"But there is excitement in New York; there is real life in any large city, and the free-and-easy career one can run there is equal to the one the plains afford."
"You must know something of the cities, Miss Belle?" said the detective.
"I do," was the quick confession. "I have not always lived in Australia."
"I thought you had not."
"I came out here for a change and to make money. One tires of the cities. London is full of life, and Paris and——"
She stopped as if she was treading on forbidden ground, and looked away.
The keen eyes of the detective were watching her.
"It's better out here," he said. "Here one is free and owns no master."
"But one has annoyances here. There's the girl who gives me a good deal of trouble. You didn't find her, Riggs?"
"Not yet."