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It was only that exchange of glances with the passer-by which had aroused Hugh's suspicions

But that significant look caused hier as his friend

True, he had accepted as friends nuht at Monte Carlo Yet in this case, he felt, by intuition, that all was not plain sailing

"Very well," he said, at last "I esteereat favour that you should have interested yourself on behalf of one who is an entire stranger to you, and I heartily thank you for warning er When I see The Sparrow I shall tell him how cleverly you approached ements for my escape"

"I require no thanks or reward, Mr Henfrey," replied the et you safely out of Marseilles"

And with that the stranger lifted his hat and left hi the broad, well-lit street full of life and movement, for the ht

By some intuition--why, he knew not--he suspected that affable little man who had posed as his friend Was it possible that, believing the notorious Sparrow to be his friend, he had at haphazard invented the story, and posed as one of The Sparrow's gang?

If so, it was certainly a very clever and ingenious subterfuge

He was undecided how to act He did not wish to give offence to his friend, the king of the underworld, and yet he felt a distinct suspicion of the man who had so cleverly approached him, and who had openly declared hied with the passer-by beneath the rays of the street-lanificant If the passer-by had been a crook, like hinition would be one of salutation But the expression upon his alleged friend's face was one of triuh, with his observation quickened as it had been in thosewith daily dread of arrest, it had caused hi and distinct suspicions

He felt in his hip pocket and found that his revolver, an American Smith-Wesson, was there He had a dislike of automatic pistols, as he had once had a very narrow escape He had been teaching a girl to shoot with a revolver, when, believing that she had discharged the whole er, narrowly escaping shooting her dead