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"Did I?" said Bones "Well, et into it as quickly as you possibly could Have you ?"

"I haven't," said Hamilton

"Ah," said Bones triumphantly, "there you are! You jolly old rascal,

you are accusingyou off----"

"Will you wait, you talkative devil?" said Hamilton "I pointed out to

you that the prospects were very alluring The Coain Bones interrupted, and this ti solemnly

round the table to shake hands with him

"Hamilton, dear old skipper," he pleaded "I was a very busy man at

that time I admit I made a mistake, and possibly diddled you out of a

fortune But et into

it, and how I ever caet into it--well, htest idea!"

"The Coan Ha his head sadly and fixing his

rendered all the more difficult by the fact that

his hand never quite overtook his face "It was an error onI know the Coe profit! You

can see the car all over the town I think the jolly old Partridge----"

"Plover," said Haot another kind of car called the

Partridge," explained Bones "Why, it's one of the best in theone myself And to think that I put you off that

Co up,