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Rh mined to his full satisfaction which was the easiest of the chairs in the lobby, and as he already had twice had his shoes shined, with that enjoyment in the process which is felt only by the man with an expense account who is well paid by the day, the detective, after glancing at the headlines, carried the papers into the bar for a more deliberate perusal. He had read carefully through them all and had again taken up the first one to re-read, when the two remaining seats at his small table were taken by two men. McAdams, while pretending to continue his reading, attentively inspected these new neighbors over the top of his paper.

The larger of the two men he placed without difficulty. The bar of the Tonty all day had been crowded with reporters, plain-clothes men, curiosity seekers and rounders,