"I went to a Doctor last week about it, and he told me that it is bound to burst before many days passed.

It has been getting worse for years.

I got it from over-exposure and under-feeding among the Salt Lake Mountains.

I've done my work now, and I don't care how soon I go, but I should like to leave some account of the business behind me.

I don't want to be remembered as a common cut-throat." The Inspector and the two detectives had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story.
"Do you consider, Doctor, that there is immediate danger ?" the former asked, [24] "Most certainly there is," I answered.
"In that case it is clearly our duty, in the interests of justice, to take his statement," said the Inspector.