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"Well, Siker's Detective Agency has made two thousand a year clear for

twenty years," said the young do business man in the City

is on our list With a little ive to it for the last two years, there's a fortune in it"

Bones was sitting upright now, his eyes shining The a

possibilities of such an acquisition were visible to his romantic eye

"You want to sell it,the part he was called upon to play, shook his head "No,

no, old thing Deeply sorry and all that sort of thing, but it can't

be done It's not my line of business at all--not," he added, "that I

don't know a jolly sight ood a ht that three years'

purchase would be a bargain for the ht it"

"Six thousand pounds," said Bones

"Yes," agreed the other "Of course, I won't ask you to buy the thing

blindfolded You can put the accounts in the hands of your lawyer or

your accountant, and you will find that what I have said is true--that

my father took two thousand a year out of his business for years It's

possible toit, there are

three men who do all the work--or, rather, one, Hilton, who's in charge