But then Murphy, he knows the way all right." Hampton turned toward the door, feeling fairly sick from disappointment.

The operator stood regarding him curiously, a question on his lips.
"Sorry you didn't come along a little earlier," he said, genially.

"Do you know Murphy ?" "I 'm not quite certain.

Did you happen to notice a peculiar black scar on the back of his right hand ?" "Sure; looks like the half of a pear.

He said it was powder under the skin." A new look of reviving determination swept into Hampton's gloomy eyes--beyond doubt this must be his man.
"How many horses did he have ?" "Two." "Did you overhear him say anything definite about his plans for the trip ?" "What, him?
He never talks, that fellow.