Part 14 (2/2)
”We have; and there must be a meeting. All work must stop. Word must be sent out all along the line.”
”Yes, sir, and at once. When will Redalli return?”
”He should be in New York within two days.”
”We need his headwork; that is certain.”
”We do, and you say he will be in the city within a few days.”
”Yes, and one more fact: we must throw up the lease of this furnished house and seek new quarters. They have this place down.”
”Well, this is only a fancy resort for us anyhow. Fortunately, there is no evidence in this house.”
”No, no; I never would have brought that fellow here if we had had any evidence in the house, although I did not think for one moment that he would do us up the way he did.”
”He has our ident.i.ties.”
”He has.”
”That is his advantage, but where does ours come in?”
”We have his ident.i.ty.”
”He will change.”
”So will we, but I will know that fellow under any cover. He will not know us unless we have forgotten how to do it.”
”It is easy for us to change.”
”You bet; he fell to us in our best role.”
”He did.”
”But how did he get on to us at all?”
”I must have time to think that out, and mark my words: he is a shadower. He got his points down well. I am a shadower; I will be on his track, and the next time I will have my points down well. Whatever happens, that fellow must be put away.”
”He is a terror.”
”He is, but he had it all his own way this time. We were groping in the dark, but he had a good flashlight on us.”
”He did.”
”Boys, we have had our ups and downs before. We have been in bad holes, but we always managed to get out. We have had better men than this young fellow on our track, and we have always got the best of them in the end.
Remember, we have for years baffled the best officers in the United States. We have no reason to be discouraged. This is only an incident; we know they are not down to facts, and before they get there we will get in some of our good work.”
”You bet! How will we start in?”
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