Possibly he might obtain therein a clue to the horse's owner.

Should the friends of the deceased sailor hear of his death, and come to look after his effects, there was very little probability of their finding anything among them to furnish a clue to either the new sealing-ground, or to the buried treasure of the pirate.

By this casual, spontaneous outbreaking, as it might be, the deacon got another clue to the stranger's knowledge, that gave him increased uneasiness.

Then he recollected the deceased mariner, the deacon's many conferences with him, the interest he had always appeared to take in the man, and the suddenness, as well as the time, of the purchase of the schooner; and he at once obtained a clue to the whole affair.

Still, the young man had his suspicions on the subject of the equipment of the other schooner, and suspicions that were now active and keen, and which led him directly to fancy that Daggett had also some clue to the very objects he was after himself.

Miss Halcombe's journal afforded me a clue.

A lady, well known in the fashionable vicinity of Portland-place, always accosts a stranger, with "I think I have seen you somewhere," which often leads to a clue for her finding out the history of the party.

and here was something to tell Elzevir when he came back, that the clue was found to the cipher, and the secret out.

The deformation itself furnishes no clue to a chronological conclusion.

However, this deformation furnishes no clue to the antiquity of the graves.

I place it here, having no clue as to date, nor does it matter:] LETTER 317 (Fragment) CHARLES LAMB TO MISS HUTCHINSON (?)

The best clue to a natural interpretation of the strange features of the surface of Mars is that suggested by the American astronomer Mr. W.H. Pickering in Popular Astronomy (1904).

A slight sketch of the poet's life, up to the period of his marriage, may afford us some clue to the quarter from which he selected his bride; we shall therefore give what is known of him in the fewest possible words.

Upon this point, unfortunately, there hangs a mist,not impenetrable, as we conceive, but yet impenetrated,a secret to which the given clue has been neglected, and which remains to the present day the opprobrium of a careless biography.

That she was a real personage is placed beyond cavil by "E.K.," the ostensible editor of the "Shepherd's Calendar"; and he has given us a clue to her name, if we have but the wit to follow it.

Simon eyed her curiously, and somewhat suspiciously, as he passed; but, taking her attire for his clue, he thought he recognized one of a class with whom Miss Wimple was accustomed to cope successfully; so he took his leave unconcerned.

Here's a tangible clue that may lead to the heart of the case.

The private detective had been able to get no slightest clue as to Maria's whereabouts.

His failure to find any clue in the private staircase after Paredes's arrest had clearly stimulated his interest in Bobby.

The handkerchief furnished me with an important clue.

Carroll, well versed in applied psychology, knew that in such a combination of facts there lay an important clue.

I've worked on that end of it, and I've had several of my best men circulating around trying to gather dope from the gossip shopsbut there doesn't seem to be a clue from this end.

I hasten to close my letter in order to follow at once the clue thus providentially suggested.

The executors of the will were obliged to advertise for him, not having any clue to his place of residence.

They are on the trackit's a real clue this time!