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His face was pugnacious but pleasant. No one could have mistaken him for anything but an American, though he spoke with very little accent. "Get my note? Sit down and tell me right away all you know about my cousin." "Your cousin?" "Sure thing. Jane Finn." "Is she your cousin?" "My father and her mother were brother and sister," explained Mr. Hersheimmer meticulously. "Oh!" cried Tuppence.
The small boy stopped and replenished his lungs. Tommy continued to stare at him. At that moment Julius rejoined him. He held an open letter in his hand. "I say, Hersheimmer" Tommy turned to him "Tuppence has gone off sleuthing on her own." "Shucks!" "Yes, she has. She went off in a taxi to Charing Cross in the deuce of a hurry after getting a telegram."
It was clear, on the other hand, that Julius was easily disposed to put up with the loss of the other's company. "I guess there's nothing complicated about this deal," he remarked. "Just a game of hide-and-seek, that's all." "I hope so," said Sir James. "Sure thing. What else could it be?" "You are still young, Mr. Hersheimmer. At my age you will probably have learnt one lesson.
Julius flushed. There was something in Sir James which always stirred him to antagonism. It was a conflict of two masterful personalities. "All the same, I reckon I'll go round there to-night and see if I can't ginger them up to break through their silly rules." "It will be quite useless, Mr. Hersheimmer." The words came out like the crack of a pistol, and Tommy looked up with a start.
"I like your uncle, Tommy," said Tuppence, hastily creating a diversion. "By the way, what are you going to do, accept Mr. Carter's offer of a Government job, or accept Julius's invitation and take a richly remunerated post in America on his ranch?" "I shall stick to the old ship, I think, though it's awfully good of Hersheimmer. But I feel you'd be more at home in London."
Otherwise, she would have taken the latchkey." "Good. I will call upon her about ten o'clock. What time are you supposed to return?" "About nine-thirty or ten, but I could go back earlier." "You must not do that on any account. It might arouse suspicion if you did not stay out till the usual time. Be back by nine-thirty. I will arrive at ten. Mr. Hersheimmer will wait below in a taxi perhaps."
The great stumbling-block was the undeniable fact that Julius Hersheimmer was not an assumed name. When I came across this paragraph my problem was solved. Julius Hersheimmer set out to discover what had become of his cousin. He went out West, where he obtained news of her and her photograph to aid him in his search. On the eve of his departure from New York he was set upon and murdered.
Once again "Mr. Brown" had triumphed. The immediate result of this set back was to effect a rapprochement between Julius Hersheimmer and the Young Adventurers. All barriers went down with a crash, and Tommy and Tuppence felt they had known the young American all their lives.
The energy of Julius was infectious. Left to himself, Tommy would probably have sat down to think things out for a good half-hour before he decided on a plan of action. But with Julius Hersheimmer about, hustling was inevitable. After a few muttered imprecations he handed the Bradshaw to Tommy as being more conversant with its mysteries. Tommy abandoned it in favour of an A.B.C. "Here we are.
I hope I am transgressing no professional etiquette in questioning you on the subject?" "I suppose it is a matter of testimony?" Sir James hesitated a moment, then he replied: "Yes." "I shall be pleased to give you any information in my power. What is the young lady's name? Mr. Hersheimmer asked me, I remember " He half turned to Julius. "The name," said Sir James bluntly, "is really immaterial.
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