Double Crossed

W. DOUGLAS NEWTON
AUTHOR OF “LOW CEILINGS,” “GREEN LADIES,” “WESTWARD WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES,” ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: 1922 :: LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO GLADYS AND JOE

DOUBLE CROSSED
A little, knuckly man bounded into Clement Seadon’s cabin with an india-rubber violence. He snapped the door closed, and faced the startled young man.
“You’re Clement Seadon,” he cried; “I’m Hartley Hard.”
The young man stopped unpacking.
“I don’t think I know you,” he said.