"Yes; I am Mrs. Neustrom," she said.
"And this is your charming niece, Miss Minnie?"
"Yes, the girl is my niece."
"I have called, Mrs. Neustrom, to put a few questions to Miss Minnie with regard to what she saw and heard last night at, I think, somewhere between eleven and twelve o'clock;" and as he had not been asked to sit down, Old Spicer now quietly seated himself on his own accord.
"I am sorry, sir," said Mrs. Neustrom, in a tone of decision; "but it will be impossible for her to answer your questions."
"Why so?"
"She has been cautioned not to speak on the subject to any one."
"By whom has she been cautioned?"
"By two, or more, of the officers of the law."
"Which ones?"