"Look back," cried the detective, pushing Gaspard to the other side of the car. "Is your man still at the station?"
Two or three men were there, having, apparently, just missed the train.
It seemed possible that the criminal—if such he was—had seen Gaspard point, and had been shrewd enough not to board the car.
But Gaspard looked back and declared that his man was not there.
"Good," said Nick. "He must be on the train. We have him sure."
CHAPTER III.
JOHN JONES.
"I want you!" whispered Nick.
How many luckless criminals have been startled by those words! How many have seen the prison or the gallows rise before them at the sound!