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The Nameless Man by Rodriguez Atto LINGI. Mister Barnes was sitting in his private

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room, with nothing of special importance
to occupy his thoughts, when his office

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boy announced a visitor. What name, asked mister Barnes, None was the

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reply. You mean, said the
detective, that the man did not give

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you his name. He must have
one, of course, show him in

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a minute later, the stranger entered, and, bowing courteously, began the

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conversation. At once mister Barnes,
the famous detective, I believe, said

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he. My name is Barnes,
replied the detective. May I have the

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pleasure of knowing yours? I sincerely
hope, So continued the stranger. The

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fact is I suppose I have forgotten
it, forgotten your name. Mister Barnes

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scent it an interesting case, and
became doubly attentive. Yes, said the

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visitor. That is precisely my singular
predicament. I seem to have lost my

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identity. That is the object of
my call. I wish to discover who

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I am, as I evidently am
a full grown man. I can certainly

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claim that I have a past history, But to me that past is entirely

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a blank. I awoke this morning
in this condition, yet apparently in possession

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of all my faculties, so much
so that I at once saw the advisability

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of consulting a first class detective,
and upon inquiry I was directed to you.

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Your case is interesting from my point
of view, I mean to you.

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Of course, it must seem unfortunate, yet it is not unparalleled.

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There have been many such cases recorded, And for your temporary relief, I

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may say that sooner or later,
complete restoration of memory usually occurs. But

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now let us try to unravel your
mystery as soon as possible, that you

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may suffer as little inconvenience as there
need be. I would like to ask

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you a few questions, as many
as you like, and I will do

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my best to answer. Do you
think that you are a New Yorker?

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I have not the least idea whether
I am or not. You say you

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were advised to consult me by whom
the clerk at the Waldorf Hotel where I

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slept last night, Then of course
he gave you my address. Did you

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find it necessary to ask him how
to find my office? Well? No,

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I did not. That seems strange, does it not? I certainly

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had no difficulty in coming here.
I suppose that must be a significant fact.

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Mister Barnes. It tends to show
that you have been familiar with New

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York, but we must still find
out whether you live here or not.

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How did you register at the hotel
M J G. Remington City. You

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are sure that Remington is not your
name? Quite sure? After breakfast this

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morning, I was passing through the
lobby when the clerk called me twice by

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that name. Finally, one of
the hall boys touched me on the shoulder

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and explained that I was wanted at
the desk. I was very much confused

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to find myself called mister Remington,
a name which is certainly not my own.

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Before I fully realized my position,
I said to the clerk, why

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do you call me Remington? And
he replied, because you registered under that

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name. I tried to pass it
off, but I am sure that the

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clerk looks upon me as a suspicious
character. What baggage have you with you

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at the hotel? None? Not
even a satchel. May there not be

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something in your pockets that would help
us letters? For example? I am

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sorry to say that I have made
a search in that direction but found nothing.

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Luckily I did have a pocket book, though much money in it in

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the neighborhood of five hundred dollars.
Mister Barnes turned to his table and made

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a few notes on a pad of
paper. While he was so engaged,

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his visitor took out a fine goal
watch, and, after a glance at

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the face, was about to return
it to his pocket, when mister Barnes

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wheeled around in his chair and said, that is a handsome watch you have

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there of a curious pattern too.
I am rather interested in all watches.

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The stranger seemed confused for an instant
and quickly put up his watch, saying

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there is no nothing remarkable about it, merely an old family relic. I

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value it more for that than anything
else. But about my case, mister

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Barnes, how long do you think
it will take to restore my identity to

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me? It is rather awkward to
go about under a false name, I

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should think so, said the detective. I will do my best. No

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clue to work upon, so that
it is impossible to say what my success

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will be. Still, I think
forty eight hours should suffice at least.

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In that time I ought to make
some discoveries for you. Suppose you call

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again on the day after tomorrow at
noon precisely? Will that suit you very

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well? Indeed, if you can
tell me who I am at that time,

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I shall be more than convinced that
you are a great detective, as

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I have been told. He arose
and prepared to go, And upon that

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instant mister Barnes touched a button under
his table with his foot, which caused

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a bell to ring in a distant
part of the building, no sound of

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which penetrated the private office. Thus
anyone could visit mister Barnes in his den

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and might leave unsuspicious of the fact
that a spy would be awaiting him out

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in the street, who would shadow
him persistently day and night until recall by

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his chief. After giving the signal, mister Barnes held his strange visitor in

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conversation a few minutes longer to allow
his spy opportunity to get to his post.

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How will you pass the time away, mister Remington said he We may

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as well call you by that name
until I find your true one. Yes,

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I suppose so, as to what
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eight hours, why I think I
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sights. It is a remarkably pleasant
day for a stroll, and I think

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I will visit your beautiful central park, a capital idea. By all means,

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I would advise occupation of that kind. It would be best not to

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do any business until your memory is
restored to you. Business why, of

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course, I can do no business. No, if you were to order

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any goods, for example, under
the name of Remington later on, when

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you resume your proper identity, you
might be arrested as an impostor by George.

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I had not thought of that.
My position is more serious than I

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had realized. I thank you for
the warning. Sight seeing will assuredly be

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my safest plan for the next two
days. I think so call at the

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time agreed upon, and hope for
the best. If I should meet you

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before then, I will send to
your hotel saying good morning. Mister Barnes

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turned to his desk again, and
as the stranger looked at him before stepping

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out of the room. The detective
seemed engrossed in some papers before him,

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yet scarcely had the door closed upon
the retreating form of his recent visitor.

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When mister Barnes looked up with an
air of expectancy. A moment later,

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a very tiny bell in a drawer
of his desk rang, indicating that the

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man had left the building, the
signal having been sent to him by one

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of his employees, whose business it
was to watch all departures and notify his

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chief. A few moments later,
mister Barnes himself emerged, clad in an

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entirely different suit of clothing, and
with such an alteration in the color of

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his hair that more than a casual
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When he reached the street, the
stranger was nowhere in sight. But

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mister Barnes went to a doorway opposite, and there he found written in blue

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pencil the word up, whereupon he
walked rapidly uptown as far as the next

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corner, where once more he examined
a door post, upon which he found

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the word right, which indicated the
way the men ahead of him had turned.

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Beyond this, he could expect no
signals for the spy shadowing. The

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stranger did not know positively that his
chief would take part in the game.

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The two signals which he had written
on the doors were merely a part of

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a routine and intended to aid mister
Barnes should he follow, but if he

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did so, he would be expected
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the time the second signal were reached, and so proved in this instance,

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for as mister Barnes turned the corner
to the right, he easily discerned his

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man about two blocks ahead, and
presently was near enough to see Remington also.

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The pursuit continued until mister Barnes was
surprised to see him enter the park,

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thus carrying out his intention as stated
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Entering at the fifth Avenue gate,
he made his way towards the menagerie,

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and here a curious incident occurred.
The stranger had mingled with the crowd in

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the monkey house and was enjoying the
antics of the mischievous little animals when mister

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Barnes, getting close behind him,
deftly removed a pocket handkerchief from the tail

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of his coat and swiftly transferred it
to his arm. On the day following,

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shortly before noon, mister Barnes walked
quickly into the reading room of the

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Fifth Avenue Hotel. In one corner
there is a handsome mahogany cabinet containing three

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compartments, each of which is entered
through double having glass panels in the upper

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half. About these panels are draped
yellow silk curtains, and in the center

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of each appears a white porcelain numeral. These compartments are used as public telephone

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stations, the applicant being shut in
so as to be free from the noise

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of the outer room. Mister Barnes
spoke to the girl in charge and then

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passed into the compartment numbered V.
Less than five minutes later, mister Leroy

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Mitchell came into the reading room,
his keen eyes peered about him, scanning

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the countenances of those busy with the
papers or writing, and then he gave

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the telephone girl a number and went
into the compartment numbered one. About ten

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minutes elapsed before mister Mitchell came out
again, and having paid the toll,

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he left the hotel. When mister
Barnes emerged, there was an expression of

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extreme satisfaction upon his face. Without
lingering, he also went out, but

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instead of following mister Mitchell through the
main lobby to Broadway, he crossed the

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reading room and reached twenty third Street
through the side door. Thence he proceeded

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to the station of the elevated railroad
and went uptown. Twenty minutes later,

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he was ringing the bell of mister
Mitchell's residence. The butler, who answered

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his summons, informed him that his
master was not at home. He usually

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comes in to luncheon. However,
does he not, asked the detective.

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Yes, sir, responded the boy. Is missus Mitchell at home, no,

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sir, Miss Rose, Yes,
sir ah, then I'll wait take

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my card to her. Mister Barnes
passed into the luxurious drawing room and was

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soon joined by Rose, mister Mitchell's
adopted daughter. I'm sorry Papa is not

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at home, mister Barnes, said
the little lady. But he will surely

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be into luncheon if you will wait, Yes, thank you, I think

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I will. It is quite a
trip up, and being here, I

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may as well stop awhile and see
your father. Though the matter is not

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of any great importance. Some interesting
case, mister Barnes, If so,

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do tell me about it. You
know I am almost as much interested in

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your cases as Papa is. Yes, I know you are, and my

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vanity is flattered. But I am
sorry to say, I have nothing on

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hand at present worth relating. My
errand is a very simple one. Your

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father was saying a few days ago
that he was thinking of buying a bicycle,

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and yesterday, by accident, I
came across a machine of an entirely

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new make, which seems to me
superior to anything yet produced. I thought

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he might be interested to see it
before deciding what kind to buy. I'm

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afraid you are too late, mister
Barnes. Papa has bought a bicycle already.

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Indeed, what style did he choose
I really do not know, but

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it is down in the lower hall
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It's hardly worth while, miss Rose. After all, I have no interest

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in the new model, and if
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I won't even mention the other to
him. It might only make him

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regret his bargain. Still, on
second thought, I will go down with

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you if you will take me into
the dining room and show me the head

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of that moose which your father had
been bragging about killing. I believe it

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has come back from the taxidermis.
Oh yes, he is just a monster.

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Come on. They went down to
the dining room, and mister Barnes

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expressed great admiration about the moose's head
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but he had taken a moment to
scrutinize the bicycle which stood in the

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hallway, while Rose was opening the
blinds in the dining room. Then they

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returned to the drawing room, and
after a little more conversation, mister Barnes

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departed, saying that he could not
wait any longer, but he charged Rose

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to tell her father that he particularly
desired him to call at noon on the

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following day. Promptly at the time, appointed Remington walked into the office of

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mister Barnes and was announced the detective
was in his private room. Mister Leroy

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Mitchell had been admitted, but a
few moments before, ask mister Remington in,

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said mister Barnes to his boy,
And when that gentleman entered, before

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he could show surprise to find a
third party present, the detective said,

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mister Mitchell, this is the gentleman
whom I wished you to meet. Permit

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me to introduce to you mister Mortimer
J. Goldie, better known to the

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Sporting Fraternity as G. J.
Mortimer, the champion short distance bicycle rider

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who recently rode a mile in the
phenomenal time of one point five six on

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a quarter mile track. As mister
Barnes spoke, he gazed from one to

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the other of his companions with a
half quizzical and wholly pleased expression on his

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face. Mister Mitchell appeared much interested, but the newcomer was evidently greatly astonished.

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He looked blankly at mister Barnes a
moment, then dropped into a chair

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with the query, how in the
name of conscience did you find that out?

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That much? Was not very difficult? Replied the detective. I can

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tell you more. Indeed, I
can supply your whole past history, provided

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your memory has been sufficiently restored for
you to recognize my facts as true.

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Mister Barnes looked at mister Mitchell and
winked one eye in a most suggestive manner,

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at which that gentleman burst out into
a hearty laughter, finally saying,

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we may as well admit that we
are beaten. Goldie. Mister Barnes has

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been too much for us, but
I want to know how he has done

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it. Persisted mister Goldie, I
have no doubt that, mister Barnes will

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satisfy you. Indeed, I am
as curious as you are to know by

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what means he has arrived at his
quick solution of the problem which we set

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him. I will enlighten you as
to detective methods with pleasure, said mister

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Barnes. Let me begin with the
visit made to me by this gentleman two

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days ago. At the very outset, his statement aroused my suspicion, although

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I did my best not to let
him think so. He announced to me

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that he had lost his identity,
and I promptly told him that his case

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was not uncommon. I said that
in order that we might feel sure.

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I did not doubt his tale.
But truly his case, if he were

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telling the truth, was absolutely unique. Men have lost recollection of their past,

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and even have forgotten their names.
But I have never before heard of

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a man who had forgotten his name
and at the same time knew that he

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had done so. A capital point, mister Barnes said, mister Mitchell,

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you were certainly shrewd to suspect fraud
so early. I cannot say that I

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suspected fraud so soon, but the
story was so unlikely that I could not

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believe it immediately. I therefore was
what I might call analytically attentive during the

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rest of the interview. The next
point worth noting which came out was that

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although he had forgotten himself, he
had not forgotten New York, for he

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admitted having come to me without special
guidance. I remember that, interrupted mister

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Goldie, and I think I even
said to you at the time that it

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was significant. And I told you
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been familiar with New York. This
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would spend the day in Central Park, and when after leaving here you had

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no difficulty to find your way.
Thither do you mean to say that you

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had me followed? I made sure
that no one was after me. Well,

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yes, you were followed, said
mister Barnes with a smile. I

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had a spy after you, and
I followed you as far as the part

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myself. But let me come to
the other points in your interview and my

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deductions. You told me that you
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Remington. This helped me considerably,
as you shall see presently. A few

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minutes later you took out your watch, and in that little mirror over my

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desk, which I use occasionally,
when I turned my back upon a visitor,

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I noted that there was an inscription
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I turned and asked you something about
the watch, when you hastily returned it

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to your pocket with the remark that
it was an old family relic. Now,

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can you explain how you could have
known that, supposing that you had

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forgotten who you were? Neatly caught
Goldie laughed, mister Mitchell, you certainly

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made a mess of it there.
It was an asinine slip, said mister

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Goldie, laughing Offso now, then, continued mister Barnes. You readily see

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that I had good reason for believing
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On the contrary, I was positive
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inscription on the watch. What then
could be your purpose in pretending otherwise?

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I did not discover that for some
time. However, I decided to go

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ahead and find you out if I
could. Next, I noted two things.

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Your coat opened once so that I
saw a pin to your vest a

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bicycle badge which I recognized as the
emblem of the League of American wheelmen.

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Oh oh, cried mister Mitchell.
Shame on you, Goldie, for a

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blunderer. I had entirely forgotten the
badge, said mister Goldie. I also

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observed the detective went on little indentations
on the sole of your shoe as you

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had your legs crossed, which satisfied
me that you were a writer even before

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I observed the badge. Now,
then we come to the name and the

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significance thereof. Had you really lost
your memory, the choosing of a name

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Aim when you registered at the hotel
would have been a haphazard matter of no

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importance to me. But as soon
as I decided that you were imposing upon

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me, I knew that your choice
of the name had been a deliberate act

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of the mind, one from which
deductions could be drawn. Ah, now

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we come to the interesting part,
said mister Mitchell. I love to follow

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a detective when he uses his brains. The name as registered, and I

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examined the registry myself to make sure
was odd. Three initials are unusual.

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A man without memory and therefore not
quite sound mentally, would hardly have chosen

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so many. Then why had it
been done in this instance? What more

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natural than that these initials represented the
true name. In assuming an alias,

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it is the most common method to
transpose the real name in some way.

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At least it was a working hypothesis. Then the last name might be very

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significant. Remington. The Remingtons make
guns, sewing machines, typewriters, and

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byles. Now this man was a
bicycle rider. I was sure if he

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chose his own initials as part of
the alias. It was possible that he

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selected Remington because it was familiar to
him. I even imagined that he might

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be an agent for Remington Bicycles.
And I had arrived at that point during

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our interview when I advised him not
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But I was sure of my quarry
when I stole a handkerchief from him

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at the park and found the initials
M J G upon the same marked Lennon

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on your person, exclaimed mister Mitchell. Worse and worse, we'll never make

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a successful criminal of you, Goldie, perhaps not. I shan't cry over

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it. I thought sure of my
success by this time, continued mister Barnes.

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Yet at the very next step I
was balked. I looked over a

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list of l a W members,
and could not find a name to fit

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my initials, which shows, as
you will see presently, that, as

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I may say, too many clues
spoil the broth. Without the handkerchief,

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I could have done better. Next, I secured a catalog of the Remingtons,

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which gave a list of their authorized
agents, and again I failed.

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Returning to my office, I received
information from my spy sent by messenger,

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which promised to open away for me. He had followed you about mister Goldie,

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and I must say you played your
part very well so far as avoiding

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acquaintances is concerned. But at last
you went to a public telephone and called

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up some one. My man saw
the importance of discovering to whom you had

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spoken, and bribed the telephone attendant
to give him the information. All that

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he learned, however, was that
you had spoken to the public station at

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the Fifth Avenue Hotel. My spy
thought that this was inconsequent, but it

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proved to me at once that there
was collusion, and that your man must

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have been at the other station by
previous appointment, as that was at noon

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a few minutes before the same hour
on the following day that is to say,

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yesterday, I went to the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, telephoned and secreted myself

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in the middle compartment, hoping to
hear what your partner might say to you.

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I failed in this, as the
boxes were too well made to permit

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sound to pass from one to the
other. But imagine my gratification to see

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mister Mitchell himself go into the box. And why, asked mister Mitchell.

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Well, as soon as I saw
you, I comprehended the whole scheme.

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It was you who had concocted the
little diversion to test my ability. Thus,

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at last I understood the reason for
the pretended loss of identity. With

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the knowledge that you were in it, I was more than ever determined to

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get at the facts. Knowing that
you were out, I hastened to your

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house, hoping for a chat with
little miss Rose, as the most likely

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member of your family to get information
from. Oh Fie, mister Barnes,

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said, mister Mitchell, to play
upon the innocence of childhood. I am

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ashamed of you. All's fair et
city. Well I succeeded. I found

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mister Goldie's bicycle in your hallway,
and, as I suspected twas a Remington.

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I took the number and hurried down
to the agency, where I readily

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discovered that wheel number five thousand and
eighty six is written by G. J.

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Mortimer, one of their regular racing
team. I also learned that Mortimer's

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private name is Mortimer J. Goldie. I was much pleased at this because

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it showed how good my reasoning had
been about the alias. For you observed

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that the racing name is merely a
transposition of the family name. The watch,

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of course, is a prize,
and the inscription would have proved that

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you were imposing upon me, mister
Goldie, had you permitted me to see

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it. Of course, that is
why I put it back in my pocket,

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I said. Just now, said
mister Barnes, that without the stolen

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handkerchief, I would have done better
having it. When I looked over the

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L A. W List, I
went through the g's only without it,

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I should have looked through the g's, J's and m's, not knowing how

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the letters may have been transposed.
In that case, I should have found

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G. J. Mortimer, and
the initials would have proved that I was

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on the right track. You have
done, mister Barnes, said, mister

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Mitchell, I ask Goldy to play
the part of a nameless man for a

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few days to have some fun with
you. But you have had fun with

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us. It seems, though,
I am conceited enough to say that had

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it been possible for me to play
the principal part, you would not have

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pierced my identity so soon. Oh
I don't know, said mister Barnes.

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We are both of us a little
egotistical. I fear undoubtedly Still, if

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I ever set another trap for you, I will assign myself the chief role.

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Nothing would please me better, said
mister Barnes. But gentlemen, as

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you have lost in this little game, it seems to me that some one

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owes me a dinner. At least
I'll stand the expense with pleasures, said

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mister Mitchell, not at all interrupted
mister Goldie. It was through my blundering

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that we lost, and I'll pay
the piper. Settle it between you,

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cried mister Barnes. But let us
walk on. I am getting hungry.

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Whereupon they adjourned to Delmonico's and of
the Nameless Man