We can get it all." "Excuse me," refused Collaton.

"If I ran across Johnny Gamble's pocket-book in a dark alley I'd walk square around it without stopping to look for the string to it." Gresham rose.
"Then you won't take any part in the enterprise ?" "Not any," Collaton assured him with a wave of negation.

"If Johnny will let me alone I'll let him alone, and be glad of the chance." Later, Gresham saw Johnny come back and speak to Heinrich Schnitt; but he had no curiosity about it.

Whatever affairs Johnny had in hand just now he might carry through unmolested, for Gresham was busy with larger plans for his future undoing..