Both were locked.
"I don't see how you're going to identify 'em without seein' 'em,"
said Peter dubiously.
Barnes looked at him sternly. "Peter, be good enough to remember that
you are working for a man of the most highly developed powers of
divination. Do you get that?"
"No, sir," said Peter honestly; "I don't."
"Well, if I were to say to you that I possess the singular ability to
see a thing without actually seeing it, what would you say?"
"I wouldn't say anything, because I don't think it helps a man any to
call his boss a liar."
"You take this one," said Barnes, without further parley, "and I will
manage the other." He was in a hurry to get away from the house. There
was no telling when the government agents would descend upon the
place. He was at a loss to understand O'Dowd's failure to remove the
trunks which would so surely draw the attention of the authorities to
the girl he seemed so eager to shield. "And, by the way," he added, as
they descended the stairs with the trunks on their backs, "you may as
well get your own things together, Peter. We start on a long motor
trip to-night. I am afraid we shall have to steal the automobile, if
you don't mind.
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