CHAPTER IIITHE FIRST STEPS
Nick related to his three aids, in the first place, his experiences of the night previous, when he had happened on the heels of the burglary.
This he followed by a statement of the information that had been given him by Mr. Herron, and, concluding, said:
“This promises to be a most interesting case. I am impressed with the straightforwardness of Mr. Herron. Still, there may be another side of his statement, or case, and he may not have been wholly frank with me, though I am inclined to believe he was. I shall immediately set out on that point.
“Under Mr. Herron’s statement, suspicion naturally turns to one of the parties anxious to obtain possession of that invention.”
“And to the widow,” said Ida.
“If not to the widow,” said Nick, “to some one representing
