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Simon gazed at it cautiously and in silence for the better part of a minute, and when he glanced up at his head clerk to tell him that Mr. Carrington might be admitted, Mr. Ison was struck by the curious glint in his eye. It seemed to him to indicate that the fiscal was very wide awake at that moment; it struck him also that Mr.
Yet, absorbed though he seemed, whenever a door opened or shut sharply or a step sounded distinctly outside his room, he would look up quickly and listen, or that expression would come into his eye which both Mary MacLean and Mr. Ison had described as the look of one who was watched.
"I have just remembered a bit of business I ought to have seen about to-night," he continued. "I can't very well call on Mr. Rattar himself at this hour, but I was thinking of looking up Mr. Ison if I could discover his whereabouts." "The boots will show you the way to his house," said she, and rang the bell. While waiting for the boots, Mr.
"I guess you felt you had deserved a drink that trip!" said Ned. "I didn't stop to have my drink. I went straight off to see old Ison and pumped him for the rest of the evening. He wasn't very helpful but everything I could get out of him went to confirm my theory. I found for certain that Simon Rattar had never smoked in his life, and that George used to be a heavy smoker.
But on this morning the bell went within twelve minutes, as Mr. "Bring the letter book," said Mr. Rattar. "And the business ledger." "Letter book and business ledger?" repeated Mr. Ison, looking a little surprised. Mr. Rattar nodded. The head clerk turned away and then paused and glanced at the bundle of papers Mr. Rattar had brought back with him.
Before he entered, he took off his hat and turned up the brim again, and his manner when he tapped at the door of the manageress' room was perfectly sedate. He let it appear, however, that he had some slight matter on his mind. "What is the name of Mr. Rattar's head clerk?" he enquired. "An oldish, prim looking man, with side whiskers." "Oh, that will be Mr. Ison," said the manageress.
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