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Why on earth do you refuse it?" "Well, Mr. Carlis, let us say, for instance, that my health is not quite as good as it was, and I find the air of Illington agrees with it better just now than that of Grafton." Blaine leaned back easily in his chair, and after a slight pause he added speculatively, with deliberate intent, "I didn't know you had interests there!" The Boss purpled.
"Rockamore turned on him in a fury, but thought better of it, and after a minute he leaned forward with a shrug, and directed the chauffeur north again. This time he tried the Great Western Station, but Liebler was there, waiting for him; then the North Illington branch depot Schmidt was on hand.
He was a broker and one of the most prominent financiers in the city, but with the divorce fiasco and the death of Mrs. Armstrong, he began to brood. He shunned the friends who were left to him, neglected his business and ultimately failed. Sinking lower and lower in the scale of things, he finally disappeared from Illington.
"That strike will die down as quickly as it arose, Morrow; the whole thing was a plant, and the labor leaders and factory owners themselves were merely tools in the hands of the politicians. That strike was arranged by our friend Timothy Carlis, to get me away from Illington on a false mission." "You don't think, sir, that they suspect "
Chepstow, would be mistress of Harwich House, Park Lane; of Illington Park, near Ascot; of Goldney Chase in Derbyshire; of Thirlton Castle in Scotland; and of innumerable shooting-lodges, to say nothing of houses at Brighton and Newmarket. Society might not receive her, but society would have to envy her.
"The date doesn't mean anything to me, but I remember the night, if that's what you want to know about, although I'm hanged if I can see what it's got to do with me! I'll never forget that night, because of the news which reached me in the morning, that my worst enemy on earth had passed away." "Were you in Illington the evening before?" asked Blaine. "I was not.
"That's all I wanted to know," Withers said quietly, giving the check back to Illington. "I'm much obliged." This time Illington departed, taking himself off with a feeling of having done his duty with promptitude and according to the best business ethics. His visit had prevented Withers' meeting the train, and Fulton had gone directly to Manniston Road.
There is no better, cleaner, more honestly prosperous metropolis in these United States to-day, than Illington, but " Mr. Carlis, the political boss who had ruled for more than a decade in almost undisputed sway, paused and gulped, as if his oratorical eloquence stuck suddenly in his throat. The detective watched him passively, a disconcerting look of inquiring interest on his mobile face.
Ask Moore if he can arrange the matter for me, but feel him out tentatively first. If he does not see his way clear to it, let me know without delay, and I will come to Illington and confer with you. I am prepared, of course, to give him my personal note for same, but do not desire any direct dealings with him.
Illington came back to his chair and reseated himself, again producing the bulky envelope. "I was prepared for just such a request, a perfectly natural request," he answered Withers question, plainly approving of his own forehandedness. He took from the envelope and passed to Withers a canceled check. "This," he said, "gives you the information you desire.
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