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Now it was the iron heart of his will that it should go no further. Talkative young Hammerton had given him the hint how that might be accomplished; and if the method was extreme, it would be sure. Whatever the cost, it would be a small price to pay for keeping his name, and Uncle Elbert's, out of ruinous headlines in to-morrow's papers. On the left was a lighted doorway, leading upstairs.
Well, if it must be, say something to Miss Brown about yesterday's storm or today's sunshine; something to Miss Eliot about the kindness of your hostess, who is entertaining her friends in her usual hospitable manner, with a word to each just suited to the individual addressed; and something to Mrs. Hammerton about the pleasant surroundings, a picture near you, a book, a vase of exquisite form.
"Well," resumed Peter, taking one hand from the driving-wheel to remove a genuine Connecticut Havana, "the first thing was a wire from the Daily firing Hammerton. That assisted a little, of course. Then, they asked us to give them a new, good man at once, and meantime to push along all the story we had.
On both ends the break was within a short distance of him. Undoubtedly the wires had been cut! Jack sprang to his feet and seized his hat. "I'll find that southern break if I have to walk half-way to Hammerton," he said determinedly, and leaving the office, set off down the moonlit road, his eyes fixed on the wire overhead.
"That's the man we want exactly. How soon can he come?" "He says he could take a place with us right away, sir." "Good. We'll have him there if possible to-morrow evening," decided the chief, writing. Needless to say Jack was delighted when early the following morning at Hammerton he received the telegraphed appointment to the station at Midway.
The crew, unable to repress themselves, let out a cheer, and came crowding on the deck. But Varney, standing over Hammerton's limp body, waved them back impatiently. "Hold your noise!" he ordered. "And stand back! I'm attending to this job!" He picked Hammerton up in his arms, staggered with him to his own stateroom, and laid him down on the bunk.
Meantime, I'll spread it around that you've gone away and that I'm hanging on a day or two longer to help Hare. You only came on a pleasure trip, and all these sensational lies spoiled your pleasure: so you pulled out. That's plausible and reasonably true, you see. Then I'm going to find that fellow Hammerton and try to bluff him off." "How?"
Jack was soon to have his opportunity of "seeing," though a more disagreeable experience was first to come. "Orr, Mr. Black wants you." Jack, who was passing through the business department of the Hammerton office, toward the stair which led to the operating room, promptly turned aside and entered the manager's private room. "Good morning, Jack. Sit down.
Also interview Mrs. Elbert Carstairs in Hunston. She separated from husband years ago. His yacht there with name erased suggests mystery. Rush fullest details day-rate if necessary. Pictures made. Expect complete story and interviews early to-night sure. "Now," said Charlie Hammerton, when Varney looked up, "you see why I went to such a lot of trouble to get hold of you."
Garbed in a suit of Varney's clothes, warmed beneath his belt by a libation from the Cypriani's choicest stock, eased as to his person by a pillow beneath his head and a comfortable rest for his feet, Charlie Hammerton threw back his head and laughed. "I'm not crazy about those grand-stand plays as a rule," he said.
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