He is a clever chap--about as cute as they make 'em, and knows a trick or two; he is not too nice, does not stick at trifles, and the almighty dollar is his only deity." "Do you mind telling my friend Herrick all you said to us ?" asked Colonel Godfrey.
"Not the least, if you have a taste for chestnuts," and Hugh Rossiter laughed in a genial way.

"I owe you a good turn, Colonel--" but here Colonel Godfrey held up a warning hand.

"Well, I suppose I must spare your blushes, so I will take up my parable." "May I ask you one question first ?" interrupted Malcolm.

"How long have you known these people ?" "About six or seven years, I should say," was the answer.

"Jacobi was a billiard-marker in San Francisco when I first came across his trail, and his sister had just married an Italian count." "Married! Leah Jacobi married! What on earth do you mean ?" "That's so," returned the American coolly.