I'm a stranger in town, you remember, and cannot be expected to move as fast as a local detective." "Sweetwater, you have but one duty--to follow both clews as far as they will take you.

As for my duty, that is equally plain, to uphold you in all reasonable efforts and to shrink at nothing which will save the innocent and bring penalty to the guilty.

Only be careful.

Remember the evidence against Ranelagh.

You will have to forge an exceedingly strong chain to hold your own against the facts which have brought this recreant lover to book.