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A large dia of wonderful

polished emeralds

"Mort, the man couldn't help it Why, here's a fortune for a prince;

and yet he rear"

They burrowed into the suit-cases and trunks A dark green bottle caht, Forbes took out the cork and carelessly sniffed A great

black wave of dizziness swept over him, and he would have fallen but

for Crawford The bottle fell Crawford put Forbes out into the hall

and ran back for the bottle, sensing a slight dizziness hinized the odor It was Persian He and Mason had run across it

unpleasantly, once upon a time, in Teheran He was not familiar with

the chehtly Forbes

caily

"Well! Did you ever see such an ass, Crawford? To open a strange

bottle like that and sniff at it!"

"Here's an atomizer They must have used that Never touched their

victih But the effect on a sleeping person

would be long Noho the deuce is this chap Webb? A confederate?"

"Still dizzy, eh? No; Thoet it? He's Lord

Monckton Cohten out the kinks"

So they went down-stairs And Forbes tells ed his identity, Kitty did not fall on his neck Instead,

she walked up to hi with fury: so pretty that Forbes almost

fell in love with her, then and there

"So! You pretended to be poor, and entered my home to make play behind