Strange things have happened since we landed.

I have learned several facts which astound me.
"You saw a man come in and draw me aside?
That man controls the destinies of these people of Valetta, even as a chief of police would in our cities.

When first I landed I sought the presence of Luther Keene--" "There--your mention of his name revives my recollection like a flash.
Now I know just when and where I met that man," she says.
"He promised to assist me, for a consideration, of course, and was especially delighted at the chance to prove that even out here in Malta there might be a second Vidocq.
"In his first report he told me the party I sought had been in Valetta only recently, but he believed she was now gone.
"The man told me just now where Blanche Austin staid during her residence here, at a house on the Strada Mezzodi, and I shall go as soon as I leave you, to make inquiries there.

If you are interested in my story, you might, perhaps, care to hear what news I may pick up on my visit to this house, which has so recently covered my mother." "Indeed, I am more than interested in your story, and anxious to learn how you succeed.

Would you know your mother if you should meet her to-day ?" she asks, mentally wondering why he has taken her into his confidence.
"I believe so.