The Argosy, October 1906 — page 139: what you’re looking at

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se _# 'No, ‘scarcely: that. = at Rak seems to be—ready of wit, liking A. man like ise the ease and luxury that wealth brings— would. hardly remain with-a gang of ignorant gipsies, - Aalf- breéds, iikeg Sa “Well, then,” said Mr. Poggitt, draw- ing his chair to the table opposite me, ‘“what do you expect to accomplish, and what do you already know?” “Why,” I replied, “I have told you about all I have discovered, in one way or another. I fancy you know as teh as I do about it.” : ce No, ce a head. “ You are mistaken. One of the beauties of your plan, when you gave me the money to continue with the air-ship, while you devoted your time to the pur- suit of the murderer of De Watines, was <a e = that your ‘mind was free to absorb all a a there was to know regarding the murder, while mine remained so filled with air- - ship that it had no room for anything else. I have, it is true, learned what _-you told me, but. hot in a connected chain.” # ~~ “Very well, aie let us take up the | threads and see if you do not agree with me that this is worth at least a trial. To begin, the brother-in-law of De -Watines owed him a large amount of _ money.”’ : —¥es." “To lend which De Watines mort- gaged his property.” : rT Yes. ”? : Ee Kaufmann, the brother-in-law, is a scamp.’ “Ves,” “He had a servant he had brought from Cambodia, full of oriental wicked- ~~ ness, but suave and polished and dressing in Parisian clothes.” so Ge Yes. ” This man, whose’ name is Bai Rak, was traced as far as New York, where he went under the name of M. de Pee wIGt be = Se man answering to & description 7 sailed up and down the lake on the Lake _ Bird every day during the week we were digging in the old=cellar.” | = Ves st = =< He dnp and the said Mr. Povsitt. éhaking se far [,— _ upon which my name is prominently POLE 2 - played, how could Bai Rak escape with thought. on. or about the- _ two escapes marked up eee me, on 3 ae = ee = «He left his. frank a we hotel sae Brewerton and ‘did not pay his bill. eee - ‘“T see—go on.” ee oS ‘A short time ago one of the men from this settlement of riffraff comes oe se the hotel, buys some drinks, and pays for _ them wath a gold-piece of the time of Louis XVI.” 3 3 4 Abt Well?” ; ; = _ “ He says that a “Rraxchman= gave he to him for taking him out see Mi Se boat last fall.” — a “Good. Now that, I should think, — as far as you have gone.” > “Yes. The next chapter will come to-day.” se ~ “You have made a clear case fig : ”? commented Mr. Poggitt, who was — = now dreadfully in earnest. “ But is there no other page? Is there not at least one chapter on the reverse of the _ picture? ” “Ves, And that is what botiiets fie = To start with, it is not likely that Bai Rak would ‘know anything about the treasure unless he was told by” Kauf- mann.’ “ Of course not.” = ‘If Kaufmann had learned of the ex- a | istence of the treasure it would seem that, : if he wished to kill De Watines, rid him-~ <= self of a creditor, and at the same time win great treasure, he would do it him- = self and not trust a man who would, as = is now certain, keep the treasure him- = self.” “Very good reasoning. Proceed.” “There is no certainty that the man who rode up and down the lake was Bai Rak.” — es ‘““ Certainly not.” ¥s ““And the worst problem of all. is, that, as the treasure was in a large trunk, it, when the police at every outlet, from this region were notified? . Mr. Poggitt bowed his head in = “Tt is a most puzzling case. Y ou are ge armed, of course?” ee “T am armed, but would use my~ ea weapon only in a most desperate situa- tion. I have no desire to get a = up in the meshes of the law again. With — O) ichooks.«