"Mister, you will excuse me, but I jest thought I'd call in on you because I also thought I might be of some service to you."
"Hello," thought Jack, "here I am at last; my usual luck has set in; I am going to get some information."
"I am very happy to have you call," said Jack.
As our hero spoke, however, there came a change in the tones of his voice; ere he had completed his sentence he had made a discovery. When the man had first entered the detective had not paid much attention, but while speaking in answer to the visitor's statement, our hero discovered that the supposed countryman was under a disguise, and his disguise was a good one. Only a man like our hero would have pierced the "cover." Jack did, however, hence the sudden change in the tones of his voice; but he recovered himself in an instant and prepared for the game which he concluded was on the tapis.
"You've been making some inquiries around town here to-day."
"I've been making some inquiries?"
"Yes."
"Oh, no, my friend, I've been seeking subscriptions."
"Oh, that's all?"