"I thought so."
"Whoever sent it knew the broker was going to have us run down the thieves who were robbing him."
"As Ronald Mason admitted to us that he practically ran the business, he must have known that we were going to work up the case. Our chief told Mr. Dalton we would. Therefore it must be another example of Mason's perfidy."
"Come to the telegraph office. We'll see if we can trace the party who sent this despatch."
They hastened from the Union Club.
By dint of diligent inquiry the Bradys learned which office the forged despatch had been sent from, and went there.
Showing the message to the girl operator, Old King Brady asked:
"Do you remember sending this message?"
"Distinctly," she replied, "on account of the odd signature."
"Can you describe the party who sent it?"