An oath escaped the prisoner. If Cook was in the detective’s employ, he certainly could not be anything else but an informer. That’s the way Quick argued the matter.
“Enoch used to talk very loud against you chaps,” remarked Mike.
“He has come to see the error of his ways,” smiled Burt.
“Oh, no; he is an old hand and cannot lead a straight life, no matter how hard he may try,” declared Quick.
“Just now he is endeavoring to do reparation for a wrong to which he was a party.”
“Was Kidd in the job?”
“Yes—the prime mover.”
“Have you arrested him?”
“Not yet.”
“When Dick comes to find out that Cook has gone back on him there will be some hair pulling, or I lose my guess.”