“Thank you!” replied Old King Brady. “We shall see you again when we have something worth reporting.”
“Good! I shall wait with eagerness.”
Then parting salutations were exchanged and the detectives went out upon the street.
It was natural for them to fall into the making of deductions.
Many an important fact is arrived at through the medium of deduction.
By a process of reasoning, therefore, the Bradys managed to hit upon what they believed was a true line.
To them it looked logical that there was an animus in the purpose of Blood in throwing suspicion upon the young clerk, Allerton Banks.
The detectives made searching inquiries.
They discovered that Allerton Banks was a young man of character and reputation beyond reproach.
No charge could possibly be brought against him.