But up to that time not a tittle of evidence had come to light as to the purchase of the red herrings or the strychnine.

All that was known was the fact that had not Tony Tuppett stopped the hounds before they reached the wood, there must have been a terrible mortality.

"It's that nasty, beastly, drunken club," said Mrs.Masters to her husband.

Of course it was at this time known to the lady that her husband had thrown away Goarly's business and that it had been transferred to Bearside.

It was also surmised by her, as it was by the town in general, that Goarly's business would come to considerable dimensions;--just the sort of case as would have been sure to bring popularity if carried through, as Nickem, the senior clerk, would have carried it.