"Killed; body gone; devil to pay all over the place."
"What's that?" demanded the Unspeakable Perk, running out,
coatless and goggleless.
"There's been another riot, and Dr. Luther Pruyn is killed,"
explained Sherwen.
"Who says so?"
"Bulletin board--La Liberdad--just saw it," panted Galpy.
"Nonsense! It's a bola"
"The whole city is ringing with it. They say it was a plot to get
him out of the way to stop quarantine. The Foreign Office is
buzzing with inquiries, and Puerto del Norte is burning up the
wires."
"Puerto del Norte! How did they hear?"
"Telephone, of course. I hear Wisner is coming up," said Sherwen.
"I've got to get a wire to the port at once," cried the scientist.
"At once!"
"You! What for?"
"To stop off Wisner. To tell him it isn't so."
"You're excited, my boy," said Mr. Brewster kindly. "Better lie
down again."
"It's true, right enough," said the Englishman. "Sir Willet's
cochero saw the mob get him."
"When? Where?" asked Fitzhugh Carroll.
"Haven't got any details, but the Government admits it."
"I don't care if the President and his whole cabinet swear to it,"
vociferated the Unspeakable Perk.
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