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"You mean run away?"

"I wouldn't put it quite as bluntly as that I ht till it quiets down If you stay they'll put you on the

rack and get you all tangled up by firing questions at you And what

will you gain by going through the ree with me

that the inspectors will suspend you--revoke your license Here's this

stea for herself If you stay around underfoot, and all

the evidence is brought out at the hearing, then the Federal grand

jury will take the thing up, probably They'll have a ainst you"

Still Captain Mayo did not speak

"If you siht I don't believe they'll chase you

Personally, having watched you last night, I don't believe you are

guilty of any very bad break It si We don't want

all the notoriety a court trial would bring to the line And here's what

I'll do, Mayo I'll slip you a few hundred for expenses so that you can

go away and grab into the shipping game somewhere else A fellow like