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The Adventures of Jimmie Dale

CHAPTER IX
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Put them both in this box.

Thank you!" He wrapped the oilskin around the box again, and returned the box to his pocket.
And again with that insolent, contemptuous stare, he surveyed the man at the desk--then he backed to the French windows.

"It might be as well to remind you, Mittel," he cautioned sternly, "that if for any reason this check is not honoured, whether through lack of funds or an attempt by you to stop payment, you'll be in a cell in the Tombs to-morrow for this night's work--that is quite understood, isn't it ?" Mittel was on his feet--sweat glistened on his forehead.
"My God!" he cried out shrilly.

"Who are you ?" And Jimmie Dale smiled and stepped out on the lawn.
"Ask the Weasel," said Jimmie Dale--and the next instant, lost in the shadows of the house, was running for his car..


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