Patsy Garvan needed no instructions beyond those contained in Nick Carter’s note, nor additional information as to the position Kate Crandall had taken. It was plain enough to Patsy, and he shaped his course accordingly.
Knowing that the woman might incidentally have seen him from her window, and that she would recall him suspiciously if they met later, Patsy entered the corridor of a near building and put on a disguise with which he was provided. It by no means improved him, however, for it gave him a decidedly tough and hangdog appearance.
“It’s good enough for the work to be done,” he tersely soliloquized, not anticipating how effectively it was to serve him.
Returning to the street, Patsy found a concealment from which he could stealthily watch the door of the bank building, prepare
