A Daughter of Delilah — page 176: what you’re looking at

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EDGAR ALSTON’S BETTER SIDE. 167 He summoned an office-boy and dispatched him for a cab. ‘‘Hawkley promised to find bail,’’ he went on. ‘‘My chief clerk will attend to Hawley’s business until.we have made a few visits. ”’ ‘“How much money will be wanted?’’ “Twenty thousand dollars, probably. I am not at liberty to speak what I know without Hawkley’s permission. He may be on the track of the birds, but I fear the worst. No word of him, you see, and he is punctuality itself.”’ ‘‘Telegrams miscarry sometimes,’’ Hdgar said. ‘Don’t worry about the money. My father willfind it. I feel that he will do anything for me now that he sees I am thor- oughly repentant. ’’ The lawyer smiled. They left the office and entered the cab, which was ordered to No. — East Thirty-fourth street, the residence of Hawkley. | When the cab stopped, the janitor came forward. ‘Mr, Hawkley in?’’ asked the lawyer. ‘‘No, sir.”’ ‘“Have you seen him this morning?”’ Yes, he went away early,’’ the man replied. Alston breathed freely again. ‘You are sure of it?”’ ‘‘Quite sure, sir; I wished him good-morning. I was just sweeping down the stairs. ”’ “Strange!’? muttered the lawyer. Then, aloud: “I think he lives in a couple of rooms—quite alone?”’ ‘Ves, sir. Furnished rooms, and my wife cleans them up for him. When he’s in he always has his meals up Gomicboo cS (eo)