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ups have the main credit. But I guess we'll get
some kick out o' the game just the same an' that's
ocr>   worth all it costs us. Tell me, did this Mr.'
fix>   worth all it costs us. Tell me, did this Mr.
Ridgeway fork over any news worth knowin'?"

"He did," the other assured him. "I showed
him those papers I found hidden in the cabin of
the sloop, with a fine list of names, such as would
cover customers who'd ordered the stuff they
had aboard and he reckoned that several of them
might point to the heads of the combine swinging
the big smuggling deal."

"That would be a clue worth while, I'd say,"
Perk asserted warmly, his eyes flashing with
renewed zeal as though he might be telling himself
they must be getting on a pretty warm scent
which would soon lead them to the party they
sought above every one else--the capitalist
whose word was _law_, and whose money purchased
all the supplies, from liquor and vessels
to aircraft and everything else needful for carrying
on their business of swindling the Government
through the Treasury Department.

Just as he always did in forestalling any likely
move when an important case was placed in the
hands of himself and Jack, Perk was already
engaged in mentally spreading the net destined
to gather in the chief culprits--the outlook
promised a multitude of warm episodes calculated
to stir the blood to fever heat and afford

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