“What do you wish to know, Perry?”
“What he can tell me about Clemmons and Breslin, for he took an inkstand, paper and pen off this table as we came up, and here is the paper which the waiter picked up—see!”
He held the piece of paper up, and Mark said:
“If it is Clemmons’, give it to him.”
“It does belong to Clemmons.”
“Then neither of us have a right to read it.”
“Pardon me, but I read it at a glance, and as it is but a few lines I will read it to you, as I am sure it concerns you.”
“Concerns me?”
Without reply Bemis Perry read aloud:
“In consideration of the sum of six hundred dollars, received from Scott Clemmons, I hereby pledge myself to never cross his path again, and to make no further demand upon him for money.”