The bandage of Barton Ward was slightly stained with red, but the bandage of Watson Bard was quite white.

All three replaced their coats at the same time, and Wilton Barnstable went on: "Our course of procedure is plain, Mr.Cleggett.We have the evidence against Logan Black.

We must have the man himself.

I depend upon you to cooperate with me.

I think," he said, beaming at Barton Ward and Watson Bard with an air of modest triumph, "that the case of Logan Black is going to prove one of my really GREAT cases.
"There is only one point which I have not yet made clear to you, I believe--and that is how Logan Black's men were able to enter and leave the hold of your vessel so mysteriously.