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You haven't anything he can attach—if you have, make it over to your wives or your fiancées." "Is that honest?" asked Hamlet, shaking his head doubtfully. "It's business," said Holmes. "But suppose he wants an advance payment?" YOU HAVEN'T ANYTHING HE CAN ATTACH IF YOU HAVE MAKE IT OVER TO YOUR WIVES OR YOUR FIANCE IS THAT HONEST ASKED HAMLET SHAKING HIS HEAD DOUBTFULLY IT'S BUSINESS SAID HOLMES BUT SUPPOSE HE WANTS AN ADVANCE PAYMENT
,” retorted Charon, blandly. Raleigh and Hamlet turned away impatiently and left Charon to his own devices, which for the time being consisted largely of winking his other eye quietly and outwardly making a great show of grief. “He’s too canny for us, I am afraid,” said Sir Walter. “We’ll have to pay him his money.” “Let us first consult Sherlock Holmes,” suggested Hamlet, and this they proceeded at once to do. “There is but one thing to be done,” observed the astute detective after he had heard Sir Walter’s statement of the case. “It is an old saying that one should fight fire with fire. We must meet modern business methods with modern commercial ideas. Charter his vessel at his own price.” “But we’d never be able to pay,” said Hamlet. “Ha-ha!” laughed Holmes. “It is evident that you know nothing of the laws of trade nowadays. Don’t pay!” “But how can we?” asked Raleigh. “The method is simple. You haven’t anything to pay with,” returned Holmes. “Let him sue. Suppose he gets a verdict.  OF SKATES I WOULD IF I THOUGHT THE RIVER WOULD FREEZE RETORTED CHERON BLANDLY RALEIGH AND HAMLET TURNED AWAY IMPATIENTLY AND LEFT CHERON TO HIS OWN DEVICES WHICH FOR THE TIME BEING CONSISTED LARGELY OF WINKING HIS OTHER EYE QUIETLY AND OUTWARDLY MAKING A GREAT SHOW OF GRIEF HE'S TOO CANNY FOR US I'M AFRAID SAID SIR WALTER WE'LL HAVE TO PAY HIM HIS MONEY LET US FIRST CONSULT SHERLOCK HOLMES SUGGESTED HAMLET AND THIS THEY PROCEEDED AT ONCE TO DO THERE IS BUT ONE THING TO BE DONE OBSERVED THE ASTUTE DETECTIVE AFTER HE HAD HEARD SIR WALTER'S STATEMENT OF THE CASE IT IS AN OLD SAYING THAT ONE SHOULD FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE WE MUST MEET MODERN BUSINESS METHODS WITH MODERN COMMERCIAL IDEAS CHARTER HIS VESSEL AT HIS OWN PRICE BUT WE'D NEVER BE ABLE TO PAY SAID HAMLET HA HA LAUGHED HOLMES IT IS EVIDENT THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THE LAWS OF TRADE NOWADAYS DON'T PAY BUT HOW CAN WE ASKED RALEIGH THE METHOD IS SIMPLE YOU HAVEN'T ANYTHING TO PAY WITH RETURNED HOLMES LET HIM SO SUPPOSE HE GETS A VERDICT
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