The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 45: what you’re looking at

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36 THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. “This was of such a serious character that I took the alarm at once, and made up my mind to go on > the Limited, which accounts for my being here. “Now let us join in heart and soul to accomplish the best results. We havea case before us that is worthy of our efforts. Are you offended, Craig, at my coming?” He treats me more as a partner than an employee, and indeed the time is near at hand when I am to assume the higher office, according to the contract we have between us. All feelings of resentment vanish. “There’s my hand on it, colonel. Under the cir- cumstances I had all I cared to look after, and if, as you say, there are other complications that I ought to know, it is only fair and proper for you to join me in the game.” “Spoken likea man. Now we'll see if we can’t make these leeches sick of their bargain before they’ve gone much further with the affair.” I confess to a certain amount of curiosity with re- gard to the matter, both in relation to the informa-. tion he has received, and the manner in which he expects to checkmate the schemers. If he means to either warn or plead with Robert Hammond his time will be wasted, for that young man is his own master, and I can see from the cut of his jib that he will not be dictated to. Some other means must be employed to effect the same result, and my acquaintance with Colonel Acton’s abilitiss, vives me reason to believe he will be equal to the emergency. “To begin with, Craig, what have you discov- ered?” he asks. I speedily tell him all, even to the communication ) at ‘comicbooks