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Not by a flicker of an eyelid did Mayo betray his total ignorance of

what Fogg referred to

"I want to ask you, man to man," proceeded the emissary, "whether you

propose to use those papers siet back--well--you

know!" He waved his hand "Or are you going to slash right and left with

'ee?"

"I haven't decided"

"It's a fair question I have asked So far as you are concerned

in anything which may be in those papers--and that's mostly my own

reports--you will be squared and more, captain You can have the

Triton with a ten-years' contract as master, contract to be protected

by a bond, your pay two hundred and fifty dollars a month Of course

that trade includes your reinstatees in the Montana matter There is no indictment,

and the witnesses will be taken care of, so that theyou have enemies This is man's talk, Mayo! You'll