[SPAM] The Miser Determines to Sail for America 131 CHAPTER

 keep watch and to warn his companion, should any one approach the barn
and threaten detection. This plan being arranged, Somers walked directly
towards the barn, the doors of which were closed and fastened upon the
inside by a swinging bar. Inserting his hand through an opening in the
wood-work, he pushed the bar from its place, and the doors flew open.
Hastily entering the building, he found the interior to correspond
exactly with the description given him by Bucholz, and a hurried glance
showed him at once the place where the pocket-book was alleged to have
been hidden. He soon reached the designated spot, and, reaching under
the loose flooring near the head of the stairs, his eyes lighted up with
satisfaction as his hand came in contact with the leather book which he
had half hoped and half doubted to find there. Quickly removing it from
its place of concealment, he deposited it in the inner pocket of his
coat and ran from the barn in the direction of the spot where his
companion was lying. John Curtin was provided with a stout adhesive
envelope, and producing this, the earth-stained wallet was at once
enclosed within it, and in the presence of the other the packet was
sealed up securely. The two men then walked to the next station, and
taking the train for New York, came directly to the agency. The German
Consul was notified, and in a short time he made his appearance, when
the package was placed in his hands, and he was requested to open it. He
did so, and the contents of the book were counted in his presence an

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