"
"I should say so," he agreed. "I don't know how to repay the
interest you have shown in its recovery. If anything else
materializes, I shall surely get word to you immediately."
As we turned to leave, I could not help thinking of the manner of
Lockwood and Norton toward each other. The name Stuart Whitney ran
through my head. Stuart Whitney was a trustee of the University
who had contributed heavily, among other things, to Norton's
various expeditions to South America. Was it that Norton felt a
peculiar loyalty to Whitney, or was he jealous that any one else
should succeed in interesting his patron in things South American?
The actions of the two young men, Lockwood and de Moche, recurred
to me. "Well," I remarked, as we walked along, "what do you think
it is--a romance or a simple crime-hunt?" "Both, I suspect,"
replied Craig abstractedly. "Only not simple."
III
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DETECTIVE
"I think I'll go into the University Library," Craig remarked, as
we left Norton before his building. "I want to refresh my mind on
some of those old Peruvian antiquities and traditions. What the
Senorita hinted at may prove to be very important. I suppose you
will have to turn in a story to the Star soon?"
"Yes," I agreed, "I'll have to turn in something, although I'd
prefer to wait.
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