“And then buy you a new set,” said Carolus, “and swindle the dentist out of a commission on the deal. Not that he cares for money.”
“Oh, no, he doesn’t care for money,” said Abrahams. “I’ll admit that, but he’s a pirate all the same. It’s his romantic temperament, maybe, mixed up with his New England ancestry. Here he is.”
“Boys,” said Hank, as he approached the group, “it’s true enough, I’ve been on the ’phone; there’s twenty-five thousand dollars reward out for the Dutchman, half put up by the Yacht Clubs. I’m out.”
“What do you mean?” asked Abrahams.
“To catch him,” said Hank.
CHAPTER II
THE PROPOSITION
HE sat down and lit a cigarette. The others showed little surprise or interest, with the exception of George du Cane.
It seemed to George that this was a new kind of proposition coming in these dull times.