41 Lure O Gold 1904
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"<br />
No<br />
"<br />
"<br />
"<br />
The <strong>Lure</strong> o<br />
<strong>Gold</strong><br />
angrily.<br />
"You are suspected of robbing this young<br />
man of his gold, you and your partner, and I want to<br />
see if<br />
you haven t it in your baggage. If you don t<br />
open it up at once I ll open it for you."<br />
He held up a<br />
small, keen-edged hatchet. "Come, quick, now! I<br />
have but a moment to spare.<br />
Hand em out !<br />
Trust produced a bunch of keys,<br />
and fidgeted with<br />
them for a moment. Finally he stooped down, un<br />
locked the trunk and opened<br />
it wide.<br />
"Look, Mr. Inspector,"<br />
he said. "Search all<br />
through. You ll find no gold<br />
there."<br />
Mr. Nason threw some clothing and other things out<br />
of the trunk, and ransacked it thoroughly, top and<br />
bottom.<br />
gold here, gentlemen,"<br />
he said, turning to the<br />
Doctor and me.<br />
of the baggage be opened."<br />
Then he commanded,<br />
revealing an ounce of the stolen treasure.<br />
Now,"<br />
Let the rest<br />
Which was done, without<br />
said I, looking straight at the defiant Trust,<br />
"<br />
we have determined that the gold<br />
is not in their bag<br />
gage. I hardly expected to find any of it here. Sup<br />
pose we search the lower hold, where I am confident<br />
they have hidden it."<br />
Trust s eye fell before my gaze, and the poor creature,<br />
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