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The tears ran down his cheeks and he paused to wipe them away. "If I was to believe what you say," he went on, "it would fair drive me crazy. Live for ever s'elp me, if that wouldn't be just 'ell. Good-day to yer, gents. I'm obliged to yer." He went out into the sunlit street still roaring with laughter, a thin, ragged, tattered figure, with the shadow of immortality upon him.
"No, sir; only felt comfy-like." "Oh, that's right," said the young officer; and then to himself, "It is seven o'clock, and it is to get up his appetite, I suppose. Sharpen it on me. Well, Pete, what have you been up to now?" "I d'know, sir." "Nonsense! You must know." "S'elp me, sir, I don't. The patient one has got his knife into me as usual.
Look at it! s'elp me if I don't feel there's a clue in that there volume, whoever it belongs to!" Lauriston took the book in his hands. He had only glanced at it casually before; now he examined it carefully, while Melky stood at his elbow, watching.
"Well, s'elp me if you ain't a cool 'un, Mr. Ayscough!" he exclaimed. "Here you troubles to track a chap to this here Underground Railway, seen him pop into it like a rabbit into a hole and let's him go! What did we follow him up Gower Street for? Just to see him set off for a ride?" "All right, my lad!" repeated Ayscough. "You don't quite understand our little ways. Wait here a minute."
I 'ate a clawin', maulin' mess, but gimme a breech that's wore out a bit, an' hamminition one year in store, to let the powder kiss the bullet, an' put me somewheres where I ain't trod on by 'ulkin swine like you, an' s'elp me Gawd, I could bowl you over five times outer seven at height 'undred. Would yer try, you lumberin' Hirishman." "No, ye wasp, I've seen ye do ut.
Melky paused, looked after the rat, and then at the place from which it had emerged. And suddenly he stepped towards the shrubbery and drew aside the thick cluster of laurel branches. Just as suddenly he started back on the detective, and his face went white in the moonbeams. "Mr. Ayscough!" he gasped. "S'elp me! there's a dead man here! Look for yourself!"
He ushered them into the room, sent the hotel servant, obviously in a state of high curiosity about these happenings, away, and closed the door. "S'elp me!" exclaimed Melky, "there ain't no other surprises, Zillah? You ain't come round at this time o' night for nothing! What you got to tell, Zillah? another development?" "Mrs. Goldmark has something to tell," answered Zillah.
He gripped one of Deane's hands in his own. "I hate to do this, old man," he cried, quickly. "It's hell to put those things on a man who's hurt. But I've got to do it. I didn't mean to come no, s'elp me God, I didn't if Bucky Smith and two others hadn't hit your trail back at the old camp. They'd have got you sure. And she wouldn't have been safe with them.
Leave him there take a turn round so's he won't see what you do then get into another taxi, and drive to St. Pancras Church. Get out there and foot it to King's Cross Station. You'll catch the 3.15 for the North easy and after you're once in it, you're all right. Get to Peebles! that's the thing! S'elp me, Mr. Lauriston, it's the only thing!"
He had held up his big hands which were trembling under the influence of his eager enthusiasm, and now, having relieved his feelings, he lowered his voice and grumbled to himself: "Yes, she'll go far! Oh yes, s'elp me, she'll go far! A skin oh, what a skin she's got!"
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