The money, he informed me, was from the proceeds of the bonds he had sold.
He showed me at the same time several letters from his brokers establishing beyond a doubt that the story he had told was true.

As to the stolen bonds, their whereabouts was as much a mystery as ever, and Rad appeared to take not the slightest interest in the matter.

Since the detective had been summoned, he had washed his hands of all responsibility.
I think it was the morning after Clancy's departure that Solomon handed me a pale blue envelope bearing in the upper left-hand corner the device of the Post-Dispatch.

I laughed as I ripped it open; I had almost forgotten Terry's existence.

It contained a characteristic pencil scrawl slanting across a sheet of yellow copy paper.
"Arnold Crosby, Esq.
"Turnips Farm, Pumpkin Corners, Va.
"_Dear Sir_: "Enclosed please find clipping.