'Whew-w!' Nick drew a long, low whistle, and laid his finger with a sort of drunken gravity on his nose. 'Then you know what I was thinking of?'

The other nodded.

'You're not Kidd?'

The other shook his head.

'Nor Teunis Van Gelder?'

'No.'

'Then you must be ——' Nick paused, as he did not like to be disrespectful. 'You must be ——'

The other nodded. 'You've hit it.'

'The old Nick,' added Wanzer.