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"What aire yer goin' ter do erbout it?" asked Bud. "Aire yer goin' ter turn over ther motor car an' give yer infermation ter ther police?" "Not on your life," answered Ted. "At least, not yet. I'm going to work on it a bit myself first." "But won't Mr. Truax tip it off?" "I'll warn him not to." "But how erbout ther feller in ther check suit what wuz so kind an' attentive ter us?"
Peters, fur God's sake don't turn 'em red." "That's good talk, Starbuck, an' it mout belong to the pulpit but not to business, an' I'm a business man." "Yes, you look like it." "And I'll act like it, too; I'll tell you that fur yo' own infermation. An' thar ain't a man in the country that likes to give out infermation better'n I do when I see that it's goin' to be of use to somebody.
"But I don't know where to find anybody, professor." Kelley sat down, relighted his cigar, restored his feet to the table, picked up a paper, seemed about to resume reading, and then observed: "Dis is no infermation bureau, but I s'pose I might put yer onter a cove dat'd do der trick fer yer if yuse come down heavy wid der stuff." "If you will I shall be ever so much obliged."
"Now, then," he went on, "as you'll have guessed, I didn't kidnap you two fer fun. I did it fer infermation. I reckin' you know pretty well the location of Jim Bell's mine. "No better than you do," responded Roy boldly; "I guess that scoundrel Juan told you all you wanted to know." "Oh, as fur as thet goes," rejoined Red Bill easily, "I could ride right frum hyar to yer camp.
Stone know when you're telling the truth, then?" "Good land, I don't lie to him! I wouldn't, and if I did, it wouldn't be any use. He'd see through me, quicker'n scat! But, honest, I wouldn't. You see, he's my idol, yes sir, my idol, that's what that man is! Well, Mr. Calhoun, as you've told me all you can pry loose from your stock of infermation, you an' me may as well make our adooses."
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