The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 68: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. 59 CHAPTER VIII. EVIDENCE TOSSED OVERBOARD. Just as l expect, the old violinist presently makes his way back to the smoking compartment and joins me. It is énly one word, but when spoken with such peculiar emphasis means a great deal. I begin and tell Colonel Acton all that has taken place between Hammond and myself, and when he learns how the young man persists in believing Evangeline pure and honest, in the midst of such desperate rascals, he—well, he says some- thing naughty which shocks my Quaker ears. It is exasperating to find a sensible man thus making such a fool of himself, and I don’t blame the colonel for showing temper. Had Robert dis- closed even ordinary wisdom and prudence we might have been able at this time to have given the clique due warning that unless they let him ‘severely alone and made tracks from Chicago, arrest would follow. <As it is, they still have the best of us. What can be done? In the morning, the plotters will be astonished to find Robert alive and well, but his explanation will satisfy them that he took an overdose, causing him to lose the poison before it could get to work. They will simply make up their minds that it must be tried again. comicboo ae) cS m