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WITH a quick swing I jerked free from the hands and turned, facing my assailant. With the same continuous movement I closed my fists and set my body in an attitude of self-defense. But by this time my eyes recognized the man who had pulled me in there; and my arms fell supinely to my sides.
"Excuse the rough handling," said Trask, smiling, "only if we had allowed you to parade up and down there much longer Keith would certainly have noticed you, if he hasn't already."
"Oh, then you have run him down, too?" I demanded.
"Picked up his trail this afternoon, ran him down within ten minutes, and now we've got an office upstairs where we can watch in safety just what's going on across the street."
"We?" I demanded, stifling my disappointment.
"Come upstairs and get our point of view," r
