worthless. Hall appeared to have had no intimate friends who would be likely to