“No, but I sailed over the house.”
“How do you know the child is there?”
“Bohunkus, my colored companion, saw her just after we had passed and waved his cap in reply to her salutation with her handkerchief.”
“Did he see any of the men?”
“No; they kept out of sight, at least so long as we could have seen them.”
“How did your boy describe the girl?”
“He didn’t describe her,” replied Harvey, a bit chagrined over the pointed questions, “except to say she was a little girl.”
“Didn’t tell how she was dressed or how old she appeared to be? The last might have been hard to answer, but he should have noticed her apparel.”
“Probably he did, but I did not think of asking him.”
“It was hardly necessary,” remarked the detective, as if regretting his incisive queries. “Now, if you will be good enough to locate the spot I shall be infinitely obliged.”