The Call of the Cumberlands - Page 119/205

After awhile, they sat silent, Farbish smiling over the plot he had

just devised, and the other man puffing with a puzzled expression at

his cigar.

"That's all there is to it," summarized Mr. Farbish, succinctly. "If

we can get these two men, South and Horton, together down there at the

shooting lodge, under the proper conditions, they'll do the rest

themselves, I think. I'll take care of South. Now, it's up to you to

have Horton there at the same time."

"How do you know these two men have not already met--and amicably?"

demanded Mr. Bradburn.

"I happen to know it, quite by chance. It is my business to know

things--quite by chance!"