I
took the first taxi in sight. Before I could even call out to
you, the door slammed on me, the shades flopped down, the car
started up--the next thing I knew this here nurse was sticking a
spoon in my mouth, a-saying: 'Take this--it's fine for what ails
you!'"
"I wonder if it could have been the same machine they left at Van
Cleft's? I will tell you how things progressed." So he did,
leaving out only the confidence of Professor MacDonald. The
Captain became feverishly excited, until Shirley abjured him to
beware of a relapse. "You must be calm, for the next twenty-four
hours: there will be much for you to do, even then. Meanwhile,
let me call up your agency; then you give them instructions over
this table telephone to let Howard Van Cleft interview the little
chorus girl, with his friend. I'll be the friend."
"I'm afraid I'm going to be snowed under in this case, Monty.
The finest job I've had these dozen years. But you're square,
and will do all you can."
"Old friend, I'll do what I can to make Van Cleft and the
newspapers sure that you are the most wonderful sleuth inside or
outside the public library.
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