I'll give you personally five thousand dollars more for the first clue; mind you, no publicity." The policeman's eyes sparkled.

"Word of honor ?" he said.

"Yes! I'll write it in your presence, seal it, and give it to you--this promise, if the clue leads to Clayton, dead or alive." The two men walked along in the streaming crowd.

Ferris felt instinctively that the officer was holding something back.
"What do the reporters say ?" hesitating remarked Ferris.

"All in the dark--a pack of fools--unless it's a crime that gives itself away to any one.