5/24 "We came here ourselves sooner than send a detective. Enquiries are bound to be made as to the young man's disappearance, and we have reason to know that this is the last place at which he was heard of. It is not unreasonable, therefore, is it, that we should come to you for information ?" "Reasonable or unreasonable, I haven't got any," the man declared gruffly. "If Mr.Wilmore's cleared out, he's cleared out for some reason of his own. It's not my business and I don't know anything about it." "You understand," Francis persisted, "that our interest in young Mr. |