Reginald Wright Kauffman

Name: Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman
Author: Reginald Wright Kauffman

Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

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“Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman”, published in 1924, is a work by Reginald Wright Kauffman. It explores elements such as Farley, Don Ramon and We've.

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Reginald Wright Kauffman, Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

“ Behind him followed a sturdy, boyish person with frank eyes and a shock of tow-colored hair, and behind him—and quite as if he were glad to accompany them—a broad, big, genial gentleman, carrying a Malacca cane strapped to one wrist, a gentleman immaculately clad in speckless white, whose dark glances flashed from the now incarnadined Miss Greene to the group about the desk, and whose fat hands were lavishly decked with rings.
“Well?” snapped Boyle, who had no intention of betraying any lack of omniscience. “Let's hear what you've got to say, Mr. Hoagland.” ”

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Reginald Wright Kauffman, Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

“ Farley, as if I was looking for them, too, and put them on the wrong shelf and found them there. Nobody'd ever suspect me,” she said bitterly to Boyle; “but I guess this—this beast copied them while he had them. Only, I give you my word, I never dreamed he'd lied—not till months afterward.” She turned on the fat Lothario. “You're a crook,” she said to Don Ramon, “a crook! And I want you to know that, since I found you out, I've—I've become engaged to an honest man—I've become engaged to Mr. Farley.” ”

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Reginald Wright Kauffman, Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

“ Not so the little secretary of the treasury. One sidelong glance showed him the drawn pallor of the suspected man's careworn face and the stoop of his shoulders, which recent worry had forced there. The secretary kept intact the genuine heart of the old-line politician; he kept it firm, but in the right place, and so he now blustered in his fussy manner to cover a regret quite honestly poignant.
“Mr. Farley,” he finally began, “the government, as you are well aware, is most disturbed. ”

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Reginald Wright Kauffman, Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

“ Boyle had walked back to the desk and was examining the plates that his agent had brought.
“Villeta,” said he, “we've got to hand it to you for one thing. These are just about flawless. I congratulate you on being the most expert counterfeiter the service has ever come across.”
Don Ramon, now that Farley's stenographer had done her worst against him, was his best self once more. He bowed a deprecating acknowledgment to Boyle. Then, with an inclination of apology to Miss Greene, he calmly usurped her place in the limelight. ”

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Reginald Wright Kauffman, Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

“ It was an abrupt climax, but before Boyle could answer, the office door was thrust open. There stood Miss Greene, tight lipped, yet evidently almost bursting with news. Long training made her look only to her employer for permission to speak.
The male trio scowled at her intrusion. Farley's nerves were on edge.
“Well?” he asked sharply.
“There are three men outside, with three plainclothes men besides. They say—that is, one of them says he must see you at once. It's a Mr. Hoagland——”
“Hoagland!” shouted the chief of the secret service. “Bring him in!”
“What is it?” gasped Farley. ”

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Reginald Wright Kauffman, Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

“ You've no good news, I fear, in this—er—Fillmore note paper?”
Farley shook his tired head.
Boyle continued to regard the superintendent steadily through his sharp eyes that never wavered.
“The treasury department,” said its secretary, “has come to a standstill in the affair. We've—well, we've—well, we've just got to throw up our hands.”
“You mean——”
The secretary blew his nose. He had a way of blowing it ostentatiously when he was worried. “Public disgrace threatens us,” said he. “That's what it amounts to. Things can't be hushed up indefinitely. ”

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Reginald Wright Kauffman, Money to Burn — XXV. The Buenos Aires Woman (1924)

“ Yes, sir. Only that was a day before a holiday. I was searched as usual. I said I'd forgotten my bag—must have left it in the dressing room—which I'd done, too, on purpose—so I ran up and stuffed the plates again under my dress and just ran back and opened my bag for the inspector to show him nothing was in it that shouldn't be. ”

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