Part 54 (2/2)
”The affair comes off on the twentieth.”
”What! Can you get ready by that time?”
”Luckily, yes.”
”Are you going to do as I suggested about those slips?”
”Yes. I was just after the boy who ordered them for me, and he says they are to be done in two days, sure. It won't take an hour to fix them up after I get them.”
”Nothing like being a slick penman, Caleb.”
And Parsons chuckled.
”Hus.h.!.+ That new man might hear you.”
”That's so. But I fancy he's rather green, in spite of the fact that he wants to appear like a New Yorker.”
”If he's green, so much the better. Now, about this business with Samuels. Do you think he can be trusted?”
”Yes. I know Samuels thoroughly, and, besides, I have a hold on him.”
”A good hold?”
”I could send him to prison if I wished.”
”And he will undertake to work off the bonds in Chicago?”
”I believe so. But he wants big pay.”
”How much?”
”Twenty per cent.”
”Twenty per cent.!” cried Allen. ”Is he crazy?”
”He says he will run a big risk.”
”Any more than Hardwick and I ran in obtaining them?”
”No, indeed. Perhaps you can make him come down.”
”I certainly shall. Hardwick hasn't shown up, has he?”
”No. Do you expect him?”
”Yes.”
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