“There you have it, and it’s the best I can do for you,” he said.
The young man quickly removed the paper, and found a portion of a golden charm or emblem; in the form of a knight-templar’s cross; very handsomely enameled and engraven.
It had been broken diagonally across, the left and lower arms comprising the portion which the postmaster had found.
Geoffrey turned it over and found the name “William”—all but the last letter—engraved on the back, something after the fashion of the accompanying diagram.
The “m,” and probably the surname of the owner was to be found on the other half of the cross, wherever that might be.
The young man sighed wearily, for if this was all the information which he was to obtain from his visit to Santa Fe, he would be as much in the dark as ever.
“Where did you find this?” he asked, at length, turning to Mr. Brown.
“On the floor, just under his box.”
“Was he in the habit of wearing an emblem of this kind?”