Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 216: what you’re looking at

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208 ADVENTURES OF ONE NIGHT. Thus it happens that Joe is really the only live member in the party. He manages to joke consider- ably, but is considerably taken aback when he sees the peculiar way in which his fun is taken. “Great Scott! what’s come over this party, my dear fellow? It seems like a funeral procession to me,’’ he says, aside, to Bob. “Wait, I will explain part of it after breakfast,” is the reply he receives. With this he has to be content until the proper time comes, which will now be very soon. ‘‘Coime with me to our little parlor,’’ says Bob; ‘‘I mean all of you. I have a certain communication to make.’? Gypsy’s face flashes with sudden intelligence. “You have been at work already. My dear, what is it all about ?”’ ‘““T will a tale unfold that must harrow up your soul and chill your blood—isn’t that about the way it runs, Senator? Well, here goes.”’ Then he tells how he happened to think of the de- tective, and wired him from Philadelphia to come to the Fifth Avenue; that he told the story of the pre- vious night, just before retiring, and received the © other’s report before breakfast. He sketches the man’s adventures, tells what methods he took to find the man who came from Richmond, and how he believed he finally had him located in a certain house. ‘“The great trouble was to find out whether he was the right party. Craig is a peculiar fellow— CEOPMIE OOOKS.CEOKn)