I'm calling for that extra card for the looks of it, but my hand
is full up without it"
"What's in your hand, anyhow, outside of your legal right? Looks to me
they hold them all from ace down."
Dick laughed.
"You wait and see," he said.
CHAPTER VII
TWO MESSAGES
Because Dick had always lived a clean, outdoor life he rallied
magnificently from the relapse into which his indiscretion had thrown
him. For a few days Dr. Watson was worried by reason of the danger of
blood-poisoning, but the splendid vitality of his patient quickly swept
him out of danger. Soon he was hobbling round with a cane, and shortly
after was able to take long rides over the country with his friend.
On one of these occasions, while they were climbing a hill trail, Davis
broke a long silence to say aloud to himself: "There's just one way to
account for it."
"Then it can't be a woman you're thinking of," Dick laughed; "for as far
as I can make out there's always several ways to account for them, and
the one you guess usually ain't right."
"You've said it, son. It's a woman. I been doing some inquiring about
this Miss Valdes, and from all telling she's the prettiest ever."
"I could have told you that. It ain't a secret."
"I notice you didn't tell me."
"You didn't ask, you old geezer."
"Sho! You ain't such a clam when it comes to pretty girls.
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