"Did you notice if he was carrying anything ?" "He had a walking-stick in his hand.

I didn't see anything else." "What sort of walking-stick ?" "I couldn't see very distinctly.

It was a stoutish stick--I should say a Malacca, probably--and it had what looked like a horn handle.

I could see that as he passed a street lamp." "What kind of lamp had he ?" "I couldn't see; but, as he turned the corner, I noticed that it seemed to burn very dimly." "A little vaseline, or even oil, smeared on the outside of the glass will reduce the glare of a lamp very appreciably," my companion remarked, "especially on a dusty road.

Ha! here is the proprietor of the broken window.