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His father, too, improved slowly, though he was far from well, and would not be able to ride the trail again for a long time. Of course, Jennie had to hear the whole story of the hold-up from Jack himself, and she sympathized deeply with him. "Oh, it was just terrible!" she exclaimed, in her impulsive, but sweet and girlish fashion.
Having stuffed these into his pockets, he wrenched the back number plate from the machine and tucked it under his arm. "Guess that's enough," he murmured. "Now I can take my own time in springing the thing. He probably thinks I was a hold-up man, but even if he guessed the truth he couldn't escape me and couldn't get his equipment back in shape short of a week, so that's that."
The hold-up would have failed, however, because I had spent more than $1,200 and lost five months' time, was nearly broke, did not represent anybody but myself at that stage of my bear-catching career, and for all I knew the editor might have changed his mind about wanting a Grizzly at any price.
Now, Crosby and Curtis will testify that you took a pair of shears from Cahill's, and from what Miss Post saw of your ring she can probably identify that, too; so " "Oh, we concede the shears," declared Ranson, waving his hand grandly. "We admit the first hold-up." "The devil we do!" returned Carr. "Now, as your counsel, I advise nothing of the sort." "You advise me to lie?"
But to make his story stick he must admit he was on the ground at the time of the hold-up. So he must have known the robbery was going to take place. It's as plain as old Run-A-Mile's wart that he knew of it because he planned it himself." Bolt's shrewd eyes narrowed to a smile. "You prove to me that Cass had your father's hat before the hold-up, and I'll take some stock in the story."
"I pay as well as you do," I said; "the shippers' blockade of Great Britain is more effective than the submarines'. My food, my coal, my petrol are all restricted in the sacred name of private property. You see, capital in England has hitherto been not an exploitation but a hold-up. We are learning differently now.... And anyhow, Mr. Runciman has been here and given Italy assurances...."
Freddy Montressor, who was leaning against the wall, chuckled as Lane came in. "So they've got you, too, Dicky, have they?" he remarked. "It's a hold-up a bully one, too. Makes one feel quite homesick, eh? How much have you got on you?" "Precious little, thank heavens!" Richard muttered. His eyes were fixed upon the brigand who was collecting the jewels, and who was now approaching Miss Grex.
They would not stand for any hold-up game of this sort. It was a low-down game, anyway. The promoters of the resolution began to be anxious for their cause. They had not anticipated any such a strong opposition and were rather nonplussed as to the next move.
She had heard that California stage-drivers were picturesque fellows, and in all probability the displacing of the old Concord coach of the movie-thriller in favour of the motor-stage had not disturbed the idiosyncrasies of the drivers in their choice of raiment. She noted the rifle-stock projecting from the scabbard, and a vision of a stage hold-up flashed across her mind.
Nicholas so interested, indeed, that he did not hear soft footfalls on the station platform without. The man came quietly nearer reached the window. Then suddenly Alex glanced up, the magazine fell to the floor, and with a loud cry he sprang to his feet. He was gazing into the barrel of a revolver, and behind it was a black-masked face! Hold-up men! The gold train!
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