“He saw it, ma’am,” admitted my car-driver.

“Saw what?”

“Saw Mr. Murchison throw the dog over the wall into the brush!”

“What did he say?” 331

“He swore a bit, ma’am, and then laughed,” admitted Hilton, after a pause.

“Dinkie laughed?” I cried, incredulous.

“No; Mr. Murchison, ma’am,” explained Hilton.

“What did Dinkie say?” I insisted. And again the man on the driving-seat remained silent a moment or two.

“It was what he did, ma’am,” he finally remarked.

“What did he do?” I demanded.