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"You said just now would Gabriel Chestermarke be so keen about keeping his secret as to go to any length in keeping it," he answered "Now I say we can solve that by calling at his office. His manager, as Castlemayne told us, is one Stipp Mr. Stipp. I propose to see Mr. Stipp.
I might have heard their names, in a business way, some time but I don't recall them at all." "You said that Mr. Markham was here yesterday," suggested Starmidge. "Did you tell him you'll excuse my asking, but it's important did you tell him that Hollis had called last Friday on behalf of Mrs. Lester?" "I just mentioned it," replied Mr. Stipp.
Stipp came bustling in, closing the door behind him. He took off overcoat and hat, ran his fingers through his light hair, and, seating himself, glanced smilingly at his visitors. "Well, gentlemen!" he demanded. "What can I do for you now? Want to make some inquiries?" "Just a few small inquiries, sir," replied Easleby. "I haven't the pleasure of knowing your name Mr. ?"
Stuart's last visit to Bloomington, he told me, as we stood by the old 'Stipp' home, that he there, in 1831, witnessed the beginning of the judicial history of McLean County, when Judge Lockwood opened its first court. With deep emotion he added that he was probably the last survivor of those then assembled, and that his own days were almost numbered.
But it needed no very keen eye to see that the surprise which Mr. Stipp had already shown at various stages of the interview was nothing to that which he now felt. And in the midst of his astonishment the two detectives bade him good-day and left him, disregarding an entreaty to stop and tell him more.
Hollis was empowered to offer ten thousand pounds in full satisfaction, Mr. Stipp," he said. "And what's more a cheque for that amount was found on his dead body when it was discovered. Now, sir, you'll understand why we want to know who it was that he went to see at Scarnham!" Both men were watching the money-lender's manager with redoubled attention.
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