As for him," he continued, pointing significantly to the bed, "his secret--whatever it is--has gone with him.

And our question now is, Can we get at it in any other way ?" We had more talk downstairs, and it was settled that Chisholm and I should go on to Peebles by the first train that morning, find out what we could there, and work back to the Cornhill station, where, according to the half-ticket which had been found on him, the murdered man appeared to have come on the evening of his death.

Meanwhile, Murray would have the scene of the murder thoroughly and strictly searched--the daylight might reveal things which we had not been able to discover by the light of the lamps.
"And there's another thing you can do," suggested Lindsey.

"That scrap of a bill-head with a name and address in Dundee on it, that you found on him, you might wire there and see if anything is known of the man.

Any bit of information you can get in that way--" "You're forgetting, Mr.Lindsey, that we don't know any name by which we can call the man," objected Chisholm.