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Updated: May 27, 2025
He was bending over when suddenly there was a rush of men behind him and a blackjack in the hands of one of the ruffians just missed his head. He fought, but their numbers were overwhelming. Like a pack of wolves they pulled him down. Locke was quickly bound with ropes and forced into the engine-case. The cover was put on and they nailed it down solidly.
"Five thousand dollars." And he shook his head wonderingly. He was standing near an open window and was commencing to fold the suit preparatory to taking it to the end of the dock where lay the engine-case, when, without the slightest warning, three emissaries of the Automaton, who had appeared just a moment before on the dock, leaped through the window and felled him to the floor.
The fact was that even as she sped along toward the cove Locke was passing the arched gate of the dock. He called at the boatman's little shack. Of course there was no reply. To all appearances it was deserted. Thinking to find him at the very end of the dock where he had been told to place the money, he proceeded to the engine-case.
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