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"All right I'ame was up the moment I saw you

Any one but you, Mr Crawford, would pay for this interruption, pistol

or no pistol An hour So be it You ive hirew's sapphires, I regret to say, are nothe Nana Sahib's ruby"

"There is always one mistake," replied Crawford sternly He felt sad,

too

"Off with you, Tibbets! We can make the train for New York if we

hustle"

The man-servant's brilliant eyes flashed evilly

"Will you make it an hour and a half, sir?" asked Mason, as his valet

slid over the -sill

It sounded strange to Forbes Mason had unconsciously fallen into the

old tone and nized him now

"Till nine-thirty, then At that tiiving you that chance without conditions It's up to

Haggerty to find you There's one question I should like to ask you

Were you in this sort of business while you were serving hed The real man shone in his eyes and s, too I valeted you during the

day-tiht I entered