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the Everett, return to his barracks in Chambers 

 Street, and as he valued his future peace of mind 

 to avoid running in debt; mildly hinting that, 

 if found in the public streets without his uni- 

 form, he would be very likely to get himself into 

 trouble. He begged that we would not expose 

 him, and promised to return that very night. 

 Then for some time we lost sight of him; his 

 captain said that, so far as he knew, he was at- 

 tentive to his duty with the recruiting squad, 

 and he certainly kept out of our way. The box 

 from Germany did not arrive. No more letters 

 came, and we had no occasion to seek him out. 

 It was evident that he was no longer unhappy, 

 and so our interest in him, though still warm, 

 remained inactive. 



One night I was awakened, quite late, by Voi- 

 sin, sitting on the side of my bed, big-eyed and 

 excited, and with a wonderful story to tell. He 

 had been, at the request of the counsel of the 

 Prussian Consul, to the detectives' rooms at police 

 headquarters. Here he had been questioned as 



