“True! But a detective might have solved the problem for you in a very short time, if you had been anxious to find your child.”
“I employed a detective.”
“Did you?”
“Yes.”
“And he could not find any trace of your child?”
“Apparently not.”
“Well, I don’t think much of him as a detective. But to business! You got on the track of your daughter a couple of days ago?”
“I did.”
“How?”
“I advertised for information in the personal columns of a daily paper, offering a reward.”