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But no! I mistake! A great detective would haf remembered also the address of this foreigner. But Mr. McAdams says only 'a North Side boarding house'; so I would bet efen a dollar he does not know that address."
"You lose," said McAdams with a smile of gratified vanity; and gave the address.
Max pressed a silver dollar hard down upon the table cloth in front of McAdams with his thumb.
"You think, Max—" Hereford inquired curiously.
"The Javanese hass told the truth," Max Schimmel asserted with a contemptuous look at McAdams—"the emerald hass been stolen—Mr. McAdams, with his exblanations, iss a great dunderhead—and I haf bought
