“Let’s hear all your ideas, my lad.”
“It is possible that Fellman loves the same girl, and wants to blast Burlein’s character, and win her and her fortune. That is my idea number two.”
“Now what is your third idea?”
Ike meditated a moment and then said:
“A bowler’s third ball is generally the surest.”
“Well?”
“I rather think my third idea is the one that will prove correct. I’ve studied Fellman pretty well. He is not a man to squander money. I believe he has put up a game to rob Burlein and the special partner, and if it hadn’t been for a lucky accident he would have succeeded.”
“Ike, I think your third ball is the sure one.”
“You believe it is a scheme of robbery?”
“Yes.”