Mr. Morris always took
it with a show of good temper; but underneath I could see that he too
was sometimes furious."
"About what did Hume deride _him_?"
"That's what I never could quite make out. It always seemed as though
it was something that Mr. Morris wanted. At first I got the notion
that it was something that he wanted to buy and which Mr. Hume refused
to sell; but later I changed my mind. There seemed to be more to it
than appeared on the top. Both were very secretive about it."
"I understand." Stillman's face wore a puzzled expression; it was as
though this latter development worried him. But in a few moments he
went on: "Do you know where this man Morris is to be found?"
"Oh, yes. He's quite well known. Has an office in the Blake Building,
and is employed just now, so I've heard, by the Navy Department."
"You have visited Christie Place to-day?"
"Yes, sir."
"Did the police have you look about?"
"Yes, sir. And so far as I can see, nothing has been taken."
"The weapon that Hume was killed with, now. Do you know anything
about it--did it belong to the store?"
"The bayonet? No, sir."
"Are you sure of that?" earnestly.
"Positive. It was my duty to keep a complete list of everything we had
in stock.
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