CHAPTER XX
UP THE RIVER
Coadley had not gone for more than an hour when Detective Jim Farland arrived at the hotel and made his way immediately to Sidney Prale's suite.
He found Prale pacing the floor angrily, and Murk sitting in a corner and watching him. The police detective, after doing duty for a few days, had been withdrawn, as it seemed evident that Prale had no intention of jumping his bail or eluding trial in any other way.
"What's the trouble now?" Farland asked.
"Coadley has just been here," Prale replied. "He has quit us. Our friends the enemy have reached him."
"You couldn't get any sort of an explanation out of him?" Farland asked.
"Nothing at all. He simply informed me that he was done, and that I had to get another lawyer."
"I'll try to find an honest one for you," Farland declared. "I happen to know a clever young chap who probably will take the case, especially if I explain the thing to him, for he loves a fight. There is no special hurry, but I'll try to attend to it some time to-day."