Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-25

thaniel Letton could not forbear to
vince. Daylight flung himself into a
massive chair and sprawled lazily, with
an appearances OF fatigue. The leather
grip he had brought into the room he
dropped careiessly beside him on the
floor.
I've Ire been going some,' he sigh
ed. We sure trimmed them beautifully.
It was real slick. And the beauty OF the
play never dswned on me TIL the very
end. It was pure and simple knock
dowa and drag but And the way they
i fell for 1t was amaziR'."
Letton made a dry sound In his
throat. Dowsett sat quietly and wait
ed. while Leon Guggenhammer strug-
gled into articulation.
you certainly have raised CAIN" he
said.
D~aylight's black eyes flashed In a
pleasant way.
Didn't /, thought he proclaimed,
j%ubilantly. And didn't we fool EN-!
/ was teetotally surprised. l meyer
dreamed they would be that easy.
"And now" he went on, not permit
ting the pause t. grow awkward. I'VE
all might ss well have an accounting.
I'm puliin' West this afternoon on
that blamed Twentieth Century" He
tugged at bis grip, got 1t open, and dip
ped into 1t with both his hands. but
don't forget, boys, when you-all want
me to hornswoggle Wall Street anoth-
er f%iutter, all you-all have to do is
whisper the word. I'll sure be right
there with the goods"
His hands emerged, clutching a
great mass OF stubs, cheek-books, and
brokers' receipts. These he depos-
tied In a heap on the big table, and
dipping again, he fished out the strag-
glers and added them to the pile. He
consulted a slip Of paper, drawn from
his coat pocket and read aloud:
Ten million twenty-seven thousand
and fortytwo dollars and sixty-eight
cents is my fgurin' on my expense.
OF course that-all's taken from the
winnings before veal get to fgurin'
on the whack-up. Where's your fig
ures? 1t must a been a mighty big
cleanup"
The three men looked their bepuz-
element at one another. The man was
a bigger fool than they had imagin-
ed, or else he was playing a game
which they could not divine.
Nathaniel Letton moistened his lips
and spoke up.
ut will take some hours yet, Mr..
Harnish, before the full accounting can
be made. Mr.. Howison is at work upon
1t now. We-ah-as you say, 1t has
been a gratifying cleanup. Suppose
we have lunch together and talk it
over. I'll have the clerks work through
the loon hour SO that you will have
ample time to catch our train"
Dowsett and Guggenhammer mani
Tested a relief that was almost OBJ
vious. The situation was clearing. 1t
was ~disconcerting, under the circum-
stances, to be pent In the same room
with this heayy-muscled, Indianlike
man whom they had robbed. They re-
membered unpleasantly the many stor-
les of his strength and rechlessness. II
Lection could only put him off long
enough for them to escape into the po
Iced world outside the Office door, all
would be well; and Daylight showed
HI rms Signs Or being put on.
I'm real glad to hear that" he said.
II don't want to miss that train, and
you-all have done me proud, gentle
men, letting me In on this deal. !
Just do appreciate 1t without being
able to express my feelings. But am
ure almighty curious, and I'd like ter
rible to know, MI. Lection, what your
figures OF our winning is. Can you-all
give me a rough estimate?"
Nathaniel Letton did not look ap-
pealingIy at his two friends, but in the
brief pause they felt that appeal pass
out from him. Dowsett, of stsrner
mold than the others, began to divine
that the Klondiker was playing. But
the other two were still under the
Establishment of his child-Hke inno-
cence.
1T is extremely-er-dificult," Leon
Guggenhammer began. you see, Ward
Valley has i~nctuated 80, err" Al
THAT no estimate can possibly be
made In ADVANCE" Letton supple
mented.
approximate 1t, approximate It,"
Daylight counselled. cheerfully. ut
don't hurt II you-all are a million out
one side or the other. The ngures'l II
strafghten that up. But I'm that curl
Gus I'm just itching all over. What
dye say?"
Why continue to play at cross pur-
poses7' Dowsett demanded abruptly
and colby. Let us have the explana-
ton here and now. Mr.. Hsrnish il la
boring under a false impression, and
he should be- set straight.
By this time Letton was stiffened by
the attitude Dowsett had taken, and
bis nswer was prompt and definite.
i fear you are under a misappre-
hension, Mr.. Harnish. There are nc
winnings to be divided with you. Now
don't get excited. I beg Of you. I have
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