"
"It's lucky I am here to save you from being trapped. Oscar, I am
ashamed of you, but a blond beauty can fool any man, that is plain, and
that woman has fooled you."
"Nonsense, Cad."
"I see through the whole scheme."
"You do?"
"I do."
"All right, sister; I will never pooh-pooh anything you say, but this
time you are at fault."
"I am, eh?"
"Yes, you are."
"Are you sure?"
"I am sure."
"Oscar, I've a revelation for you."
Oscar's face assumed a serious expression, and Cad continued:
"My dear brother, I was on that woman's track when she accosted you. I
am on to their whole scheme, for I have been at work."
Oscar stared and then said slowly:
"I am to meet her to-night."
"Certainly, you will meet her, but when you do will you know her game?
She is the beautiful siren who is to lure Ulysses into the den where he
is to be slain with merciless precision and cold-blooded exactness."
Again Oscar stared, but seeing the glitter in Cad's eyes he fell to a
conclusion and asked:
"Is my beautiful partner jealous?"
"Yes, I am jealous for your life. I do not wish to see you beguiled and
imperiled by that woman."
"Cad, you speak like one who knows what she is talking about."
"I do."
"Have you information?"
"I have.
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