“Did, eh?”

“Yes, sir—fifty dollars in money, beside other valuables.”

“That so?” smiled the man incredulously. “Know the thief?”

“I do. Don’t I tell you that he slept in the same room with me?”

“Know him again?”

“I am sure I would.”

“Can you describe him?”

“Yes, he had a scar on one cheek.”

“Better put the police on his track, then.”

“Thank you, I’ll do just that,” replied Dave with energy, starting briskly for the door under the impetus of the suggestion.