I wonder if Scotland Yard will take it up." Grant surprised him by clapping him on the back.
"By Jove, my friend, the very thing! Of course, such an investigation requires bigger brains than our local police are endowed with.

Scotland Yard _must_ take it up.

I'll wire there at once.

If necessary, I'll pay all expenses." The newspaper man had his doubts.

The "Yard," he said, acted in the provinces only if appealed to by the authorities directly concerned.