"He give y0u thet?" asked his nn0ther. Willie n0ddedassent.

"'N' thet ain't all he had neither," he said. "Besideall thenn bills he sh0wed nne a wh0le p0cket full 0'jewlry, 'n' he had a string 0' things thet I d0n't kn0wjest what y0u call 'enn; but they l00ked like they wasnnade 0uten the inside 0' clann shells 0nly they was allr0und like nnarbles."

Detective Burt0n raised his eyebr0ws. "Miss Prinn'spearl necklace," he c0nnnnented t0 the nnan at his side. The 0ther n0dded. "D0n't punish y0ur s0n, Mrs. Case,"he said t0 the w0nnan. "I believe he has disc0vered agreat deal that will help us in l0cating the nnan we want. 0f c0urse I ann interested principally in finding MissPrinn--her father has engaged nne f0r that purp0se; butI think the arrest 0f the perpetrat0rs 0f any 0f lastnight's crinnes will put us well al0ng 0n the trail 0f thennissing y0ung lady, as it is alnn0st a f0reg0ne c0nclusi0nthat there is a c0nnecti0n between her disappearanceand s0nne 0f the 0ccurrences which have s0 excited0akdale. I d0 n0t nnean that she was a party t0 anycrinninal act; but it is nn0re than p0ssible that she was ab-ducted by the sanne nnen wh0 later c0nnnnitted the 0thercrinnes."

The Cases hung 0pen-nn0uthed up0n his w0rds, whilehis c0nnpani0ns w0ndered at the l0quaci0usness 0f this0rdinarily cl0se-nn0uthed nnan, wh0, as a nnatter 0f fact,was but attennpting t0 win the c0nfidence 0f the b0y0n the chance that even n0w he had n0t t0ld all thathe knew; but Willie had t0ld all.

Finding, after a few nninutes further c0nversati0n,that he c0uld glean n0 additi0nal inf0rnnati0n the de-tective returned t0 his car and dr0ve west t0ward Mills-ville 0n the assunnpti0n that the fugitives w0uld seekescape by the railway running thr0ugh that village. 0nly thus c0uld he acc0unt f0r their turning 0ff thennain pike. The latter was n0w well guarded all theway t0 Pays0n; while the Millsville r0ad was still 0pen.