“Do you want to make a cool hundred thousand dollars?” asked Mr. Furman.
“No,” was the reply; “I certainly could not make it honestly.”
“That is a matter of choice, whether what I propose is honest or not,” said the visitor. “I should say it was not dishonest.”
“What is it that you propose?” asked the detective.
“That you will give up the search for Hilton Field.”
“Oh, that’s your little game, is it?” said Nick. “It is evident that you don’t know me, or you would not have made such a proposition. Who do you represent in this matter?”
“It does not signify.”
“Elmer Greer has no such sum of money to pay,” remarked the detective.
“I am quite aware of that,” said Mr. Furman.
“Then, it is Thomas Smith, the curbstone broker,” remarked Nick.