"I shall know him by his nose, sir. He can't disguise that, I take it."
Both Killett and Old Spicer laughed.
"A good ear-mark to go by," observed the latter.
"Ear-mark, eh? I shouldn't have thought to call it by that name."
"It's about time for the seven o'clock train to arrive," said Killett, suddenly; "any use in going over, think?"
"It will do no harm," returned Old Spicer; "but, as I said before, it's hardly possible for them to have caught it."
"No matter, let's go across any way," and the quartet of detectives went over to the depot, and planting themselves at different points, waited for the train.
Very soon it came rolling in, and every passenger was brought under the eye of one or the other of the quartet.
At length the last had gone, and neither Barney nor Jake had been seen.
They went back to the hotel and held another consultation, which lasted for nearly an hour.