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Rh Imachgine; the great cases of detectife McAdams! Once McAdams followed me from the Hotel Tonty to my house. Now, when the book comes oudt you will see he will say in it, 'Of all bersons I, the great detectife, wass the only one that had sense enough to suspect Max Schimmel!" The great dunderhead! I am glad he iss a boliceman andt not a naturalist. If he wass a naturalist, there is not an animal alife that would know efen what species it belonged to—not if it read McAdams' book!

"Well, if it happens that we are nefer able to get back the Surakarta, at least we shall be able to show, I think, in spite of detectife McAdams, how it wass that the Surakarta wass stolen."

They dined together, Max many times looking at his watch. Finally he sent Chang