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The Strange Case of Cavendish

CHAPTER XX: TO COMPEL AN ANSWER
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There wa'n't no figure like his in that bunch; I'd know him in the dark." "But the woman might not have been Miss Donovan; isn't there another young lady here from the East ?" Sadie tossed her head, but with her eyes cautiously fixed on the office door.
"Humph; you mean the peroxid blonde! She ain't no _lady_.

Well, it wa'n't her, that's a cinch; she was down yere to breakfast, a laughin' an' gigglin' with them two men 'bout an hour ago.

They seemed ter feel mighty good over something but I couldn't quite make out just what the joke was.

Say, did yer ever hear tell of a Mexican named Mendez ?" "Well, rather; he's a cattle thief, or worse.

Arizona has a big reward out for him, dead or alive." "That's the gink, I bet yer; has he got a hang-out anywhar 'round this country ?" "Not so far as I know; in fact, I haven't heard the fellow's name mentioned for six months, or more.


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