"I suppose," said Roland, "you thought for a moment I was trying to commit suicide.

I think, Mr.Stratton, you will have a better opinion of me by-and-by.

I shouldn't be at all surprised if you imagined I induced you to come in here to get you into a trap." "You are perfectly correct," said Stratton; "and I may say, although that was my belief, I was not in the least afraid of you, for I had you covered all the time." "Well," remarked Roland, carelessly, "I don't want to interfere with your business at all, but I wish you wouldn't cover me quite so much; that revolver of yours might go off." "Do you mean to say," said Stratton, "that there is nothing but quinine in those capsules ?" "I'll tell you in a moment," as he opened them one by one.

"No, there is nothing but quinine here.

Thirty grains put up in five-grain capsules." George Stratton's eyes began to open.