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"Hell!" said Martin. "He broke his own neck."
Pearls From Macao
A vivid thrill-tale of a desperate voyage on the China Sea, with
murder striking from the shadows again and again,
and a beautiful girl on board
Cleghorn, who was usually as rough and abrupt as his own name, regarded the other with evident suspicion. He was a small, dapper man, sleek of hair and dress, and Cleghorn towered above him. A long scar ran down the left side of his dark features.
"Yes, I'm Joe Cleghorn. What d'ye want of me?"
"Business, good business," said the other. "Darby is my name."
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