I am not superstitious, but I am beginning to think that DeBar is more than a match for any one man.

What do you say?
Will you go with Moody, or--" "I'll go alone, with your permission," said Philip.
The inspector's voice at once fell into its formal tone of command.
"Then you may prepare to leave at once," he said.

"The factor at Fond du Lac will put you next to your man.

Whatever else you require I will give you in writing some time to-day." Philip accepted this as signifying that the interview was at an end, and rose from his seat.
That night he added a postscript to the letter which he had written home, saying that for a long time he would not be heard from again.

The midnight train was bearing him toward Le Pas..