Whateveryourschemewas，ithadsenseinit，Blake’sopiniontothecontrarynotwithstanding。Idon’taskyoutorevealit，butIwillsupposeacase——acasewhichyouwillanswerasastartingpointfortherealthingIamgoingtocomeat，andthat’sallIwant。
Youofferedfivehundreddollarsfortheknife，andfivehundredforthethief。Wewillsuppose，forargument’ssake，thatthefirstrewardis_advertised_andthesecondofferedby_privateletter_topawnbrokersand——\"
Blakeslappedhisthigh，andcriedout：
\"ByJackson，he’sgotyou，Pudd’nhead！Nowwhycouldn’tI
or_any_foolhavethoughtofthat？\"