“I will. What are you going to do about the matter of Parsons?�
“I’m going to get into a disguise and go to the Creotoria at once, to investigate this business in my own way.�
“And I?�
“You wait at the Lynne place until Carleton comes out or goes inside, no matter how long it takes. Afterward, come directly to me at the Creotoria. I’ll need you there.�
“Very well.�
“In case I am not there, wait for me. I’ll have arranged with headquarters so that we may have privileges on the case. Tell the manager who you are, and go ahead with the investigation in your own way.�
“Why, where will you be, if not there?�
“‘The Latest News,’ printed in red at the bottom of the page in that paper, states that Madge was taken to a hospital. I may go there to see her.�
CHAPTER XXV.
THE ADVANTAGE OF FOREKNOWLEDGE.
It was a remarkable circumstance that Nick Carter should have placed himself under conditions where he found himself suspected of having committed one—or, rather, two—of the most wanton murders of the century.