Miss Kendrick had risen, and with an emphatic nod of the head at this indorsement of a blank check in her favor, looked at us steadily.
"In that case, we'd best be going," said Mr. Baldwin. "Miss Kendrick can explain the case better than we."
"I shall expect you back in an hour," she said.
CHAPTER VI
BIG SAM'S DIPLOMACY
We walked down the street in silence, and I could feel Mr. Baldwin's chilling disapproval of our errand radiating from him at every step.
"We had better take the Clay Street car down to the City Hall, and get a hack at the Plaza," I said at last.
"I suppose that will be the best way," he assented coldly. "Since we are in for this unfortunate business, the less notice we attract, the better."
His tone roused a flash of temper in me, and I replied tartly:
"If the business is so distasteful to you, there are plenty of streets that lead in the other direction."