"Got zem both!" he chuckled.
"What are you going to do with them, Paul?" demanded his wife.
"Do wiz zem? Put zem out of ze way, my dear. Dispose of zem so effectually zat we not weel be trouble wiz zem again."
The woman met his evil glance and shuddered.
She saw what murderous thoughts were filling his mind.
CHAPTER VI.
TWO MEN IN A BOX.
On the following morning Paul La Croix went upstairs to the man who made artificial flowers and said to him:
"Monsieur Reynard, to-day ve go avay to Europe. I 'ave some sings een ze rooms ve occupy zat I weesh to send to a friend een Sacramento. To do so, I must 'ave wong beeg packing case. I see an empty wong standing over zere near ze hatchway. Can I buy him from you?"