“All right, go ahead, there’s his wire.”
“Hello.”
“Arkwright, is this you?”
“Yes.”
“Well, this a fellow that knows where there is an escaped convict.”
“Who? And who are you?”
“Never mind who I am, but you just watch the boathouse of Biddy Roan, on the river. Tom Cooper is there with the Standish girl, whose mother died in prison.”
“You don’t say so,” cried the detective. “Have you been to see Mr. George Benson?”
“Yes, but the cove ain’t in. Now then, what are you going to do?”
“Ask you to come here and go with me to Mr. Benson’s.”