Then all of a sudden there spring up these evidences of the most amazing, the most diabolical resource....

Who's this, Lord Ashleigh ?" The latter turned his head.

An elderly man in a brown velveteen suit, with gaiters and thick boots, raised his hat respectfully.
"This is my head-keeper, Middleton," his master explained.

"He was with us on the chase." The Professor shook hands heartily with the newcomer.
"Not a day older, Middleton!" he exclaimed.

"So you are the man who has given us all this trouble, eh?
This gentleman and I have come over from New York on purpose to lay hands on Craig." "I am very sorry, sir," the man replied.