"I must first go to St. Louis and see my uncle again."
"Does he live in St. Louis?"
"Yes, sir."
"How do you know? Did he tell you so?"
"No, sir. But I read it on the hotel register, at the hotel."
"Did he register himself before he first met you?"
"No, sir."
"Where was he before?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Then what reason have you to think that he registered correctly? Why did he change his hotel? I may be wrong, but it strikes me that it was intended as a blind to deceive you. Your uncle is a shrewd man, and he would understand the importance of keeping his real residence concealed from one who had in his power to prosecute a claim against him involving nearly his whole fortune."