What is in the steel casket?”
Gregory won't say.”
Humph! I'd like to go through it.”
“The first thing is to find it.”
“Right.”
“The second, to break up the gang that stole it.”
Sure.”
“Then we'll have some fun with Big Jap.” Chick shrugged his shoulders.
“I'd as soon handle a rattlesnake as touch that fellow,” he said. “I believe he stole every cent he's got, and that he had to do some killing to get it. Some people thought that he came from Australia. There was talk about his being an ex- convict, but I've heard him drop little remarks which make me think he came from Brazil. If he weren't so big he'd look like a Portuguese, and I think he's a sort of half-breed anyhow.”