“What do you want to know about him?”

“Is he acting as your real estate agent?”

“Certainly not.”

“You do know the man?”

“I’ve done a little work for him.”

“Didn’t he pay you to allow him to use your name on a deed?”

“He gave me twenty-five dollars to make out some papers for him. I only copied what he told me to write.”

“That’s all I want to know,” Mr. Parker said grimly. “Penny, call the policeman!”

“See here,” Bowman protested furiously, “you intimated that if I told what I knew about Blake you’d let me off. Why, you’re as yellow as that paper you run!”

“I make no deals with men of your stamp!” Mr. Parker retorted.