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THE X-RAY READER
"I think I'll pay another visit to Whitney, in spite of all that
Norton and Lockwood say about him," remarked Kennedy, considering
the next step he would take in his investigation.
Accordingly, half an hour later we entered his Wall Street office,
where we were met by a clerk, who seemed to remember us.
"Mr. Whitney is out just at present," he said, "but if you will be
seated I think I can reach him by telephone."
As we sat in the outer office while the clerk telephoned from
Whitney's own room the door opened and the postman entered and
laid some letters on a table near us. Kennedy could not help
seeing the letter on top of the pile, and noticed that it bore a
stamp from Peru. He picked it up and read the postmark, "Lima,"
and the date some weeks previous. In the lower corner,
underscored, were the words "Personal--Urgent."
"I'd like to know what is in that," remarked Craig, turning it
over and over.
He appeared to be considering something, for he rose suddenly, and
with a nod of his head to himself, as though settling some qualm
of conscience, shoved the letter into his pocket.
A moment later the clerk returned. "I've just had Mr. Whitney on
the wire," he reported.
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