"Answer me," said Parker, paying no attention to the interruption.
Hal was doing his best to think. Had that fellow really had something the matter with his left eye?
"I—I can't really say," he returned, slowly. "Was it the left eye?"
"Yes."
"He might have had. It runs in my mind so, but I am not positive."
Parker exchanged glances with his companion.
"More than likely he was the guilty party," he said to Mr. Sumner. "If he is the man we imagine, he is an old offender, and it will not be a very difficult matter to run him down."
"If you recover the bonds I will give you five thousand dollars as a reward," said the elderly broker.
"We will do what we can, Mr. Sumner."
"The quicker you get to work the better it will suit me."