[The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Boss of Little Arcady CHAPTER VIII 14/21
"Well, I got my keys made, and then I begun to search his room.
That's always a delicate job. You got to know just how.
First I looked under the aidges of the carpet, clear around.
Nothing rewarded my masterly search.
Then I examines the bed and mattress inch by inch, with the same discouragin' results." Billy had now drifted fairly into the exciting manner of his favorite authors. "Baffled, but not beaten, I nex' turns my attention to the pictures, examinin' with a trained eye the backs of same, where might be cunningly concealed the old will--uh--I mean the incriminatin' dockaments that would bring the craven wretch to bay and land him safely behind the bars of jestice.
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