It was, he thought, odd that a confidence-man should carry a suit-case, but that might be only an attempt to avert suspicion.
The bag held the inscription "A.

L.M., Orange, N.J." Probably the bag had been stolen.

Tom fixed that inscription firmly in his mind.

"I'll have to be going," said "A.

L.M." "Sorry I can't be of assistance to you, kid.