A Daughter of Delilah — page 209: what you’re looking at

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200 RUN TO EARTH. the check must be taken, and payment stopped. Your authority to the bank will be quite sufficient, Mr. Alston. Write the letter now, and mail it at once. This done, we will proceed to New Jersey.’’ ‘‘To-night?’’ cried Hawley, delightedly. ‘“To-night, gentlemen, and each must be armed with a six-shooter!’’ the detective replied, vigorously. ‘‘Remem- ber that we may have to face our foes in their lair, and all are desperate characters—Isabel Russell the ‘most des- perate of all!”’ He sprang to his feet and savagely paced the floor. Never before had the young men seen him give way to so much excitement. In fifteen minutes the trio were in a carriage, and being taken to Twenty-third street ferry. ‘‘Gentlemen,’’ Hawkley said, ‘‘do not let me deceive you. If we succeed in discovering the hiding-place of Isa- bel Russell, Gilbert Roseberry, and Mitford Palmer, in attempting to capture them we shall carry our lives in our hands. I know these people, and they will fight like tigers. If you have any qualms of fear, do not hesitats to express yourselves, and I will obtain the aid of the police. I do not wish to do this if it can he avoided for the police are sure to blunder.”’ ‘Go right ahead!’’ ordered Edgar. ‘‘Remember that my father’s life may be in danger.’’ ‘‘And a murderer’s fate before me!’’ added Hawley, fiercely gripping his revolver. At Jersey City Hawkley questioned the hack-drivers who stood outside the Erie depot, and learned readily that an old gentleman had been a customer that morning. GoOmichboo CS (E(@) =)