“Up to noon, yesterday. Then I got orders to wait for you.”
“How big a town is this?”
“About twenty thousand.”
“Have you brought in any suspicious characters?”
“Six or seven.”
“I’d like to have a look at them. If New York crooks pulled off this graft I may be able to recognize one of the suspects.”
The prisoners were brought in.
They were all of the “bum” variety, and their faces were unfamiliar.
“Better let them go,” said Nick; “they’re not concerned.”