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The Case and The Girl

CHAPTER XXIII
14/19

Listen now--you will stay in this stateroom until we get ready to let you out.

Don't try any funny business either, for if you do, you are going to get hurt.

There is a guard outside in the cabin, and we are not afraid to shoot out here on the lake.

Nobody knows where you are, West; so if you want to live, keep quiet--that's my advice." He started back, one hand on the knob of the door, but West stopped him.
"Do you mind telling me where we are bound ?" he questioned.
Hogan smiled, but the smile was not altogether a pleasant one.
"You will have to wait, and find that out for yourself, Captain.

My orders are not to talk." "From Hobart ?" "Sure; Jim is engineering this deal, and whatever he says goes, for he's the guy who has his hands on the dough--see ?" He slipped out, closing and locking the door behind him.


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