Entering the room, the first thing which met the detective's eye was a
bottle containing some sort of liniment, having on it a label of a
neighboring druggist, In a closet a pair of drawers were found, and with
the dark brown stain below the knee was almost identical to that which
Chip had found on the railroad track, and which the robber had thrown
from the express car. Not satisfied with this, Chip ripped up the
carpet, and as a reward for his labor found an express tag, or rather a
portion of one, for the tag was torn in two pieces. On the tag Chip read
the portion of an address, "----ority," and below, "----worth, Kansas."
Further questioning of the garrulous landlady gained a description of
the valise which the larger man carried away with him. It tallied with
the description given by Fotheringham of the valise into which Jim
Cummings had put the stolen money.

Gathering his trophies together, Chip bid his talkative lady friend
good-day, and immediately bent his steps toward the drug store, from
which had come the bottle of liniment.

No, the druggist could not recollect what particular person had bought
that bottle, but if the young man would call on Doctor B----, he could
probably ascertain the fact from him, as the liniment was put up from
the Doctor's prescription. Chip, in a short time, was ushered into the
Doctor's presence.

Yes, the Doctor not only recollected the man, but gave a very close
description of him. The man had come to him, suffering from a bad bruise
or cut on the leg below the knee. Nothing serious, but so painful that
it caused him to limp. He had made out the prescription of the unguent
which the bottle had contained, and the man had paid for it. But he gave