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They were sneak-thieves and swindlers, that was what they were, and they had given him the double-cross. The newspapers were right. He had come to New York to be trimmed, and Messrs. Dowsett, Letton, and Guggenhammer had done it. He was a little fish, and they had played with him ten days ample time in which to swallow him, along with his eleven millions.
"Of course I realize that you didn't want to make any money out of me; but you did want to manhandle me, Mr. Ricks, just as a sporting proposition. Besides, you tried to double-cross me with that wireless message. I knew what you were up to. You thought you had pulled the same stunt on me I pulled on you, and that letter to Captain Grant contained full instructions.
"You had the wrong figgers, and you filed on the wrong claim!" Pressed for an explanation of how he knew, Ten-Gallon told them that he had been Shanklin's partner at the beginning, and that Shanklin had deceived and cheated both him and Boyle. "Ah, then he did double-cross my son!" cried the Governor triumphantly, seizing this vindication for the young man's deed with avid eagerness.
I shall hate to go, however. But, I'll be with you " and again the words were smothered. "I wonder what sort of a double-cross game he's playing," mused the colonel when the two had left the park and he, rather stiff from his position, shuffled to the lonely spot where he had before made a change of garments. Attired as his usual self, he went back to The Haven, and spent rather a restless night.
"Morrissy one of the squarest chaps in the world ran amuck the last minute. Tried to double-cross me, and in the rough-and-tumble that followed he was more or less banged up. We hurried him to a hospital, where he lies unconscious." "But the beads!" "Either he dropped them in the gutter, or they repose on the floor of a Chinese shop in Woosung Road. I'll be there bright and early never you fear.
It was harsh, dictatorial, threatening, the voice of a man of steel who ruled like an uncrowned king by the fear he instilled in his miserable subjects. "Gibson," he said, "if you double-cross me you'll wish you had never been born." John could not help but admire the even coolness of Gibson's voice when he replied: "There's no need for you to try to frighten me, Cummings."
Bland Halliday had got a square deal more than a square deal; for Sudden, Johnny knew, had paid him generously for repairing the plane while Johnny was sick. Bland had undoubtedly squandered the money in one long debauch, and there was no doubt in Johnny's mind of Bland's reason for missing his train. He was a bum by nature and he would double-cross his own mother, Johnny firmly believed.
Mascola's eyes flashed at the smallness of the sum. A hundred dollars would be next to nothing, even in Mexico. Bandrist, he felt sure, possessed money in plenty. If there was not enough for two, there would be plenty for one. Mascola made up his mind quickly. He would be the one. He had given Bandrist his chance. The islander had tried twice to-night to give him the double-cross.
Anita's mother is trying to give the poor devil the double-cross now, but I told Anita she needn't worry." Kay's eyes danced with merriment and relief. "But," she persisted, "you told me your problem was settled? And it isn't." "It is.
Apparently the creature was all instinct and no brains. "Yer gotta stay here," he repeated. "Yer ain't goin' ter double-cross me, pal." Then it began to dawn on Pee-wee what he meant. "I guess I know about you," he said, "because I heard about your getting away. But, anyway, if you let me go away I won't tell anyone I saw you. I don't want to camp here now.
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