“I didn’t say so,” responded Nick; “but this I will say, for, as I am in it now pretty deep, there’s no use in concealing my thoughts from you two—but you mustn’t let it go any farther.”
“Certainly not, Mr. Carter.”
“Well, then, I don’t believe that Hank Low did it.”
Both Kerr and Folsom stared, open-mouthed.
“By thunder!” said Kerr slowly, “if any man but Nick Carter said that——”
He hesitated.
“You’d say he was a fool,” remarked Nick.
Kerr laughed uneasily.
“I am afraid I should,” he admitted.
“That’s all right,” said Nick; “you can think that of me just as well as not, if you want to. Meantime, I’ll go out and get acquainted with Hank Low.”