s on the side. A kind, genial
man is Leary, and he swears he'll abandon the road for good."

Archie picked up several bundles of the bills and turned them over,
reflecting that to his other crimes he had now added the receipt and
concealment of stolen money.

"Dinner in an hour, Archie," said the Governor, who was drawing a
diagram of some sort on a sheet of inn paper. "The evening meal is
rather a ceremonial affair here and as I notice that you carry a dress
suit we shall follow the conventions. Meanwhile I wish you would look in
at Barclay & Pedding's garage, just around the comer, and ask if a car
has been left there for Mr. Reginald H. Saulsbury. You needn't be afraid
of getting pinched, for the machine was acquired by purchase and I'm
merely borrowing it from Abe Collins, _alias_ Slippery Abe, the king of
all con men. Abe only plays for suckers of financial prominence who'd
gladly pay a second time not to be exposed and he's grown so rich that
he's retiring this summer. He was to send a machine to me here so I
could avoid the petty annoyances of travel in a stolen car We'll leave
here like honest men, with the landlord bowing us away from the door."

That there should indeed be a handsome touring car at Barclay &
Pedding's, awaiting the pleasure of Mr. Saulsbury, increased enormously
Archie's respect and admiration for the Governor. It was a first-class
machine worth four or five thousand dollars as it stood, and Archie was
cheered by the thought that he enjoyed the friendship of a man who
satisfied all his needs with so little trouble.

When he returned the Governor was dressing and manifested no surprise
that the car awaited his pleasure.

"Yes, of course," he remarked absently. "You can always rely on Abe.
It's time for you to dress, and we must look our prettiest. I caught a
glimpse of Miss Seebrook strolling through the garden with her papa a
bit ago. It may be necessary for you to cultivate her a trifle. A little
flirting now and then is relished by the wisest men."

"If you think--" began Archie warily.

"Of course I think!" the Governor interrupted. "We've got fifty thousand
dollars of nice new bills here and we're not going to the trouble of
staining and mussing them up for safe circulation if we can dispose of
them _en bloc_, so to speak, in all their pristine freshness. There's to
be a dance in the dining hall as soon as dinner is over. The house is
quite full and we shall mingle freely in the mer