It meant an immediate profit of 25 per cent.

Like a fool, I was persuaded--as you will see when I go into details, the thing looked horribly tempting.

I put it all--every penny that lay at our bank in the name of Sherwood Bros.

And now I learn that the house I trusted has smashed.

It's in the papers this evening--Biggles, Thorpe and Biggles--you'll see it.