"Hum! I didn't know that," returned the young moving-picture actor, and for the moment looked quite thoughtful.
"May I ask what brought you to Crumville?" queried our hero. "I thought you and your company were bound for Boston."
"We did go to Boston, and the company is there now, unless it has gone up into the woods. I had a little business in this vicinity, and so I came here before going on the next trip with them."
"Did you come to Crumville with Merwell?"
"I did, but I didn't know he was a criminal."
"Then you must have met Merwell in Boston?"
"No, I met him on the steam yacht."
Then, as Dave went after him, he broke into a run.—Page 63.[ToList]