“Hold, Breslin, and be reasonable. Now I know you can make charges which you could not sustain; but I wish to avoid a suspicion, and I’ll give you all the money I have, but I cannot raise a thousand dollars.”
“How much have you?”
“Well, both of my parents have been liberal, as I was going upon a foreign cruise, and I have some six hundred dollars.”
“I’ll take it, so hand it over.”
“You are to give me a written pledge never to cross my path again.”
“Of course.”
Pen, ink and paper were sent for, the written pledge was given, the money handed over, and paying the shot for the dinner, the two left the hotel to come face to face upon Mark Merrill and Bemis Perry, who were just about to enter and have dinner together, having taken another stroll after seeing Clemmons and his companion enter the dining room, as they did not wish to be seen by them.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE TELL TALE PAPER.
With six hundred dollars in his pocket, and made so easily, and a bottle of wine beneath his vest, Barney Breslin was feeling in a mood to be reckless.