Creative Books

"I realize that," said Mr. Gale. "But we have some peculiar men
working for us, and sometimes there is so much to do, so many
possibilities of which to take advantage, that we may get a
little off our balance. But what I called for was not to renew
our offer to you. I understand that is definitely settled."
"As far as I am concerned, it is," said Tom, as his caller
seemed to want an answer.
"Yes. Well, then, what I called to say was that if you are
thinking of taking any legal action against us because of the
action of that man Lydane, I wish to state that he had absolutely
no authority to--"
"Excuse me!" broke in Tom, "but by Lydane do you mean the man
who also posed as Bower, the spy?"
"No, I do not. Though I regret to say that Bower once worked
for us. He, too, had no authority to come here and get a
position. He was still in our service when he did that."
"So I have suspected," said Tom. "I realize now that he was a
spy, who came here to try to find out for you some of my
secrets."
"Not with my permission!" exclaimed Mr.


Pages:
153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177