“To put me in prison, perhaps?”
“If it comes out that you had anything to do with the kidnaping you will have to suffer with the other guilty parties.”
“You talk as if you were confident of bringing Ajeeb to justice.”
“Yes; I speak from conviction.”
“I hardly think you will succeed in your mission; and now, with your permission, I will return home.”
“As you choose.”
Zulima immediately left the house.
Burt and the two policemen returned to the station-house. Burt reported the finding of Deth’s corpse, and a coroner was notified.
Burt did not allow it to appear that he knew under what circumstances the Abyssinian met his death. Leaving the police station, the detective sauntered down Sixth Avenue to Tenth Street. On the corner he saw Billy Barry smoking a cigar and having his boots polished.
When the latter operation was completed, Barry started down Sixth Avenue. Burt followed, and saw his man enter a liquor saloon.