He found out that Croft had put somebody else on your track, without regularly taking the business out of his hands, and this made him mad; and I don't wonder at it, for Croft, as I understand, has plenty of money, and if he concluded to throw Candy over, he ought to have done it fair and square, and paid him something handsome in consideration for having taken the job away.

But he didn't do anything of the kind, and Candy considers himself still in his employment, and vows he's going to get hold of you before the other party does; so, you see, you have got two sets of detectives after you, and they'll be mighty sharp, for the first one that gets you will make the money." "Where are Candy's detectives now ?" asked Lawrence.
"That I can't tell you positively, as I am so far from our New York office, to which all information comes.

But now that you are a subscriber, I'll communicate with head-quarters and the necessary points will be immediately sent to you by telegraph, if necessary.

All that you have to do is to stay here until you hear from us." "From the way you spoke just now," said Lawrence, "I supposed the detective would be here to-day or to-morrow." "Oh no," said the other, "Candy has not the facilities for finding people that we have.

But it takes some time for me to communicate with head-quarters and for you to hear from there; and so, as I said before, there isn't an hour to be lost.