When London Sleeps — page 220: what you’re looking at

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| DESPERATE! — 915 companion, he went on excitedly, ‘‘See here, Mark! I must be there. You must find a way——”? ‘‘You’re raving, man!’ interrupted Blackwood, in all honesty. ‘‘You’d be nabbed for certain.’ But Haynes waved his hand scornfully and resolutely. “‘T tell you I must see this Engleheart! She, too, is sure'to be there. J’ll make one more venture for the money.’ | Mark Jooked at him curiously. He was interested, for he knew that he would undoubtedly be called upon to lend a hand. “What can you do?’ he asked. Haynes wes uow. abnormally excited by the ideas with which his brain was teeming. His cheeks were flushed, and his eyes gleamed unnaturally. ‘The lover out of the way, who’ll defend her?”? he cried. ‘Ihe girl out of the way the money must come to me as next of kin.”’ Mark shook his head. For more reasons than one he was opposed to what these words unmistakably hinted at. “‘T)on’t risk it, captain!’’ he protested, earnestly. “Tt will mean the gallows if you fail.”’ A look of grim resolve appeared upon Haynes’ face. “Tf I fail V1] end it myself without the hangman’s help,’’ he replied, significantly. ‘‘You must get me some disguise.’’ Blackwood thought a moment and then he said: ‘T have it. ‘There are lots of the native costumes ur =F (ee) tee icbooks.co