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Running Water

CHAPTER XXI
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So I think there is no danger." Chayne did not disagree.

But, on the other hand, he did not assent.
"I suppose Mr.Hine is very rich ?" he said, doubtfully.
"No," replied Sylvia.

"That's another reason why--I am not afraid." She chose the words rather carefully, unwilling to express a deliberate charge against her father.

"I used to think that he was--in the beginning when Captain Barstow won so much from him.

But when the bets ceased and no more cards were played--I used to puzzle over why they ceased last year.


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