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I tell you," said Cornelius Rockham, "it is the most remarkable proposition that I have ever heard."
"It is strange," replied the Police Chief, thoughtfully. "You say the fellow declared that he had a proposition to make in regard to the child, and that he refused to make it save in the presence of witnesses."