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rollin' in a couple o' hours later, an' stumbles over 'is 

 bloody corpse. 'E 's tired, but 'e gets a lantern, an' 

 sees the kid there, like a bleedin' wreck on the reef. It 

 fair knocks 'im out, an' 'e sits down on the same step, 

 an' when the kanaka comes in the mornin' to sweep up, 

 'e fin's the two o' them." 



Landers broke in: 



"Blow me! I 'd 'a' hated to been that poor kanaka! 

 But Doctor Cassiou, the coroner, said it was suicide all 

 right. Llewellyn 's in the clear." 



"Of course, 'e 's in the clear, an' proper right," said 

 Pincher, irritatedly. "But when the letter 's mailed to 

 ol' Morton in Frisco, 'e comes down on the nex' steamer, 

 an' carries a gun to kill Llewellyn, an' tells everybody 

 'at Llewellyn dragged his nephew to 'ell, an' M'seer 

 Lontane takes 'is gun away when Llewellyn meets 'im 

 in Lovaina's porch, an' 'e pulls the gun, an' the Dummy 

 stops 'im, and Llewellyn grabs a knife off the table. 

 Why, there 's some reason for 'im comin' in 'ere like a 

 bloody queer un an' abusin' us." 



"Hell ! that 's all over !" said Hallman. "I '11 tell you, 

 Llewellyn 's always been sour. That 's what that dam' 

 German university highfalutin' education does for you. 

 It takes the guts out of you. I know. I never had any 

 of it. I 'm a business man, by God ! and I 'm not 

 crammed full of Dago and other rot. AU the Davids in 

 the world could croak on my doorstep, and if the police 

 could n't get me for it, I 'd worry. I — " 



"Belay there!" Lying Bill shouted at Hallman. 

 "You don't know Llewellyn like I do. How about the 

 tupapau, the bloody ghosts? You forget that Llew- 

 ellyn's a quarter Kanaka, an' born 'ere. All that Ger- 



