Detective Bob Bridger — page 198: what you’re looking at

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DETECTIVE BOB BRIDGER. 191 “Well, how did you go about it?” “I was a long time making up my mind, but IT concluded to knock him from a running railway train.” “Well, how did you proceed ?” oa! managed to get a sand bag from a ‘crooked’ man in New York, which I could readily destroy after using it.” * What was the next move ?” “T met a consumptive swindler in a restaurant one night, who might answer the description of Godot.” * What did you do with him 2” fi “I followed him from the place, and made. a trade with im. 79 “In what way ?” “T was to pay him so much money down, so much week- ly, and one thousand pounds in the end, if he would go on ahead to Pittsburgh, represent himself as Alfonse Godot, and carry out my instructions.” ‘Did he go to Pittsburgh ?” 66 Yes. 9 * What was the next move?” “I wrote you to bring Annette to Pittsburgh, to meet her true father.” % Then the consumptive was to play father to Annette ?” a¥68," ‘And what was he to do with her ?” “IT intended that they should both go to Florida, and, in ata such way as the overturning of a pleasure-boat, stay there.’ “Well, how did the thing work ?” “T left New York with Godot on the night train.” * Where did you go?” “To Philadelphia, and changed the direction of the journey from there to Pittsburgh.” “That was cute. What happened ?” “TI tried to get him several times on the platform, to take the air, while the train rushed along, but he would not go.” “Stubborn, eh ?” 66 Yes. 49 “Well, what next?” - When the train stopped for breakfast at Alton, I asked him off to breakfast. * Well 2?” “ He said he was not hungry, so I finally coaxed him off to get a hot whisky punch.” “Where did you get it?” * About a block away from the railway hotel.” EComichooks iGO m