Chapter 46

“That wasn’t any more moccasin than a polar bear.... Yes, ’course he struck you. Any snake ’ll do that--but it ain’t always poison. Your arm ain’t even go’ner be sore. “Never mind about this gun. I’ll give it back to you--later on.” _You’ll Be Thrilled and Mystified By Hamilton Craigie’s New Novelette_ The Chain _I._ TROUBLE. Quarrier entered the taxi with an uneasy sense of crisis. He was not imaginative; his digestion was excellent; even at forty, an age when most men nowadays have begun to feel the strain of f…