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"Just about what is the puzzle? " asks Magpie, and Frankie grins.
"That's up to you, Magpie-you and Ike. That's a bona fide offer for your little prospect. The wire is from Hartley Adams, the man I'm working for, and he offers you a limit of twenty thousand dollars for your mine, on my report."