The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 44: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. 35 a CHAPTER. V.: “THEY ARE ALREADY MAN AND WIFE!” Although intensely surprised at this sudden dis- closure I make sure not to betray it in my face. Under such circumstances, a man may hear that he has fallen heir to a million without showing emo- tion. “What does this mean, colonel? Did you make up your mind at the last minute that I couldn’t be trusted with the case?” | Iam somewhat indignant, for it has never been his custom to interfere with a game after once turn- ing it over tome. There has always been a sort of code of ethics on this subject, observed though not published. Acton looks serious. “You must pardon me, Craig, for joining you in this game. In the first place you remember I told - you I was strongly tempted to take up the business myself. Two will be better than one, anyhow, for unless the signs fail we will have our hands full with these people before the end is reached. “T remembered after you had gone with the letter of advice, that there were several things I neglected to write out”—I think so, decidedly, myself, but say nothing—“and at first concluded to wire you at. Philadelphia, in cipher. Then I found I would have plenty of time to meet you at the depot, and was just starting out with that purpose in view, when in came.Jack Shark with a batch of news _ bearing on the subject. (ae) mn : | | ' ay Ecomicboo CS