"Sure, Jimmie," he said.

"You're the latest addition to the staff of the NEWS-ARGUS.

Don't worry; the incomparable Jimmie Dale won't figure publicly in this." "It's awfully good of you," said Jimmie gratefully.

"I have to have a notebook or something, don't I ?" Carruthers, from his pocket, handed him one.

"Thanks," said Jimmie Dale.
A little way ahead, a crowd had collected on the sidewalk before a doorway, and Carruthers pointed with a jerk of his hand.
"It's in Moriarty's place--a gambling hell," he explained.