"That is, if the thing worked." "And it did, sir; it did.

I may have been born under a lucky star, probably was, but once started on this line of search, I went straight to the end.

Shall I tell you how?
Hunting through the list of such persons as had been married within the city limits during the last two weeks, I came upon the name of one Eva Poindexter.

Eva! that was a name well-known in the house on -- -- Street.

I decided to follow up this Eva." "A wise conclusion! And how did you set about it ?" "Why, I went directly to the clergyman who had performed the ceremony.
He was a kind and affable dominie, sir, and I had no trouble in talking to him." "And you described the bride ?" "No, I led the conversation so that he described her." "Good; and what kind of a woman did he make her out to be?
Delicate?
Pale ?" "Sir, he had not read the service for so lovely a bride in years.