“I see that you have never played poker, chief. If you did you’d understand the meaning of the word bluff.
“I’m simply telling you if you think I’m bluffing all you’ve got to do is to give me a chance to show whether I mean what I say or not; and to make it perfectly plain I’ll say again that if you know where Miller is I shall be able to go and get him.”
Trim was in police headquarters at Kimberley, South Africa.
He was talking with the chief of police and the subject of their conversation was a plan that Trim had proposed for the capture of a dangerous criminal who was wanted, not only by the police of Kimberley, but of Cape Town also.
Trim had had two experiences with this criminal, whose name was Jemmy Miller.
In the first instance Miller, who was a steeple climber by trade, had attempted to murder Trim, and failing, had escaped capture at the time by the exercise of his wonderful skill in climbing.
An account of this matter has been published in “Trim in Cape Town,” No. 9 New Nick Carter Weekly.
Detective business had brought Trim to Kimberley, where he had exposed a gang of robbers who had obtained possession of a vast quantity of diamonds.
During the investigation of this matter he had again come across Miller and it was certain that the steeple climber was connected with the diamond thieves.
He had given them warning of Trim’s approach and while the young detective and the old sailor, who was his companion in Africa, were busy with other members of the gang, Miller had made good his escape.