"
"But how in the world did Sylvester induce Jimmie to present the
forged letter?" asked Colonel McIntyre.
Kent turned to the sullen prisoner. "Answer that question,
Sylvester," he commanded, and the man roused himself from his
dejected attitude.
"Anything in it for me if I do?" he asked with a cunning leer.
"That's for the courts to decide," declared Kent.
The man thought a minute. "I'll take a chance," he said finally.
"But that I waited for an opportunity to get my swag out of this
safe, I wouldn't have been caught - curse you!" and he scowled at
Kent.
"Cut that out," admonished Ferguson with a none too gentle dig in
the ribs, and Sylvester continued his statement.
"I overheard Colonel McIntyre tell Judge Hildebrand about his
securities and their present value, and the next day he came to
consult the judge about engaging a secretary. I fixed up
credentials and went to Mr. Turnbull; he believed my story that I
was the colonel's new secretary and got the securities."
Sylvester paused. "If I'd rested content with that success I'd
been all right," he added.
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