“Now, Mr. Yasmar,” said Nick, “I’m at leisure for a few minutes.”
“I only read this morning that you were expected back from your trip West, and I hate to trouble you, but the matter is very important. Have you seen to-day’s paper?”
“Yes.”
“Then perhaps you recall my name in connection with the disappearance of young John Lansing.”
“Oh! Are you the Adolphus Yasmar mentioned in that account?”
“I am. And it is in relation to John Lansing that I have called on you this morning.”
“You want me to find the young man?”
“Yes. I want you to go to Boston by first train and begin a search for him. Lansing’s sister and uncle are very much worked up over the young man’s disappearance, and I told them I would call here and put you on the case—providing I could get you.”
“I’m very sorry,” said Nick, “but I could not take the case for two or three days. As you say, I have just returned from the West, and you can easily understand how work has accumulated during my absence.”
“You will be well paid——”