Whether it would prove a sufficient means for the complete revelation of the mystery or not, remained to be seen.
The detectives hoped it would.
CHAPTER II.
FOLLOWING THE CLEWS.
Fire had destroyed all tangible evidence of the supposed murder.
The Bradys were up against a hard proposition.
To evolve the truth from the matter as it now stood did not by any means seem easy.
Insurmountable difficulties had seemed to present themselves. All hung upon the single clew.
This was the lace handkerchief.
It was of delicate workmanship and had certainly belonged to a lady of refinement.
All manner of deductions could be made. It might be assumed that the victim was a wealthy woman, decoyed into a trap of death and for some unknown purpose murdered.