Where was it? I asked. In his hat? Listen, this isn't just a funny story. Carmady, Kathy said. "I've got a lead to those pearls. shut my mouth with my hand and looked serious. Sype said he never had the pearls, and I guess they believed him, because he got the pardon. But the pearls were on the train, and they were never seen again. "Just once in Leavenworth prison sype had too much to drink and started talking. The guy that he told was a little man called Peeler Mardo. Sype said he'd hidden the pearls somewhere in Idaho. I sat forward a little. "Getting interested, ch?' Kathy said. "Well, listen to this. Peeler Mardo rents a room in my house and he drinks too much and he talks in his sleep.