“Then do you think we ought to lose any time before arresting Low?”
“Do you say that he lives some eight miles from here?”
“Yes—about eight.”
“If he’s running away, he’s got a pretty good start.”
“All the more reason why we should get after him at once. I declared, I wish I had run out there and hauled him in before you came.”
“That might have been a good idea, but I don’t believe there’s any use in hurrying now.”
Neither Kerr nor Folsom could understand Nick’s delay.
The fact was, he was waiting for Patsy, and he kept them talking for several minutes, and then Patsy returned.
“Speak out,” said Nick. “I want these gentlemen to hear what you have to report.”
“Well,” said Patsy, “Claymore was in his office all the time from one o’clock to ten minutes of four, when a messenger came to tell him of Judson’s death.[{17}]”