"You can't get to know too much about the folks you're dealing with, you know.

Very good--we'll leave that now.

What d'ye think o' this ?" He unfolded and held up the reward bill, first looking as fondly at it as a youthful author looks at his first printed performance, and then glancing at his manager to see what effect it had upon him.

And he saw Ambler Appleyard's sandy eyebrows go up in a definite arch.
"Fifty thousand!" muttered Appleyard.

"Whew! It's a stiff figure, Mr.
Allerdyke.