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"I suppose they were taken," said North. "But it will be a dangerous thing, to attempt to realize on them," snapped Moxlow. "Decidedly," agreed North. "You left McBride's store at, say, five o'clock?" said Moxlow. "Not later than that see here, Moxlow, what are you driving at?" demanded North, with some show of temper.
"My God, I didn't mean to do that!" he muttered. He had gained the railroad tracks and was running toward the bridge, the very seconds seemed of infinite value to him, for suppose he should have difficulty in finding Moxlow? And if he found the prosecuting attorney, would he believe his story? A shudder passed through him.
"Afterward, when North called at your office, you mentioned this transaction?" "Yes." "Do you know how many shares Mr. North expected to dispose of?" "Five, I think." Langham paused and glanced again in the direction of the gambler, but Gilmore seemed to have lost all interest in what was passing. Moxlow turned to Conklin. "You found no such sum as Mr.
"I must have been on my way there when the crime was discovered; I was returning home perhaps a little after eleven when I met a man who stopped me to tell me of the murder " "You were with Mr. McBride Thanksgiving afternoon, were you not?" Moxlow now asked. "Yes." "What was the hour, can you state?" "About half past four, I should say; certainly no later than that.
"I don't want no better friend than you been to me," said Montgomery in a sudden burst of grateful candor. "You've paid two fines for me, and you done what you could for me that time I was sent up, when old man Murphy said he found me in his hen-house." Gilmore nodded. "I was outrageous put upon! The judge appointed that fellow Moxlow to defend me!
I was able to tell North that I knew McBride could let him have the money in spite of the fact that it was a holiday and the banks were closed." "How did you happen to know that, Langham?" asked Moxlow. "Earlier in the day one of my clients had placed in McBride's hand a much larger sum of money than North expected to receive from him." "You told North that?" asked Moxlow eagerly. "I did.
"No, but I had a lot of things to see to there." "What?" asked Moxlow. "Oh, papers to destroy, and things of that sort that kept me pretty busy until train-time." "You walked to the depot?" "Yes, I was too late for the hotel bus; in fact, I barely caught the train. I just had time to jump aboard as it pulled out." "Excuse me a moment, North!" said Moxlow as he rose from his chair.
Moxlow any more successful in his efforts to discover the handy-man's whereabouts. As for Mount Hope she saw in the mysterious disappearance of the star witness only the devious activities of John North's friends. While Mr.
A mighty effort wrenched Langham, again his lips came together convulsively, and then in a whisper he said: "I did," and fell back on his pillow. There was a moment of stillness, and then from behind the long curtains at the window came the sound of hysterical weeping. Moxlow, utterly dazed by his partner's confession, looked again at the clock on the mantel. Fifteen minutes had passed.
"And look here, Marsh, I was sweating blood Saturday when they had Nelson on the stand, but it's clear he had no suspicion that my rooms were occupied on the night of the murder. You were blue about the gills while Moxlow was questioning him, and I don't wonder; as I tell you, I wasn't comfortable myself, for I knew well enough how that bit of burnt bond got into the ash barrel " "Hush!
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