Guy Hammersley; or, Clearing his Name — page 188: what you’re looking at

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GUY HAMMERSLEY. 179 allright when you call for him at the theater at quarter-past five.” | ‘‘Don't work him too hard now,” was Guy’s cau- tion, as he started for the office. Here he found an important commission awaiting him. ‘‘Guy,” said Mr. Clarke, as he entered, ‘‘I think I shall have to ask you to go up on the New Haven road thismorning. Mrs. Westmore and her daughter want to see the Warburton place up there at Rye. Both Mr. Kenworthy and myself have engagements we cannot break, and Bert has to go over on the West side. So here is sufficient for car fare and inci- dentals. You can get acarriage to take you over the place from the station. Itis quite a distance, I believe. Old Mr. Warburton lives there, but you can make out a permit. You will find full informa- tion about terms ofsale in this book,” and Mr. Clarke put his finger on a volume on top of his desk. Guy took down the book, and, finding the proper entry, discovered some facts about ‘‘ Lone Point,” which was the name given to the property, which fired him with eager curiosity to see it for himself It was situated on Long Island Sound, comprised twenty acres in all, the house was built of stone, and, judging from the sectional view given in the descrip- tion, must be extremely handsome. The price asked was very high, and the reason for selling, illness of the owners wife, which forced him to take up his residence in the South of France. From Bert, Guy ascertained that the Westmores were people from Ohio, who had struck oil literally Gomicbooks (E(0) m