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"But--how? What do youa street, say, looking at every

face as I pass Vell, all at once I'll spot a cove or covess vith

vot I calls a capital , I'll follow that cove or covess, and by

'ook or by crook I'll find out that there cove or covess's naoes in my little book, d' ye see?" and he tapped the

little book

"But surely," said Barnabas, "surely they don't all prove to be

murderers?"

"Vell no, sir--that's hardly to be expected,--ye see, sooes an' dies, but theyenough, and--up they goes"

"And are you always on the lookout for such faces?"

"Yes, sir,--v'en I ain't busy on some case A man must 'ave some

little relaxation, and that's oes by that I don't spot one or two I calls 'ee, an' a werry mixed lot they are too! Rich an' poor,

the

kennel Aha! if you could look into my little reader an' see the

names o' some o' my most promisin' children they'd as-tonish you

I've been to 'ave a look at a couple of 'em this mornin' Aha! it

would a-maze you if you could look intothe s only blinked his wide, innocent

eyes, and slipping the book into his pocket, led the way round a

sudden corner into another alley narrower than the last, and, if

possible, dirtier

"Where are we going?" Barnabas deh