"How about Coronado Copper?" questioned Slade.
"Doing nicely," interposed the quiet voice of the chief. "But if your new father begins to talk about buying stocks, shift to Mutual Industries. That's the next buy on the list. Bert is going to send word to the different cities very shortly."
There was a short silence; then the quiet voice of the man behind the spook racket spoke in a deliberate tone.
"Tell Slade about the trouble in Chicago," were the words.
"Trouble in Chicago?" questioned Slade.
"Yes," said Rajah Brahman. "Joe Cardona is out there."
"Cardona! How did he get into it?"
"We don't know. He dropped into one of Madame Plunket's seances, a few days ago. He's been coming every night since.
"She spotted him for a dick, and at last she got him placed. Sent a letter here to me. She's worried, because she was working strong in Cincinnati. She wants to know what to do about it."
"When is her next seance?"