Then the two men faced each other.
"Well?" demanded the father.
The son smiled amiably.
"Well?" he retorted. And both men sat down.
CHAPTER XXVI
CASHING IN
Gordon's eyes were alight with a wonder that somehow lacked reality as he dropped into the chair beside the table.
"You? You?" he murmured. Then aloud: "It—it's incredible!" Then, with an impulsive gesture. "In the name of all that's crazy what's—what's the meaning of it? How in the world have you got into the hands of these ruffians?"
His father selected one of the two remaining cigars in his case, and passed the other across.