The Dugdale Millions — page 205: what you’re looking at

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Pillgdhiie da SuOV Lk 7. 195 for the duty which had taken him to the warehouse. After a vain endeavor to give his attention to his bust- ness, he postponed further labor until the next day, and taking his hat went out into the street. As he stepped from the door of the warehouse he perceived Ransom in conversation with the fourth man, on the pavement in front of the hotel. His first impulse was to go back and thus avoid a meeting. A second thought, however, determined him to go forward and pass the two without recognition. But as he at- tempted to do so, Ransom stepped in front of him, and in his dulcet tones said : “This is Mr. Mason, I believe ?” eves Dice replied curtly. “1 thought so. I’m not often mistaken in faces. Did you ever find the man you were looking for? Was the man I told you of the one?” These questions were asked with an excellent as- sumption of interest. “ Yes,” replied Dick coldly, with a grave face, main- taining a reserve amounting to severity. “Yes, I found the man, and [ saw him a short time ago in a room in this place with you.” “In there ?”’ said Ransom, with well assumed as- tonishment. ‘‘ You are mistaken, surely. A few minutes ago I was in the reading-room of this hotel with three men, whom I met on business here. This gentleman,” indicating the one whom he had been talking with and who was still standing by, “ was one of them. He's the captain of a stone scow. The others were contractors for cut stone. I’m in the quarry business. Their names are Johnson and Nes- mith—partners. No, you are mistaken.” The guilelessness with which this was said staggered Dick and for the time induced him to believe that he was mistaken. So he bowed slightly but still haughtily, and went his way. Comicbooks.€© 3