"
"You feel assured of that?"
"I do. I've secured him on the only weak side he's got. He is the
hardest man to secure I ever started out to gain, but I've gone for him
on just the right tack. I will handle him with care; I will learn all he
knows. I will learn just who is working in with him, and then----"
"What then?"
"Alas! it's sad to think of it. He is a good fellow, but he must _walk
the plank_ like the rest of them."
"Look out you don't lose your heart to him."
The woman laughed in a merry manner and said:
"I've won his. I can read it in his eyes."
"Woman's vanity," thought Oscar, and he did mutter: "That is her weakest
point."
"You have measured pretty well. What is your conclusion?"
"I'll tell you; he is going it alone. He is the only one who has any
points on us; of that I am certain. But, as I said, I'll woo until I
know just who is in with him, if any one."
At that moment the talk was interrupted and three men entered the room.
Well, our hero was surprised. One of the men he recognized at a glance
and he muttered: "Can it be possible?"
As the three men entered Girard rose to his feet and greeted the man
whom our hero had recognized. He exclaimed as he extended his hand:
"Redalli, I am glad to greet you, and let me tell you that you have
arrived just in time.
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