CHAPTER XVI

.

A Few Words on the Two Modern Modes of writing Romances--How to tell what is not known and can never be known--The Bound of a Loyal Pen--More of the Up-town Mystery--How the Reliable Detectives posted a Watch, and how they kept it--Cold Water dampening Enthusiasm--An Escape, and the Post mortem hold on a Vacant House--Trails left by the Secession Serpent 232

##