"I showed him a cablegram from a London barrister that said:

"'Inquiry complete. The man is a pure adventurer, character _nil_.'

"'We must act immediately,' says Dan.

"'I have telephoned all over the village for Sam,' I says. 'They
say he's out in his car with Aleck an' Lizzie. I asked them to
send him here as soon as he returns.'

"'They're down on the Post Road I met 'em on my way here,' says
Dan. 'We can overtake that car easy.'

"Well, the wedding-day was approaching an' Aleck had the money, an'
the thought occurred to me that he might give 'em the slip
somewhere on the road an' get away with it. I left word in the
store that if Sam got back before I saw him he was to wait with
Aleck in my office until I returned, an' off we started like a
baseball on its way from the box to the catcher.

"An officer on his motor-cycle overhauled us on the Post Road. He
knew me.

"'It's a case o' sickness,' I says, 'an' we're after Sam Henshaw.'

"'He's gone down the road an' hasn't come back yet,' says the
officer.

"I passed him a ten-dollar bill.