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There was a look on the face of the chemist that caused Tom to exclaim with a good deal of concern: "What's the matter?" "Only the same old trouble," was the discouraged answer. "I can't get on the track of my lost secret formulae. If I had Field and Melling here now I I'd " He did not finish his threat, but the look on his face was enough to show his righteous anger.
'I wunnot talk any more after this once, if thou'll just find out fra' thysel', as it were, what it is she has again' me. I'd go to chapel for iver with her, if that's what she wants. Just ask her, Philip. 'It's an awkward thing for me to be melling wi', said Hepburn, reluctantly.
"Oh, I might run into Field and Melling, and I don't want to see them until I can accuse them, and prove it, of having taken Mr. Baxter's dye formulae." "Oh, yes, they're in the same building with Mr. Keith, aren't they? Why do they call it the Landmark? Though I suppose the answer is obvious." "Yes," assented Tom. "It's a big building the tallest ever erected in that city, and a fine structure.
'I wunnot talk any more after this once, if thou'll just find out fra' thysel', as it were, what it is she has again' me. I'd go to chapel for iver with her, if that's what she wants. Just ask her, Philip. 'It's an awkward thing for me to be melling wi', said Hepburn, reluctantly.
"They can't hear you down below, and opening the window will only fill this place with smoke. Are you Field and Melling?" "Yes, of the Consolidated Dye Company," was the answer from the big man. "We are also part owners of this building, but I wish we weren't." "It is a pretty poor specimen of a modern building," said Mr. Keith. "You have offices here, haven't you?" he went on.
"Are they Field and Melling?" asked Tom, trying not to let any excitement betray itself in his voice. "That's the names they gave me," said the man. "Little man's Field. He gave me his card. I'm going to get a job overhauling his car. There isn't enough work here to keep a man busy, and I told 'em I could do a little on the outside. This place just started, and not many folks know about it yet."
Tom did not tell of the encounter with Field and Melling and of extinguishing the fire in their car, for he knew it would only excite Mr. Baxter, and do no good. It was within a few days of the time when Tom was to call in a committee of fire insurance experts to give them a demonstration of the efficiency of his aerial fire-fighting machine.
He has no love for Field and Melling, and he has several keen lawyers on his staff. I believe it would be a good thing for you to talk to Mr. Blake." "Please give me a letter of introduction to him," begged Mr. Baxter. "What I need is legal talent and capital to fight these scoundrels. Mr. Blake may supply both." "He may," agreed Tom. "I'll fix it so you can meet him.
'What's this? posset? what creatures women is for slops, said he; but he drank it all the same, while Sylvia fastened the door, and brought the flaring candle from the window-seat. The fresh arrangement of light displayed his face blackened with smoke, and his clothes disarranged and torn. 'Who's been melling wi' thee? asked Bell.
Baxter in care of Field and Melling, the former fireworks firm, which now had started a big dye plant, with offices in the Landmark Building in Newmarket. "It does look as though you might get at them through this," Tom said, as he handed back the letter.
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