“Did you have any trouble in connecting with the twenty thousand, Clancy?” asked Cricket.
Clancy!
The word was out of Cricket’s mouth before he fairly realized that he had said it.
Savage looks were darted at him by Clancy and Spark, and then all three fixed their eyes upon Nick.
Apparently he had not heard the word.
“No trouble at all,” said Clancy.
“It was easy money,” went on Cricket, “and earned you a hundred per cent. overnight.”
Nick knew that Clancy and Cricket were talking about the demand certificate for twenty thousand dollars which the former had got from the People’s National Bank on Monday afternoon.
Here was proof that the money had been deposited, stolen back, and collected again on the demand certificate.
The detective was more than ready now to take chances in capturing the three scoundrels.