“No, not a cent. If you like, we will stroll down the Bowery, and drop in for a little while. By the way, I remember now that a new curiosity, a three headed woman, is on exhibition there.”
“A three headed woman!” exclaimed Herbert; “she must be a wonderful sight!”
“So she is. Come on, let’s go and see her. It is not down very far. You have nothing to do, I suppose?”
“No, only to pass the time away for an hour or so.”
“Very well, then, you can’t pass it in any more agreeable way than this, I am sure.”
“You are very kind,” replied Herbert, as they moved off in the direction of the supposed museum. He had no thought of danger, as he walked along with his new friend, happy in anticipation of the pleasure before him. Could he, however, have realized that he was the victim of a shrewd confidence game, that every step he now took was bringing him nearer to the trap that had been set for him by cruel, unscrupulous villains, how his whole being would have revolted against the presence of the unprincipled fellow beside him, who was now coolly leading him on to his ruin.
Presently they turned up a side street, and soon stopped before a low, ugly building.
a surprise for felix mortimer.