"
"Don Pedro said that a transcript or a translation had been
made," mentioned Hope.
"Evidently a transcript," said Braddock, glaring at the paper in
Random's hand. "But how could that find its way from Lima to
this place?"
"It might have been packed up with the mummy," suggested Archie.
"No," contradicted Random decisively, "in that event, the man in
Malta from whom the mummy was bought would have discovered the
emeralds, and would have taken them."
"Perhaps he did. We have nothing to show that Bolton's assassin
committed the crime for the sake of the jewels."
"He must have done so," cried the Professor, irritably, "else
there is no motive for the commission of the crime. But I think
myself that we must start at the other end to find a clue. When
we discover who placed the mummy in Mrs. Jasher's garden--"
"That will not be easy," murmured Hope thoughtfully, "though, of
course, the same must have been brought by river. Let us go down
to the embankment and see if there are any signs of a boat having
been brought there last night," and he moved to the door.
"Random?"
"I cannot leave the Fort, as I am on duty," replied the officer,
putting the manuscript away in a drawer and locking the same,
"but this evening I shall see Don Pedro, and in the meanwhile I
shall endeavor to learn from my servant who visited me lately
while I was absent.
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