“That’s it. Yasmar is a glib talker, and uncle Horace is entirely carried away with him.”
“Could you not get a restraining order from the court and thus prevent your uncle from using the money?”
“Under my mother’s will, Mr. Carter, my guardian has a free hand. I will do Mr. Montgomery the credit of saying that he has gone into the matter in good faith, and he is usually level-headed. In this instance, however, he is playing directly into Yasmar’s hands.”
“It was Monday night when you were picked up by the young men in the catboat. This is Wednesday morning. Where have you been in the meantime?”
“At the boathouse on Long Island, where I gave a fictitious name.”
“You wish to make it appear to Yasmar that you are dead?”
“Yes. I feel that I can fight him better in that way.”
“That’s rather clever in one way, Mr. Lansing. In another way, however, it may be a very foolish move.”
“How so?”
“If you went to your uncle and told him how the villain had attempted your life, you would at once convince him that the Western man was a fraud, and thus prevent the investment in the Royal Ophir.”