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There was a sth, at the point where the road began to drop down a hill, the detective drove against soround

The man recovered himself, placed Anne on the seat, and reached out his hand He found that the off-wheel of his gig was locked in that of another conveyance of some kind

'Hoy!' said the officer

Nobody answered

'Hoy, you ain

No reply

'Well, that's odd--this co-laround and turned on his lantern

There was the gig which had obstructed hi in the middle of the road; a jaded horse harnessed to it, but no hu this is?' he said to the wonize it as the steward's

'I'll swear it's Manston's! Come, I can hear it by your tone

However, you needn't say anything which ht the man must have had--how carefully he encies! Why, hethe body' He listened for a sound a the trees None was to be heard but the occasional scaht of his lantern through a gap in the hedge, but could see nothing beyond an impenetrable thicket It was clear that Manston was notcould be done by the detective just then, encumbered as he was by the horse and Anne If he had entered the thicket on a search unaided, Manston ht have stepped unobserved froreatest ease Indeed, there were such strong reasons for the exploit in Manston's circu cowardice, his pursuer felt it hazardous to reer where he stood

He hastily tied the head of Manston's horse to the back of his own vehicle, that the steward ht be deprived of the use of any s, and drove on thus with his prisoner to the county-town Arrived there, he lodged her in the police-station, and then took immediate steps for the capture of Manston