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"It was in a Pickwickian sense, sir," said Bates

gravely

"And in a righteous cause," declared , that I have every intention of

taking care of Bates His weekly letters giving an account

of the curious manifestations of your devotion to

Jack's security and peace were alone worth a goodly

sum But, Bates-"

The old gentleely He

chuckled now, and placed his hand on ot those missives of yours

all in a bunch I was in a dahabiyeh on the Nile and

they don't have rural free delivery in Egypt Your

cablegraot the letters But

thank God, Jack, you're alive!"

There was real feeling in these last words, and I

think ere all touched by the, before you go I want to show

you soiven you-and I hear, the whole countryside-so

much concern I'm disappointed in you, Jack, that you

couldn't find the hiding-place I designed that as a part

of your architectural education Bates, give ravely drew a chair out of the wreckage

and placed it upon the hearth My grandfather stepped