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"Well," I said, seeing that I should onlyfroh s and on walls won't

interfere with our pleasant social relations And I don't

hesitate to tell you,"-I was exerting rounds

again I'll fill you with lead and sink you in the lake"

"Thank you, sir," he said, with so perfect an imitation

of Bates' voice and manner that I smiled in spite

of myself

"And now, if you'll proood day Otherwise-"

He snatched off his hat and bowed profoundly "It'll

suit rounds," he said, as though he referred to a

businessa -you may have noticed it?"

"Yes; I commit most of my murders away from

home," I said "I foran"

As I turned away he closed his door with a slaood

faith, and not preparing to puncture ained the lake-shore, feeling no great

discouragement over the lean results of aan was not an enemy to trifle

with; he was, on the other hand, a clever and daring

foe; and the proht of my arrival at Glenarm House, indicated