way.

"Did he pay Corbut to skip first? And is he now identifying Tom, Dick
and Harry for the purpose of bothering us and keeping us busy till he
can light out?"

"It's worth looking into," said Nick. "At any rate, you stick to
Gaspard. I'll put somebody else onto Hammond."




CHAPTER VI.

MRS. JOHN JONES.


Nothing of great importance occurred in the case until the next
afternoon when Nick was at Police Headquarters.

He was talking with Superintendent Byrnes.

"The identification of that woman gets stronger all the time," said the
superintendent. "I'm beginning to think that she is really the wife of
our prisoner."

"It looks so," said Nick.

At that moment a card was brought in. The superintendent looked at it
and whistled softly.