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“Well, then,” Lazlo said, “I’ll give the banker a call and see if he has ress”

Selet back to the journal to see if Jonathon Payton ever rescued Miss Atwater”

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JOURNAL OF JONATHON PAYTON, 5TH VISCOUNT WELLSWICK

1906

’Twas the longest fifteenthat Miss Atwater had not been injured, certain she htened beyond all belief As I rounded the corner and saw the darkened building of my father’s warehouse, I wondered if I’dSurely if anyone had been there, there’d be lights co from within?

r />Wary, I crouched down behind a short brick wall and workede door, one acting as lookout while the other worked at the lock

I heard the scrape of wood as they slid open the large door, wherein I saw theRolls-Royce

Gripping the brass handle of my cane, I watched for a few more seconds Only two thieves Thank heavens

I started forward

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“I WOULDN’T DO THAT”

I turned, surprised to see un pointed atevidence of seeing that car in our warehouse, I realized I’d been holding on to the belief that Reginald was innocent

I could think of no reason as to why he’d stolen the car Surely he knew that with the theft of the Ghost, and the i we’d invested It wasn’t so much the loss of my own fortune It was the families on our estate who’d lose their hoeSo many who’d be displaced

“I— I don’t understand,” I said