“This card states that Nordeck has a daughter, who is also a crook.”
“That is correct.”
“Do you know her, or anything about her?”
“I have seen her,” Nick replied. “I saw her less than a month ago, in fact, which is another reason why I feel sure that Nordeck had a hand in this burglary.”
“She sticks to him, eh?”
“That’s what! They never have been separated. I knew the moment I saw her that Jim Nordeck was in these parts, and that something was likely to come off.”
“Why didn’t you track the girl to cover?”
“It was impossible, Mallory, under the circumstances.”
“Why so?”
“She was in an elevated train going north, and I was in another going south,” smiled Nick. “Both trains had stopped at a station, and I saw her through one of the[Pg 5] windows. I could not wish myself from one train to another.”