CHAPTER XXXIX.CRAY’S LIPS ARE UNSEALED.
Despite his eagerness to see his friend Cray, and to get on the fugitive’s trail, Nick remained at the house long enough to draft a telegram to the warden of Clinton Prison, asking for further details concerning the supposed death of Green-eye Gordon, and the escape of one of the prisoners on the night of the fire.
The message was given to the butler, who was asked to phone it at once to the telegraph office.
“They may have facts up there which they have been keeping from the public,” Nick explained. “Even seemingly valueless facts may assume great importance in the light of what has happened down here, for that matter.”
Meanwhile, one of Nick’s fastest cars had been ordered around, and now the familiar honk-honk was heard.
“There’s the machine,
