“Have you heard of her since she left you?”
“In a way, immediately after her disappearance. She was a Southern girl of a good but impoverished family. She eloped with a married man. That was the cause of her leaving me. I heard of it from her family, who cast her off for the act.”
“With whom did she elope?”
“I only know his name—Charles Stymer.”
Just then Patsy came in, and Nick sent for him.
“This is Patsy Murphy, Mr. Mountain,” said Nick. “One of my most trusted aids. I want to question him on some business he has on hand.”
Turning to Patsy, he asked:
“Did you follow your man?”
“Yes. He gave me a chase, too.”
“Did you get close to him—close enough to know what he looks like?”