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CHAPTER III
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Outside the locked door the voices of the two men rose in fierce whispers. But Ford1 regarded them not at all. With the swiftness of a squirrel caught in a cage, he darted2 on tiptoe from side to side searching the confines of his prison. He halted close to Miss Dale and pointed3 at the windows.
“Have you ever tried to loosen those bars?” he whispered.
“What did you see?” demanded Ford hopefully.
The girl destroyed his hope with a shake of her head and a swift smile.
“Scissors,” she said; “but they found them and took them away.” Ford pointed at the open grate.
The man gave her a quick, pleased glance, then turned his eyes to the door that led into the room that looked upon the street.
“Is that door locked?”
“No,” the girl told him. “But the door from it into the hall is fastened, like the other, with a spring lock and two bolts.”
Ford cautiously opened the door into the room adjoining, and, except for a bed and wash-stand, found it empty. On tiptoe he ran to the windows. Sowell Street was deserted9. He returned to Miss Dale, again closing the door between the two rooms.
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Ford
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pointed
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spoke
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poker
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deserted
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tightened
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mattress
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sockets
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hesitation
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disapproval
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eyebrows
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jeeringly
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defiantly
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repartee
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covertly
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touching
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motive
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steadily
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heartily
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dodging
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crook
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silhouette
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exultant
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entreaties
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awry
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sprawling
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capes
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joyfully
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shriek
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awed
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shrieks
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snarls
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amazement
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scattered
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tumult
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crouching
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doorway
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barricades
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mattresses
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brass
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cordon
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shafts
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automobile
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tilted
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maneuver
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westward
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cinders
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frantic
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