That staring scarecrow would do anything for money.

And then we come to the robbery.

If Hucks did the murder he took the money, and perhaps West, the hardware dealer, knows this.

Or West may have arrived at the house after the mysterious stranger committed the deed, and robbed the two men himself." "And perhaps he didn't," said Patsy, skeptically.

"Do you know, girls, I'd like to find Joe Wegg.