“How did you discover it, Parks?”
“In examining the sear, you may remember, I brushed the hair away from the temple. As I ran my fingers through it, I touched—that.”
They look from one to the other silently for a moment, and then Joe Blakesly says:
“Has he been robbed?”
“Let us see;” Menard says, “he wore a money-belt, I know. Look for it, Parks.”
Parks examines the body, and shakes his head.
“It’s gone; has been cut away. The belt was worn next the flesh; the print of it is here plainly visible. The belt has been taken, and the clothing replaced!”
“What coolness! what cunning! Shall we ever run the fellow down, Parks?”
