The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-03-23
Awkwardly the plainsman took the smooth
Slim fingers which she stretched out to him.

slim fingers which She stretched out to him.
''i t1t.s , whale .MSask. ma I nnt. M ne W yala: there
is something more that l want to say, and
1 want you to understand that l say 1t
not as a threat, but simply as a warming:
l don't know how much you may know of
our society, but it has representatives all
over the world, and it does not tolerate
traitors. No one who has ever betrayed 1T
Caruth here tried to play fast and loose
with it, you might succeed for the moment,
but it would be for a moment only Your
heirs might profit by your tre;ichery, but
you would not
Wilkins laughed. lie seemed neither Of
Tended nor worried by the girls words:
understood. No gang can hold together or
be successful unless they does for anybody
tn that mx splits mhi,s ON en- Mayb nlln "a !! o sell out n if i
thought it would pay me. But naturally
count myself some better than the state of
New Jersey; amt offerin' myself for sale
don't look as if it would be altogether
healthy to sell out. Mo-! You can count
ON me as long as you play fair yourselves
Now, what's the program:
Miss Fitzhugh leaned back in her chair
with an expression of relief on her face.
Il believe you are truer than you say. MI;
Wilkins She %murmured. I'm going to
trust you. As to the program. l must con
slider. The first thing is to let me look at
that letter"
sure. MIlAOhl NN
handed over Il folded sheet.
Miss Fitzhugh only glanced at IT..
mean the original, = she explained, with a
steely CLINT in her eyes. ,,oa,n
Not any he replied. The aboriginal is
safe and ! don't show 1t to no one ye!
right, and I'll go with you and guide You
till we get mean I've been
lookin' up the place on the map ana l can
do it. Or, I'll tell you: III show you me
letter MS soon as we get In the Baltic:
How'll that do:'
lit won't do at all. The letter may be
lit amt valueless. 1t tells all right, II
says in a narrow strait between this island
and that island You neednt worry ABOUT
The woman hesitated. Was all this a
cunningly devised plot of the cars agents,
or Was the man honest: MS relusai ~
Mr.. wilkins." she syllabled slowly. In
take your word for it. since can 10 noun
ing else. But ! warn you soleanhlN that ~
fail in this thing after | have spent al
the money that have to spend, II wlll COST
both you and me our lives. me bfo,her,
hood will not tolerate such IL cosby lallufe
as this would be. SO beware.
wilkins nodded. Shoot he said. You're
Miss Fitzhugh looked slightly bewildered.
VERY WE'LL she said. ION your head ne
it. Now. we must see something apoul
getting Il ship. an
through the conversation he had lain back
in his chair. listening but not ntterlng Il
single word. The girl seemed entirely com,
petent to manage things and he felt no cav
TO intervene. though he shivered once OF
twice when she spoke so openly to this
plainsman, who frankly confessed that he
was ready to play traitor for II sufficiently
large reward. But his chance had come
around at last.
"A ship" he echoed. Don't worry bout
that. l have Il thousand-ton yacht eating
its head off down the bay IE lie delighted
if you will use it as your own. When shall
we sail:'
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