“You're a wonderful fellow, Carter,” murmured the inspector, with undisguised admiration. “Now, tell me what you make of all this?”
“Not much—yet.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“I mean that while I am looking for the steel casket, I shall make an effort to find out something more concerning Mr. Jasper Gregory.”
“How? Byrnes probably exhausted every resource.”
“I have one that he could not use.”
“Ah!”
“Chick came from Nevada. He was a boy there, in this same neighborhood, when I picked him up. He has continued some of his friendships of the old days, and—Well, I will talk with him a little before I say more.”
“All right.”
“By the way, is Barney engaged now?”