“‘I’ll pay,’ Rich said.
“‘Then what is it you want me to do?’ I asked.
“‘I want you to track a man.’
“Well, Rich pulled out a roll of bills and staked me with a hundred. He told me that in the cab which we were following was a man whom he hated and whom he wanted to locate.
“As soon as I found out where the man was going to put up I was to send him word.
“Rich got out of the cab.
“Before he did so he told me he was going to dine that night at the Knickerbocker Cottage, and I could send him word there.”
“Why didn’t Rich keep in wid youse?”
“He said he wanted to meet Darwin. He was in a very nervous condition, and another thing I saw that he had been drinking heavily.
“Well, he got out, and I kept on the bloke’s trail.