[The Depot Master by Joseph C. Lincoln]@TWC D-Link bookThe Depot Master CHAPTER V 48/51
Nobody must leave this place, if we have to tie em.
And I'll keep a gen'ral overseein' of the whole thing, till we get a detective.
And--if you'll stand the waybill, Mr.Sterzer--we'll have the best Pinkerton in Boston down here in three hours by special train.
By the way, are you sure the thing IS lifted? Where was it ?' "Old Gabe kind of colored up, and give in that 'twas under his pillow. He always kept it there after the beds was made. "'Humph!' grunts Brown.
'Why didn't you hang it on the door-knob? Under the pillow! If I was a sneak thief, the first place I'd look would be under the pillow; after that I'd tackle the jewelry box and the safe.' "There was consider'ble more talk.
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