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.91 do,-’?- said.Leiclester. s“Youi areijobigtlie carrier, and.:.
allspcoundrel-!.,. . Wliy am I"(lecoyed:lieife.,aiid treated ‘thus ?"
; ‘>‘Foi'.a‘good reason, to be sure;’.’.:said Job, .f‘Maester .- .‘
Leicester, you’ve been pI'y1ng>Zll)O<U.tf too niuchlately, pry- p
ingpnto What don’t concern you,‘ and you’ve discovered,
suiiiinut as'youslioiildii’t 3.“l(l1OWC’.(l anything. of. -:Don.’t-I
speak the truth?’.? V , ' "
“I have discovered nothing,”
the scoundrels inyhis pay!”
“There was ’a threatening movenierit. behind him, but,
Leicester’s couragedidp not flinch. e '
5 Job shook"liis head;
“D’ye‘ "mean" to‘threateii us,‘Maester Leicester 3"’ he said. I
V “I’m sorry for it.
I’d hoped we'd come tojsome terms.
Supposepyou discovered this little ‘gaine--and you’veidone
it, forjar certainty-I-I puts’ it to you as a gentleman, what
harmfcamit‘ do to "you and’ yours? Do it ‘matter to you
gentlefolk if a cask 0’ wine and a bundle o’ cigars is run in
now andthen witlioiit the customs knowingrit P” ‘ "
: ‘v‘Ahr!’'’v said‘ Leicester, the whole secret breaking in upon
him. .i7“'1‘liat’s the villainy, is it? So you honest fisher-'
meiiarera parcel of tliieves,'- witha s‘coun'clrel at your head!
That’s the key to the mystery, is it?“ -VV hat 1 i:1I1(lyOt1'(laI‘6
to ask me.to coiinive at yoiirirascalityl. Job. you’ lcnow
ime better! You-‘waste time and words; youshould know
me better.‘ If.,tliere are any Otllets-iI;01lI1(l:n1e,Wl1O ‘can’.
hear me, they, too, should know ‘me better than to hope I
woulcl;-iiiake ‘a paltry villain of myself, even ‘to "save my- '
self from their trickery. ' I repeat it, if I livejtlirougli to-'
niglit, I will bring you to justice, Job, and all your gang."
9 “Bani VVaste of time, indeed !” said a smooth voice‘l)e'-Q
hltl(l,J0b.:. . - . ,. . - . s > w
“Youustill here!’..’ said Leicester. “I knew yourfor a
villaiii when I first saw your vile taceraiidheard your false
voice.
paltry triumph us this draws you-more swiftly down to it 1"
Bali !"., said I the soft voice, i coiiteiiiptiiously.. “Fine
g wo'rds,"boys. Better XVZISICAIIO more time. The foolris
raving’. mad with fear, and doesn't l(l1OW-Wllilt lie.says.’fT
33”’ ft".
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H A. . I said), Leicester.‘ 5‘-‘But,'3 ,
trust me, I will uiiiiiask the villain who lured me here and;
. You triumpli’ to-night, Captain Miirpoiiit, -if that
is yoiir.nam)e ;.but, have a care! A rogue’s day is a slioit.
one!,- The gallows, lies "iii-your path, and every little siiclr r