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But here Hummel's wires became crossed with Jerome's, and unfortunately for the little lawyer, the persons from whom the tug had been leased turned out to be closely allied with the prosecution's interests, with the result that the captain of the tug was instructed by his superiors under no consideration to put into any Mexican port, but on the contrary, to delay his departure from the harbor of Galveston for a period of two days and then to proceed only as far as Brownsville, Texas, where he should compel the debarkation of the fugitive.
And it's you did it." "Yes. But you know me well enough to be sure, after my talk with you yesterday, that I wouldn't stop there." "So you try to set the pack on me." "No. I try to see how the ward wants its alderman to vote on the franchises." "Look a-here. What are you so set on the Hummel crowd for?" "I'm not." "Is it because Hummel's a big contractor and gives you lots of law business?"
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