Pat Gallagher stayed a couple of days at Tipparoo, during which time he succeeded in winning the confidence of the congenial Sam, whom he induced, by delicate handling, to impart a good deal of information concerning the Attwells. For a stranger he displayed an unusual interest in them, and in the case of the missing girl; and he was inquisitive concerning the habits and antecedents of Magnus Susman. He was a conundrum to Bill Mayne and Alec Mathers, who watched and studied him with ever-increasing curiosity, and much to the delectation of the reticent Hibernian.
"I think he's something more than he pretends to be," said Mayne, pulling thoughtfully at his pipe. They were squatting on the grass in front of the saddle-room, where they had just let their horses go, and the mysterious Sam was leaning through the hut window directly opposite.
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