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"I don't know. Perhaps Margaret could tell you. But what has this to do " "Nothing at all, perhaps. In the safe with the bankbills were some mortgage papers given to Mr. Langmore by this Matlock Styles. But the two may not have the least connection with each other." The two had been walking away from the house and now the detective turned back.
We were both sitting on the floor beside him. 'Heft it, he whispered. I did so and found it heavier than I expected. 'What is it? I asked. 'Spondoolix, he whispered. Then he untied the bundle a close packed hoard of bankbills with some pieces of gold and silver at the bottom. 'Hain't never hed no use fer it, he said as he drew out a layer of greenbacks and spread them with trembling fingers.
"Going to search him?" asked the fellow called Bart. "Of course," answered Matlock Styles and went through the detective's pockets one after the other. Fortunately Adam Adams had but little with him outside of a roll of bankbills and the material for several disguises. Matlock Styles allowed him to keep his money but placed the disguises on the table.
Bud's first visit to town since the disappearance, so I was pretty sure your talk would be mainly about that. Also, I wondered whether he would detect any trace of my long occupancy of his room. I found I'd forgot to bring out the cover taken from the bankbills. Suppose that were seen, and you recognized it, what theories would you form?
At last the ghost stood close beside him, and he saw with his staring eyes that it wore a veil and carried its left hand in its bosom. The boy sat rooted with horror, his tongue loaded, his cheeks puffed with his feast, afraid to swallow lest the noise of the act should reveal him. The figure withdrew its hand from its bosom: it held a roll of bankbills.
I haven't any time to spare." "Ten dollars." "All right. You'd like another ten, wouldn't you?" "Sure. But " "Ten dollars to get us to the same place inside of twenty minutes," went on Dick, and showed a roll of bankbills. "Can't do it in this slippery weather," answered the man, his eyes glistening at the sight of the money. "Make it in half an hour." "All tight then."
At noon the patient figure was still waiting in the corner of the court-house yard, meekly twisting the golden ring upon her finger. But the flushed young man who had spoken thickly to her deserter drew an envied roll of bankbills from his pocket and began to bet with tipsy caution, while the circle about the gamblers watched with fervid interest, especially Mr. Bardlock, Town Marshal.
"When I first came up I thought somebody was robbing the safe," said Raymond Case, when the pair were at a distance from the house. "What did you see me do?" "Take out a package of bankbills and put them into your pocket. Oh, I know it must be all right, Mr. Adams. But it looked queer." "I took them for safe keeping. Look at them for a moment. I'll strike a match behind this clump of trees.
Ravell Bulson had been to the automobile manufacturers with whom Mr. Sherwood had a tentative contract, and had threatened to sue Mr. Sherwood if he did not return to him, Bulson, his lost watch and chain and roll of bankbills, amounting to several hundred dollars. The automobile manufacturers had served notice on Mr.
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