"I should be soon bowled out if I came in contact with a real one." "Well, I think I will be somewhere near the Cafe des Ambassadeurs to-night just to make sure of my man.

After that I'll tell you what to do next." "Very good, sir," he returned.

"I suppose you will be staying at the same place ?" "Yes, the same place," I replied.

"If you have anything to communicate, you can either call, or send word to me there." I thereupon departed for the quiet house at which I usually take up my abode when in Paris.

The big hotels are places I steer clear of, for the simple reason that I often have business in connection with them, and it does not pay me to become too well known.