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106 THE DUGDALE MILLIONS. pleased, ‘‘he brings most valuable information. He knew the Powerses as well as Dugdale. He says that both Powers and his wife are dead. He knows of the adoption of the child, and, though he has now forgotten the name of the person taking it, thinks he can in time recall 45.7 ‘*What does he want for his information?’ grumbled | Mr. Stanton. ‘“‘Nothing,’’ replied Dick. ‘‘Rather, he resented the idea of being paid.”’ The old lawyer’s intuitions warned him to distrust the man and his professions. The fact that Ransom's face was a bad one did not, after all, argue his infor- mation was not of value. He questioned Dick closely as to what Ransom had said, and at the end added: ““If true, what he says is valuable. Part of it we know to be true, possibly it may all be true. But act with great caution on all he says.”’ He sat silent for some moments, and then began abruptly: ‘‘I have something to say to you, Mason. I sup- pose people would call it a delicate matter, but you are a sensible man, and when you hear what I have to say and my reasons, I don’t think you will take offense, but will meet me in the same manly spirit I am approaching you in.”’ Although their acquaintance was of short duration, comparatively, still they had been thrown together so frequently and closely that Dick had become accus- tomed to the old lawyer’s odd and abrupt manners. Moreover, he had a sincere and respectful liking for Mr. Stanton. So he replied: “I shall not resent anything you may say to me, Mr. Stanton.’’ ‘‘Well,’’ continued the lawyer, “‘here itis. When you first began to come to our place, from the way you and Wallis drifted together, the idea occurred to me Comicbooks.c© 3}