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Helping to recover Clayte's loot for Worth Gilbert looked to the opposition their best bet for squaring themselves. Dykeman from his sick bed, had dug us up a stenographer; Cummings had climbed out of his tin clothes and come along with us to the jail. They wanted the screws put on; but I intended to handle Vandeman in my own way. I had halted the lawyer on the lock-up threshold, with,
As soon as the sportsman had left him, he bade Dykeman take up the pistols, and walked straight home into the library, where Robert Beaufort, who was no sportsman, generally spent his mornings. He flung himself into an arm-chair, and said, as he stirred the fire with unusual vehemence, "Beaufort, I'm very sorry I asked you to invite Vaudemont. He's a very ill-bred, disagreeable fellow!"
He gave a sort of detached attention as Dykeman sputtered indecently. "Not the same thing at all! Sons can't always speak for fathers, any more than fathers can always speak for sons. In this case " He broke off with his ugly old mouth open.
"Is this a bona-fide offer, Captain Gilbert?" and Dykeman came in after him. "A gambler's chance at stolen money is that what you figure on buying, sir? Is that it?" And heavy-faced Anson asked bluntly, "Who's to set the price on it? You or us? There's practically a million dollars in that suitcase. It belongs to the bank.
He glanced at Beaufort at Dykeman, who now, slowly recovering, gazed at him with eyes that seemed starting from their sockets; and lastly fixed his look on Philip himself. There were three witnesses presence of mind was his great attribute. "And if, Monsieur de Vaudemont, I knew, or, at least, had the firmest persuasion that Fanny was my grandchild, what then? Why else should she be here?
I could not deny it when Dykeman yipped at me, "Ain't that true? If it was anybody else, wouldn't you see the connection?
As soon as Dykeman, more astounded, perhaps, by his lord's coolness than even by the preceding circumstances, had left the study, Lilburne came up to Beaufort, who seemed absolutely stricken as if by palsy, and touching him impatiently and rudely, said, "'Sdeath, man! rouse yourself! There is not a moment to be lost! I have already decided on what you are to do.
S. knew nothing of bank affair. Would waive extradition and come back to stand trial at our expense. Interviewed D. He says combined capital of two is $4500., saved from S's business and D's miner's wages. D. said " Not much to show up with; but there were three photographs enclosed that I wanted to try on Cummings and Dykeman.
I saw Barbara bend and whisper reassuringly. Then the veil was swept back, it caught and carried the hat with it from Laura Bowman's shining, copper colored hair, and the doctor's wife sat there ghastly pale, evidently very weak, but more composed than I had ever seen her. "I'm all right now," she spoke very low. "Miss Wallace," Dykeman demanded harshly. "Who is this lady?" "Mrs.
Meantime I made haste to shove the photographs before them. Cummings passed them back with an indifferent, "What's the idea?" "You don't recognize him?" "Never saw the man in my life," and again he asked, "What's the idea?" "You'd recognize a picture of Clayte?" I countered with a question of my own. "Yes I think so," rather dubiously. "But Dykeman would. Show them to him."
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