Then I tried to fasten I.D.B.on him, but I could not get my proofs till too late.

I nearly had him in Durban, but he got away; and he never gave me a second chance.

For five months he and Henriques have been lying low, because their scheme was getting very ripe.

I have been following them through Zululand and Gazaland, and I have discovered that the train is ready, and only wants the match.

For a month I have never been more than five hours behind him on the trail; and if he has laid his train, I have laid mine also.' Arcoll's whimsical, humorous face had hardened into grimness, and in his eyes there was the light of a fierce purpose.