Bob Younger's Fate — page 114: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE. as (15 he has heard every word of our conversation. If he has, good-by to our schemes.”’ “But I can’t believe that it was he. It was a Ger- man, for Katrina surely could not be deceived by any SUSY, imitation such as Belton could not help giving.’ ‘Do not lay fib much stress upon the chances of a clumsy imitation by such a person as this detec- tive. It seems to me that he is anything but.clumsy. Yet we can do nothing but proceed with our plans and await his move. If something doesn’t turn up before a day, he, in my opinion, will be just a few hours too late to be of any service to the other side. Let me adjust my disguise and go.”? — Ten minutes later a man with a heavy beard walked out at the back gate, and disappeared down the alley. At the same moment a German walked rapidly past the house in the same direction. Half a square away he ran against an Irish laborer, who was ap-. parently occupied in looking at the moon as it played at hide and seek with the clouds, | ‘‘Oxcuse me,’’ said the former, ‘‘I vas not see not- tings as I comes oop.’ “No, I guess not, but begob, if ye dont watch out ye’ll see stars nixt toime, bad luck to yer ugly pictures. ”’ As the German disengaged himself from the Irishman, who was inclined to stand on his dignity as well as assume a belligerent attitude, he whis- pered, hastily: “Stark’s just left—went down the alley—big = brown beard—follow,.” GEomicbooks.co