n produced a stunnin

re was a look in his face which made

rue or false, Nick knew at once

e, because Gaspard had said that he had never se

the man who was in room A, because the man in room B ha

shock of surprise, recove

in deep thought for nearly five minut

looked up

ny it to you. There is no cha

Nick. "He is wanted

have some theory of a conspiracy

thought

t to be put u

ome new evidence appears

I was the ma

o was t

th this case. You will easily understand that I do not w

ell me why you feel so sure o

eep me out of this aff

h it? What are

ble sort of a fellow; and the lady with whom I dined was not my wife. It's all right,

t I have much sympathy for you. You shouldn't have been there. B

grim smile; "now I will tell my st

e other party. We hea

y ring. I saw this man," pointing to Gaspard, "at the desk, and should have

losing the door of our room, I h

nt down the front stairs, for I heard hi

n. We. were just ready to leave the place whe

It was cowardly, perhaps, but I knew that something terr

o, and-and-well, you can see that there were many

s not in room B when the

sure

t have c

should have heard him if he had come in that way. And i

see him at a

N

ay whether Jone

ure he wasn't

k it was

d it have been anything e

e been somebody

us that the party c

ean Co

his name-the fello

count for his

p in the affair. He may have a record which won't pe

he have got

the papers. I believe he may have slipped out the front

for his clothes but di

man's story of the man

a liar. That's

d either Corbut or this man Gaspard have

ever thought of that! One o

words, turned as

usually very fluent-deserted him, and he mumbled

Gaspard's distress. "I have no more questions to ask, but I wou

room, where he knew t

ick's house, by which he always k

e's a fellow up stairs wh

spa

mmond. Gaspard has identified h

a farmer, or is the man Gaspard

do you

n a good deal too easy. If it's all straight,

ooked to me like a fake. I don't believe he ev

ply running around ident

an Hammond

elling t

a peculiar smile, "I

if he's lied here, he may have do

fond of this bright boy, and gives him every chance to de

ous detective, "tell me what

oing to

Well, this

of the men in the restaurant.

rbu

chwoman who is going to give little old New York the shake at the

I talked with. Gaspard thinks that

ally did this job, and lifted some valuable plun

ntifying Tom, Dick and Harry for the purpose of bot

"At any rate, you stick to Gaspard.