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Chapter 7

The Trapping of Birdie Edwards

As McMurdo had said, the house in which he lived was the lonely one and very well suited

for such a crime as they had planned.

It was all the extreme fringe of the town and stood well back from the road.

In any other case, the conspirators would have simply called out their man as they had

many a time before and emptied their pistols into his body.

But in this instance, it was very necessary to find out how much he knew, how he knew

it, and what had been passed on to his employers.

It was possible that they were already too late and that the work had been done.

If that was indeed so, they could at least have their revenge upon the man who had done

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