CHAPTER XV.
MR. MITCHEL EXPLAINS A FEW THINGS.
Immediately upon his arrival in New York, Mr. Barnes went to his office. Here he was slightly surprised to find Lucette.
"Well," said he, tersely.
"I came here," said the girl, "so that I could report to you the minute you got here. There is no time to lose."
"Why, what is up?"
"Your plan about my getting information from the East Orange post-office did not work. The man said that though he would like to serve you, he was afraid it might be construed into tampering with the mails. That you would need an order from the Postmaster-General. I went to work then on the other line, and began a systematic examination of every house in the place. It was hard work, but at last I found the child. You don't want details now, because she has been taken away again. Mitchel went down yesterday and brought her to New York."
"Why did you not follow him and see where he took her?"