Jackson Gregory,
The Chinese Jewel — VII. a ride in the dark
(1921)
“ Not even a dog to bark through the silence to give word of their coming, no slightest sound as, following uncle Abner, Steele's feet fell upon a soft green sward edging the road. Only the faintest of rustlings among the never quiet leaves above their heads, and, from afar, a liquid gurgle of a brook. ”
Jackson Gregory,
The Chinese Jewel — VII. a ride in the dark
(1921)
“ To find that such a man had been delegated by Reagan to be responsible for his actions—were it not merely an odd coincidence that he and Waldron had taken the same express—somewhat startled Steele. For Tony Waldron he held to be not only the most capable man working with the master crook, but one who stood almost on the same plain as Reagan himself, a man forceful, powerful, thoroughly unscrupulous, and yet very wary. Steele had supposed a task like this somewhat beneath Tony Waldron, a responsibility for some lesser lieutenant and some one not known to Steele. ”
Jackson Gregory,
The Chinese Jewel — VII. a ride in the dark
(1921)
“ For among the strange faces about him he could not tell how many might be faces of Reagan men. No other man did he recognize, but he had already thought that Reagan would set an unknown hound of his on his track, Steele began to observe more carefully the men—and the women as well—occupying seats or strap hanging in his car, determined to recognize any one of them if he saw him again. “There's one joy in the situation,” he cogitated with an inward chuckle. “I've got a good long day ahead of me and nothing to be done until I meet uncle Abner to-night. I'll give Mr. Tony Waldron a day of it!” ”
