The latter moved away
rapidly toward the point where he had had the encounter with the three
ruffians whom he and his female comrade had served out so well. Oscar
desired to follow the leader and he arrived behind a rift of sand in
time to watch them, and he was able to discern the fellow he desired to
shadow. His man made a roundabout tour toward the depot and then started
afoot down the track, not daring to take the train at the Manhattan
station. Our hero, however, proceeded to the station, knowing his man
would board the train at Sheepshead Bay, and his conclusion was
verified, for all three men had arrived at the Sheepshead Bay station
and boarded the train as individuals, not exchanging one word. Indeed,
all had worked a sort of half-and-half transform.
Oscar maintained his seat; he did not go to the car boarded by the men.
He remained one car behind, but he was on the alert lest at any moment
the rascals might desert the train, and so he arrived at Long Island
City. The men went to the Twenty-third street boat, the detective
followed them, and still they kept apart.
"Those fellows are scared," he muttered. "The surprise they got has
taken all the life out of them."
Once in New York the special chap whom he was following walked up
Twenty-third street to First avenue, then he turned down and finally
entered a low tenement house.
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