Suppose your man did thrown the Colonel into the water and run for it, then what, I should like to know, has become of Cat-Eye Mose ?" "That," said Terry, knitting his brows, "is still a mystery and a fairly deep one.

There is something uncommonly strange about those tracks on the lower borders of the pool and I confess they puzzle me.

Only one explanation occurs to me now and that is not pleasant to think of.

We have some clues to work with however, and we ought not to be long in getting at the truth.

If I had had your chance of examining the cave on the day of the crime," he added, "I think I should know." "You might, and again you might not," said Mattison.