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RALPH ON THE ENGINE
"That is the way of old Farrington, you know," suggested the man, with a coarse laugh.
"Yes, he seems to be given to dark ways," said Ralph.
"Then it is all arranged?" questioned the "lawyer" eagerly.
"So far as it can be arranged for the time being."
"Very well, you shall hear from us in a few days."
Ralph left the hotel with one fixed conviction in his mind—that old Gasper Farrington was up to some new scheme and that it would be wise to look out for him.