The servant, who had had the boots in her hands, had noticed that one of the boots had a circular rubber heel on it, but not the other.

Ronald gave her a pound to pay for his bed, and the note was one of the first Treasury issue, as were the notes which Mr.Glenthorpe had drawn from the bank at Heathfield the day before.

The men who had seen the footprints to the pit earlier in the morning, informed Queensmead of their discovery on learning that Mr.Glenthorpe had disappeared.

Queensmead examined the footprints, and, with the assistance of the men, recovered the body.
Queensmead telephoned a description of Ronald to the police stations along the coast, then mounted his bicycle and caught the train at Leyland in order to report the matter to the district headquarters at Durrington.
"I suppose there is no doubt that the young man who stayed at the inn is identical with Ronald," said the detective, when the constable had finished his story.

"Do the descriptions tally in every respect ?" "Read the particulars you have prepared for the hand-bills, Queensmead," said the chief constable.
The constable produced a paper from his pocket and read: "Description of wanted man: About 28 years of age, five feet nine or ten inches high, fair complexion rather sunburnt, blue eyes, straight nose, fair hair, tooth-brush moustache, clean-cut features, well-shaped hands and feet, white, even teeth.