Sliding
the lid off is supposed to explode it. Why, there is enough
explosive in this to have silenced a dozen Haddons."
"Do you think he could have been kidnapped or murdered?" I asked.
"What is this, anyhow--gang-war?"
"Or perhaps bribed?" suggested Carton.
"I can't say," ruminated Kennedy. "But I can say this: that there
is at large in this city a man of great mechanical skill and
practical knowledge of electricity and explosives. He is trying to
make sure of hiding something from exposure. We must find him."
"And especially Haddon," Carton added quickly. "He is the missing
link. His testimony is absolutely essential to the case I am
building up."
"I think I shall want to observe Loraine Keith without being
observed," planned Kennedy, with a hasty glance at his watch. "I
think I'll drop around at this Mayfair I have heard so much about.
Will you come?"
"I'd better not," refused Carton. "You know they all know me, and
everything quits wherever I go. I'll see you soon."
As we drove in a cab over to the Mayfair, Kennedy said nothing.
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