"I think it will be best. I want to give you some details."
"I'll be there in half an hour and all ready for the job."
Adam Adams busied himself in various ways, and at the end of half an hour, a well-dressed, middle-aged man came in, carrying a small sample case in one hand.
"Hullo, going to be a commercial traveler yourself, eh?" commented the detective.
"It will give me an easy way to get around," answered Charles Vapp. "I'm Andy Weber, representing the Boxton Seed Company. A seed man can go anywhere, in the city and the country. I got the outfit from old Boxton himself. He thinks it a good joke and he will keep mum. Now, what's the game?"
"I want you to do some shadowing for me."
"All right—that's my line."
"This is a bit out of the ordinary, Vapp."
"Well, that makes it more interesting. Who is the party?"
"The fellow's name is Tom Ostrello."