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“And I was wondering,” said Nick, “if they knew what to do with the gems when they got to the city.”

“How could they have the diamonds?” asked Chick. “They did not get beyond Anton’s room, and the diamonds were not there. I guess the members of the Maynard family were too quick for them.”

“Don’t jump at conclusions,” warned Nick.

“Well, I don’t like the looks of things up there,” said the assistant, “and I have an idea that they ought to be watched.”

“Of course,” said the chief. “You are to go back there and hang around with Charley Maynard as soon as we land these fellows on the train, or become convinced that they did not take a train back to the city.”

“There is a train leaves here at four o’clock in the morning,” said Chick, referring to a timetable. “They might have taken that.”

The fact was that Chick found himself not a little puzzled at the attitude of his chief in the case. Had he been permitted to have his own way, all the investigations would have been confined to the Maynard house.