“Certainly! He’ll wait till some of the excitement dies out in that vicinity. Then he’ll visit that private office, or I am greatly mistaken.”
Ida was brought into the case at this stage and instructed in the part she was expected to play.
CHAPTER VIII.
NICK BEGINS TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE.
Having partaken of a hasty supper, and having changed his disguise, Nick went[{43}] downtown again to the neighborhood of the tragedy.
He did not go to the Borden Building this time, but to that one across the street, in which was the office out of whose window he was convinced the strange woman had seen the tragedy as it occurred in the office of Bridgely & Byke.
The building was locked up for the night, but Nick had no trouble in finding the janitor, who lived in one of the upper rooms, but who at that hour was on the street discussing with his acquaintances the tragedy of the Borden Building.
Oh, yes! He—the janitor—knew whose offices were exactly opposite Bridgely & Byke’s—they belonged to Lawyer John Woodford.
With Lawyer John Woodford’s address in his possession, obtained from the directory, Nick started uptown in search of him.
He found the lawyer at home, and was pleasantly received.
Nick inquired about a lady, whom he believed had been in Mr. Woodford’s office that afternoon about five o’clock, but of whom he had lost all trace soon after.