“Good night, nurse! Whew! If he fell for her—”
“I don't believe he did, Jack. My old friend was a sport, but not that kind. He was clean, all through.”
“Glad to hear you say so, Colonel. Well, what next?”
They sat talking until far into the night.
There was rather a sensation in Lakeside two days later when it became known that the coroner's jury was to be called together again, to consider more evidence in the Carwell case.
“What does it mean?” Viola asked Colonel Ashley. “Does it mean that Harry will be—”
“Now don't distress yourself, my dear,” returned the detective, soothingly. “I have been nosing around some, and I happen to know that the prosecutor and coroner haven't a bit more evidence than they had at first when they held Mr. Bartlett.”
“Does that mean Harry will be released?”
“I think so.”
“Does it mean he will be proved innocent?”