CHAPTER XXIX

The Duchesse § I “I’m not satisfied,” Ned Regan declared explosively. “I can’t forget what happened to you, Mr. Burke, not so long ago. You stepped around to this very office and signed an order for the release of as big a bunch of electrics as was ever roped in!” Deputy Commissioner Burke swung back in his chair, staring up at the speaker. His long cigar covered Regan. “Sure I did,” he growled. “I was full of hop, Ned, though how they’d loaded me I can’t make out. But what’s the l…