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THE editor of the West End magazine sat up promptly, and a sudden light flashed into his somewhat tired eyes.
"Ah, that blackguard!" he said. "If you can give me any information about him that will put me on his track, I shall be infinitely obliged. Because, about two and a half years ago, he did me, or my firm, rather, out of fifteen guineas, and landed me in no end of trouble besides. After that, he vanished, leaving no trace behind him, and we had to let it go at that."