Under His Thumb — page 34: what you’re looking at

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UNDER HIS THUMB. : 95 _ “T was on the street.”’ ‘‘How far from the building ?’’ “Only a few yards. I was on the point of enter- ing.” “You heard the Ease HOE ‘Distinctly.’’ ‘And the shout which several have stated that they heard immediately afterward?’’ me OR” “What did you do then?’’ ‘“‘T ran to the counting-room entrance, and found it locked.’’ “Locked, eh! And then what?’ ‘Tl went around to another door and entered.”’ ‘“You came directly to the scene of the tragedy?”’ ald,” ‘“Whom did you first encounter?’’ ‘“‘George Dyer, in the passage with several others. Next was Steve Lawton, one of my apprentices, who was first to discover the crime.’’ ‘Where is this youngster, who, I understand, was first to find the victim, first to sound an alarm, first to summon officers?’’ ‘‘He has disappeared—probably run off to escape testifying at the inquest.”’ ‘‘Probably he has done nothing of the kind. Has search been made for him?”’’ “We sent to his lodgings and made inquiries. Z “And that is all?’’ ‘That is all.’ “How about George Dyer?’’ ‘That is what puzzles me. He cannot be found, although this building has been searched from top to bottom, and the police all over the city are on the lookout for him.”’’ (E(e) m Eomicbooks