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This time there was no response to the magnificent offer. "See here," muttered young Hinman half savagely, "it's more than the job is worth, but I'll pay two dollars to have this rig driven home. Will you take the job?" He looked directly at Dick Prescott, who replied bluntly: "Thank you; I won't."
There, under a strong light, with the peddler stretched on an operating table, the physician looked Reuben Hinman over. "I can't find evidence of any bones being broken," said the physician. "It's my opinion that shock and exhaustion have done their work. Reuben is a very hard-working old man." "Then you know him?" Dick asked.
Did she tell you anything about herself, her past life, her her trouble?" "Not a word. She was just about to enter the future life, Force. She hadn't much to say. Simply said that she hoped I'd be good to her little baby, that's all. Go on, man." Mr. Force appeared to be lost in bleak abstraction. The curt command brought him out of it with a start. "She went by the name of Mrs. Hinman, you say.
"In the tin-peddler's business it's nearly all profit except the wear and tear on horse and wagon," smiled the physician. "One who isn't fitted for that line of work would starve to death at it, but Reuben Hinman has always been a shrewd, keen dealer in his own line of work. Strange as it may seem, Reuben is believed to make more than three hundred dollars a month.
"So Silva was only taking what belonged to him, eh?" and Godfrey laughed. "Well, I hope you'll get him, Simmonds." It was at this moment that Dr. Hinman entered, a curious, repressed excitement in his face, and his eyes shining strangely. "How is she, doctor?" Godfrey asked. "She'll be all right in the morning.
Wait till we put them side by side with Swain's own, and you'll see that they correspond, line for line. Yes, and look at those stains. Do you know what those stains are, Simmonds? They're blood. Did you notice the stains, doctor?" "Yes," said Hinman. "I think they're blood-stains. That will be easy enough to determine."
Turn over your money, unless you want us to frisk you for it!" continued a voice. "There are your honest tramps, Dave," Prescott whispered. Then his eyes flashed, for, by the light of the campfire the lads saw the tramps seize frightened Reuben Hinman on either side and literally turn him upside down, the old man's head hitting the ground.
I fancied that Swain lost a little of his colour when he saw the handkerchief and learned where it had been found, but he made no remark. "Will Miss Vaughan be able to testify?" Goldberger inquired, just before the doctor stepped down. "Unless it is absolutely necessary, I think she would better be excused," Hinman answered. "She is still very nervous. The ordeal might cause a serious collapse."
"Anyway, I'm much obliged to both of you boys," said the peddler. "Giddap, Prince!" Somehow, both boys thought that Reuben Hinman drooped more on the seat of his wagon than before. He drove off slowly, evidently doing a lot of hard thinking. "Poor old man!" muttered Tom sympathetically. "He looks a bit slow-witted," Prescott suggested.
The four that we know, Wilkie, Snowdon, Seymour and Doc Hinman, are enough to make the truly good Mr. Storey have night sweats. They never refuse when you ask them up, and they are full of guile. Storey got fooled the worst on Snowdon.
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