The Madness of May

All the way out on the train he had feared that this might happen. The long arm of the law was already clutching at his collar but he had not reckoned with this quick retribution. The 5presence of the unknown man in the house could be explained on no other hypothesis than the discovery of his theft of two hundred thousand dollars in gilt-edged bonds from the banking-house of Deering Gaylord & Co. It only remained for him to kill himself and escape from the shame that would follow exposure. He must do this at once but first he would see who had been sent to apprehend him. Hood was an unfamiliar name; he had never known a Hood anywhere he was confident of that.