"Will you help me get my money back?"
"Wherefore should I soil the dignity of a gentleman by becoming a thief-taker?"
"Because you will do me a favor, and promote the ends of justice by doing so."
"Very true, Philip; you rightly apprehend the character of the gentleman you address. Whatever I may seem to be, no man can say that Edward Farringford ever soiled his soul by a dishonorable or a dishonest act."
"If you can induce Lynch to give me back my money, I will pay you twenty-five dollars."
"Twenty-five dollars!" exclaimed he. "Two hundred and fifty drinks! Philip, I will do the best I can for you; not for the sake of the money, but to subserve the ends of justice, and to save a deserving young man from want and hardship. The cause is a good one."
"It is, sir. If you do not succeed, I shall call upon the police as soon as my friends arrive."
"It is well, Philip. Lynch will return the money rather than be driven from St. Louis."
"You understand that he must pay the money to me," I added, as it occurred to me that I should never see it if it came into the hands of the dilapidated gentleman before me.