41 Lure O Gold 1904

The Lure o
Gold
dust than you are of the depth of the water immediately
under you, or of your precise latitude and longitude.
But we may be able to get
some sort of assurance of
their connection with the robbery, though you must
admit it
barely
stands to reason that men of that ilk
would be in the steerage, smoking cheap tobacco, when
they could be in the best stateroom, smoking two-bit
cigars. You ll have to hold yourself in, my boy
hold yourself in, and lie low and watch very cautiously.
Something may turn up
before we reach the Golden
Gate."
I
ascertained from the purser that the poet and his
partner had taken passage
under the names of J. R.
Trust and George Somers. It seemed to me that the
name of Trust had been chosen by Pete Slattery to
inspire confidence in the minds of those whom he might
meet aboard and to offset the sinister appearance of
his evil eye.
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