“Quite right, sir. I wanted to see what I was giving away. Just protecting my paper, you know.”
“Yes, I know,” responded Captain Johns dryly. “You may be interested to learn that Major Hartgrove has been removed to the army hospital at Melveredge Field.”
“Doing well I hope.”
“He will be dismissed tomorrow or the day following. Now about those pictures. Where are they now?”
“In my room at the hotel.”
“May I see them?”
“I’ll be glad to show them to you, Captain,” replied Flash, grinning. “But I don’t think you’ll find them of any aid in running down the man who struck the Major.”
“Let me be the judge of that. Now as I recall, Major Hartgrove said you were the first person to reach him after the train wreck.”
“Hardly the first, sir. As I approached the car, I saw someone slipping away into the dark. It may have been the man who robbed him.”
“You are mistaken. Major Hartgrove was not robbed.”