CHAPTER VII.
THE MYSTERY OF GEORGE SNELL.
Nick Carter had said good-by to his bright young assistant at about half-past ten of an evening.
He gave little further thought to the case that night, for he knew that it was in good hands.
“I shall probably hear from the boy in the morning,” he thought, as he went to bed.
No message came from Patsy in the morning, because the young man had been too much occupied in watching Snell and Leonard in the Jersey City station to send one.
But a message came from Dinsmore that gave Nick a bit of a surprise.
It was as follows:
“Important robbery just reported. Don’t know if it is the one you referred to last night, but it is very important and mysterious. Wish you would come on.”
Nick took the next train for the West.
Dinsmore’s telegram was sent from Manchester, the capital of Wenonah, and there, of course, the detective went.