ANOTHER RASCALLY ATTEMPT
"What next?" asked Roy of Mortimer De Royster, as they emerged from the lawyer's office.
"Well, as it's getting near dinner time, suppose we go back to the hotel."
"That's a good idea. Will you stay and have grub with me—I mean lunch. I must get used to calling it that while I'm in New York."
"Yes, thank you. I've got a good appetite since that tussel with Wakely."
"You had nerve to tackle him."
"I thought he was going to cut the rope and let you drop."
"If he had, that would have been the end of me. I'd have 'passed in my chips,' as the card players say."
"Those card players! I'd like to meet them. I'd get even with them for stealing my watch and diamond!"
"Maybe you'll have a chance, when we round up Annister."