Saturday noon
I must get back to the office . You would do me a great favor if you would be here and represent me as well as Clayton 's interests when the detectives search to-morrow . For nothing more can be done till I hook on to Worthington , or the police may have a report from the outside . `` Twenty tramp steamers and fifty sea-going boats have left since Saturday noon . I am afraid Clayton has shown us a clean pair of heels . What do you think ? '' But Jack Witherspoon only clutched the objects in his pocket , and slowly shook his head .