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"That fellow----" began Mr de Vinne, and for several ether in terustus

Tibbetts

It appeared, though they did not put the ed in sche Bones, and that in the

pursuance of their laudable plans they had found themselves robbed by

Bones

Mr de Vinne ordered another coffee and prepared to make an afternoon

of it They discussed Bones frohts, none of which revealed his moral complexion at its best

"And believe me," said Mr de Vinne at the conclusion of his address

for the prosecution, "there's money to be made out of that fellow

Why, I believe he has three hundred thousand pounds"

"Three hundred and forty thousand," said the et it all," said Harold de Vinne, with conviction

"And when I say a sht

that he had done anybody but me It's funny I never heard of your

case," he said "He ot the best of you in the early days"

Mr Fred nodded

"I was his first"--he sed hard and added--"ar and eyed the

ceiling of the restaurant absent-mindedly

"There's nobody in the City who knows more about Tibbetts than me," he

said He eak on the classical side, but rather strong on

mathematics "I've watched every transaction he's been in, and I think