"They're a shrewd set," Harry added.
They spoke to the stationmaster too, but he said they had not come down to the Battery and repeated what the gateman said.
The Bradys rode back to Grand street.
Here they made careful and endless inquiries.
All the information they could get came from the boy who had the news-stand on the corner.
He had seen the fugitives.
They had boarded a Grand street car going eastward.
He did not notice the number of the car, but thought the officers would find it down at the ferry.
Hiring a cab they were driven fast.
Reaching the ferry, several blue cars were found.