“Do you think he belongs to the Great Diamond Syndicate?” asked Chick, as the two walked away.
“It is all a guess,” was the reply.
“I have an idea that he got that alleged reporter into the house last night,” said the assistant.
CHAPTER XVII.
MORE SURPRISES.
“The alleged reporter,” said Nick, “was probably waiting about the house. He knew that a murder had been committed, and his orders probably were to get a line on what was being done. He might have bribed the clerk or the boy; probably he did.”
“Yes, that is the story,” said Chick. “The syndicate did not expect that a murder would be necessary, and those in charge of the case were alarmed. They doubtless had a notion that they would be all right if they could only get you out of the way.”
“What about this Mantelle?” asked Nick.
“Do you think he is in the game?”