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"You say there was nothing in the letter-tray but these papers here?" he asked. "Nothing but these," replied the girl. "You didn't notice any official-looking letter on bluish paper?" he ventured to ask. "No," answered the girl. "I found nothing but these." The boy thought for a moment. "Do you know," he asked, "whether the police or anybody have been through the desk?"
Jack had read his letters, when Higson entered the cabin, with an official-looking despatch in his hand. "Congratulate me!" he exclaimed. "I have received what I little expected, my promotion; and, as there is small chance of my being employed, I think you will agree that I should be wise in taking advantage of the good fortune offered me."
THE Monday afternoon following, Patty and Priscilla, with two or three other girls, came strolling back from the lake, jingling their skates over their arms. "Come in, girls, and have some hot tea," said Priscilla, as they reached the study door. "Here's a note for Patty," said Bonnie Connaught, picking up an envelop from the table. "Terribly official-looking. Must have come in the college mail.
There was a slight movement at the back of the room, and an object was passed from hand to hand and finally held for inspection under the Bishop's nose. In a grimy frame, protected by a square of fly-brown glass, was a square, official-looking bit of paper. Of value evidently, since much care had been taken to preserve it. "License," went on the explanatory voice. "Gov'ment license.
"Really, Griffiths, you sound almost right. I can't stop you." Grief fumbled in the pouch that hung on his revolver-belt and pulled out a crumpled official-looking paper. "But maybe this will stop you. And it's something for your pipe. Smoke up." "What is it?" "An admiralty warrant. Running to the New Hebrides won't save you. It can be served anywhere."
Douglass, watching the little by-play with a curious interest, wondered at the quiver in that iron fist which could hold the weight of a heavy Colt's .45 with never a tremor. Among the mail handed him later by old Hank was an official-looking document dated Denver. He claims residence at Gunnison, and range in Gunnison County from Texas Creek to Quartz Creek. Date of record May 1st, 1898."
Murray, of course, had a letter from his wife, containing a smaller missive, which he held in his hand while he read the contents of the former. Adair had just received a long official-looking epistle, at which his eyes sparkled with more than usual animation. "Good luck has come at last!" he exclaimed; "I've got my promotion, thanks to Admiral Triton and Lord Derrynane."
"Fer me, laddie?" he had said, as he took possession of the official-looking envelope. Then he gently patted the boy's shoulder. "All right, sonny," he added. "You get right back to your folks. Pore little bit." With the boy's departure he had lost no time in reading the ultimatum the message contained. "A Soviet has been formed.
But indeed it was not he who took that course, but his masters, the winds of heaven. Mysterious voices spoke to him in his ear, jerking the words up to him by means of megaphones, in a weird and startling manner, in a great variety of languages. Official-looking persons had signalled to him by means of flag flapping and arm waving.
"As he practically admitted to me, that he had come for a letter written on slatey-blue official-looking paper." The girl held up the letter from Rotterdam. "All this," the girl continued, "made me think that this letter must have had something to do with Hartley's death ..." "Surely an additional reason for giving it to the police!..." Mary Trevert set her mouth in an obstinate line.
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