The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-02-10

and my family from disgrace-to keep
him out Of jail. You knew my father.
You were in business with him. You
always liked him and knew he was IN
honest man."
HE was square in his business deal
ings with me. Mrs. Brooks, but that's
not less than every man has got to be
who deals with me-"
II know that" she said, her manner
becoming supplicating; II know that,
but you must have some respect fol-
his memory, you must have had some
affection for him at the time-every.
body had-and some pity for me in
this trouble. ! thought all these things
might soften you, might open way
to some arrangement that would save
us from the exposure that seems now
bound to come tomorrow morning.
Isn't there some way out of it?'
But he was all business now. He
had satisfied himself that he had vast
ed his time with her.
"Have you got the money! he snap
ped.
mo-"
'Then what's your proposition"
Il have none," she confessed hope.
lessly, hanging her head.
"Humph!' he grunted, settling him.
self in his chair.
II thought thought you might b.
little more charitable and suggest
some way" she murmured.
h,,cI In nd
hep
eyes"
"What did he say to you?"
'Told me 1 might have some infu-
ence with you"
"Put the blame on you for stealing
the money, didn't hep
"How did you know that?"
| She raised her head and looked at
him in surprise.
II know the man. Didn't hep
eyes"
"Told you, didn't he, that you could
| fix it up with me to call everything
OFF,"
Eyes, that's what he said," she ad.
mitted wonderingly.
"And I suppose he said that If you
didn't come you'd have to take the
blame for him going to the peniten-
tiary?"
"It-it was something like that"
didn't happen to mention, did he,
that he thought I liked you pretty
well?" ''s'''-'s'v =t----.r' -es--rsys-s-..--
"Y-yes," she stammered, now utterly
bewildered. IL think that was part
Of what he said"
didn't forget that, eh? Well" he
continued, looking once more straight
into her eyes and putting the issue
squarely to her, "I'm here and you're
here. That part seems all right. What
have you got to say?"
She sustained his gaze bravely and
answered, though with no hope in her
heart:
"Is there any honorable way in
which l can help Lim?"
"What do you mean by 'honorable?' -
Emma lost all patience. Her nerves
that had been under such severe
strain, were getting beyond control
She rose, flushing angrily.
"You know what l mean by honor
able! You know what any good WON
an means when she says honorable.
You're beating about the bush, Cap
tain Williams. If you want to come
to the point, come to it and come t
it quickly. l am going home"
'Now you're talking, my lass" hi
said grimly. getting up also, land II
talk right back to you. If took youl
opinion of me and that of your thiev
ing husband l wouldn't have to talk
I'd tell you in plain words that If yor
wanted to go to San Francisco will
me I'd take q chance on the overeat
ing and wouldn't put you on a die
like put the rest. What would 20,
do then? What IL did make the prop
osition that's in your mind ard wa
In the mind Of that sneaking husban,
Of yours when he tried to put You OF
the bargain counter and send you owe
!. to me to see If I'd put the price up t
sixteen thousand? What II I loOke'
). you over and was pleased and though
you cheap at that figure? You say I'v
t killed men. Yes, l have-wrung thei
/ heads of with this hand like you,
sling a chicken in the air. You cam
here for purpose. You amt no child
What If I am the beast ard the brut