Some thirty miles to the southeast was the Mescalero Indian Agency. Landor had consented with the worst possible grace to take her there sometime when the[Pg 184] road should be passable and safe. She had openly resented his disinclination, though she usually appeared not to notice it. "It is very natural I should want to see the place where I was born," she had said, "and I think we should both be more comfortable if you would not persist in being so ashamed of it."
ONE:Slowly, while they held their breath, understanding came into the dazed eyes, the breath was drawn in, and Jeff struggled to a half-reclining posture.
THREE:Come on, sir, Sandy panted. Ill show you your emeralds!I think wed better get this crate into the hangarwell get the gardener and the caretaker and push it in, Dick suggested. I always get over a scare quicker if Im busy doing something to take my mind away from it.
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TWO:Im disgusted with the whole thing, the yacht owner grumbled. I ought to have known better than to trust three young men under seventeen to solve such a mystery.
TWO:The thing that came into his mind and stuck there, offering neither explanations nor a solution was the mystery of how that man had disappeared out of the hangar on their first visit.Larry, startled, seeing the pain in the face just under his own, relaxed for an instant, only being sure that his quick grip on the wrist holding the weapon in its hand was not released.
FORE:That-there is just what I cant tell you, Jeff replied.
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