"Well, why did you leave Ottawa?"
"Because the town was so small that I was afraid some one might know me."
"When you got to Montreal where did you intend going?"
"I intended taking a steamer for France, but found that no ship left that port which would take me there."
"Why did you not then go on to New York?"
"Because I am well known there and did not care to risk it."
"After you left Ottawa where did you go?"
"I took the Canadian Pacific train for Toronto and arrived here Friday morning at about 9 o'clock."
"Where were you from 9 o'clock till the Empire reporter met you on Yonge street?"
"I had been trying to find Starkey, the lawyer, who left Chicago last winter."