Chapter 16

“Eugene has so informed me,” purred Welper. “My God, John, what a little oil can do for a brisk young man!—Have you seen to-night’s paper?” He fished it out of his pocket, put on a pair of pince-nez, found the column with his forefinger, and read: “THREE ACCUSED OF $2,000,000 OIL SWINDLE Woman and Two Men Suspected—Ten Thousand People Bought Worthless Stock Complaints from nearly 10,000 small investors, alleging that they had been swindled out of their saving…