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40 added the captain. "But I guess the Polks will get him to sell out by showin' him papers an' statements to prove thet the company ain't making any money an' is in debt."

"But you say they are doing well?"

"So they are, too. I had a search made afore I agreed to carry for 'em."

"Then a statement to the contrary would be a fraud," put in Larry.

"Exactly. But what could Bartlett prove if the hull thing was done in secret?"

"It won't be done in secret—not if I can help it," said Gilbert; and there the conversation came to an end.