"He wanted to get out and follow us back,"said Oliver, "but he couldn't think of any excuse."
"We have got rid of him," said Bundy; "and now I must attend to the business that brought me here."
On his return to the hotel he interviewed the landlord, and asked if he ever heard of a man named Rupert Jones.
"I should think so," answered the landlord. "He cheated me out of a hundred dollars."
"He did? How?"
"By a forged check upon the Bank of Conway. I wish I could get hold of him!" he ended.
Nicholas Bundy's eyes sparkled.
"What could you do in that case?" he enquired.
"What could I do? I could send him to State prison."
"Then you have preserved the forged check?"