"An express robbery, you say?"
"And murder."
"And murder!"
The young girl's cheek blanched.
"Yes. The express messenger on the Central road was murdered last night, and booty to the amount of thirty thousand dollars secured."
"Terrible!"
"Yes, it is a bold piece of work, and will set the detectives on the trail."
"Did you know the murdered messenger, Dyke?"
"It was Arnold Nicholson."
"No?"