“She may have backed down after writing it.”
“You believe the note was intended for Gay, and that he gave her the slip to-day before she had a chance to get it to him?”
“Right you are, lad.”
“Did he go away from the office suddenly, without telling any one?”
“Yes, except the office boy, whom he told just as he went out, leaving word for Redway that he would not be back during the day. Of course, Miss Langdon got the message indirectly.”
“Well, what else?”
“This.”
Nick produced Redway’s watch and opened the back of the case. When he turned the inside toward Chick the latter looked upon the portrait of a lovely little girl of six or seven years of age.
“Who is she?” asked Nick, as he gazed admiringly at the beautiful face.
“That we must find out.”