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CHAPTER XXX
WORDS AND A BLOW
The boy hunters had listened to the foregoing conversation with
intense interest. There could be no doubt but what this Barrock was
the man they were after. His tale that he had procured the missing
papers from somebody else was pure fiction---gotten up merely to
deceive Andrew Felps.
"We ought to make him a prisoner on the spot," whispered Shep.
"Wait---I want to learn what Andrew Felps will do," murmured Snap.
"You want me to buy the papers from you, eh?" said Andrew Felps,
after a pause.
"Yes," answered Lush Barrock, boldly.
"Don't you know that you have no right to the documents?"
"Oh, I don't want you to preach to me, Andy Felps. If you want
the papers, say so. If not-----"
"If not, what?"
"Maybe I'll return them to the Barnaby folks. I understand Mr. Dodge
offered a reward for them."
"What do you want for the papers?" asked Andrew Felps, cautiously.
"They ought to be worth several thousand dollars, but you can
have them for one thousand dollars."
"Nonsense, Barrock! What would I do with the papers?"
"Destroy them.
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