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Updated: June 15, 2025
He waited until they were well into the stretch of wood between the camp and the lower shanty, then he hurriedly extracted the envelope and glanced within. It contained a new one-hundred-dollar bill. That night Bergstein put up at the best hotel in Troy. Three days after Bergstein's departure Holcomb sat in his cabin going over his accounts.
"I trust you will have a pleasant journey," returned Thayor and with a nod to Billy the two disappeared through the door of Thayor's den, before the man with the scrubby beard could finish his sentence. Bergstein tucked the envelope within the black portfolio and went down the steps to the buckboard waiting to take him out to the railroad. The boy Jimmy drove, Bergstein taking the back seat.
I'll take it round to him to-morrow. Gloucester Place, is it or York Place end of Baker Street?... Can't remember the fillah's name to save my life. Married a Miss Bergstein rich bankers. Got his card at home, I expect. However, that's where he lives York Place. He's a Sir Somebody Something.... What were you going to say?"
"Ain't the job gettin' too big for him?" ventured the man with an attempt at a grin under the thick beard that grew to the corners of his crafty eyes. "He kin handle any job he's a mind to," said Morrison with rough emphasis. "Um!" grunted the man. "What's your name?" he asked. "Bill Morrison and yourn?" "Bergstein."
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