“Somebody gave you the information you wanted?”
“Yes. A girl who worked in the same store with Helen saw the personal and came and told me of her.”
“What did you do then?”
“I went yesterday to the place where I had learned she was boarding, to see if by any possibility this Helen Doane was my child.”
“Well?”
“I found she was out.”
The detective rejoined:
“And left word that you would return to-day at noon?”
Giving him a surprised look, the lady said:
“You know, it seems, of my visit there?”