"And once again, if the thought of leaving a
bicycle concealed outside had occurred to you, would it really have seemed worth doing when the dullest detective would naturally say this is an obvious blind, as the
bicycle is the first thing which the fugitive needed in order to make his escape."
"The
bicycle explains the disappearance of the murderer's big foot-prints," I said.
And Bert touched the fringe of a number of trades in succession--draper's porter, chemist's boy, doctor's page, junior assistant gas-fitter, envelope addresser, milk-cart assistant, golf caddie, and at last helper in a
bicycle shop.
I turned to her
bicycle, and, examining it with the air of a man who had won silver cups in his day, I speedily discovered what had been the mischief.
The big gates had long been shut, but you can manoeuvre a
bicycle through the others.
"But I am not rich enough to afford a horse," he said, approaching her to pat the bay, having placed the
bicycle against a tree.
I got my
bicycle, my watch, and my father's mackintosh out of pawn and rented a typewriter.
The man on the
bicycle was doubtless a member of those week-end parties at the Hall of which the publican had spoken, but who he was, or what he wanted, was as obscure as ever.
Martin talked with the superintendent of the Asa agencies, and after dinner he drew him aside with Hermann, whom he backed financially for the best
bicycle store with fittings in Oakland.
A few yards behind, Meekins had alighted from his
bicycle and was standing waiting.
She would
bicycle from the station, and is, I am sure, the first woman who has done it.
No money changed hands in the operation; for the minister succeeded in getting the lamp in return for an old
bicycle. The only pleasant feature of the whole affair was that Mr.