Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-04-29

bottom of this sooner or Iater-and
the sooner the better. I'm waiting for
you to repeat what yod just told us,
Rufus"
There were tears of anger in the
law students eyes--of anger and of
impotence. He gave Angela a look of
superb disdain, shrugged his shoulders.
well, that settles tkat!" he said,
and as Angela gave gasp of under
standing, and turned angrily white. he
laughed metallically.
Cullen moved nearer to him.
Are you going, to speak up or not?
Because if you aren't :"
Waring folded his arms; but he
still failed of the pose he planned. be-
cause his, eyes and his muscles were
traitor to him. =. g.
mo, I'm not! Not until I'm ready
to! I'm not afraid of the. whole crowd
of you! I'm not going. to be bullied
and bulldozed into" He attempted
to brush past Cullen. the older man
caught him by the arm. "Take your
hands off mel" *'.s
,"You stay where you are" stormed
Cullen. Until you can" ~
IF you lay your hands on me once
more, Mr.. Cullen, I'll don't you
forget / know what this means! I'll
have you" t,..
"Oh. your law" Cullen snorted it
contemptuously. "For Gods sake,
don't SWIVEL about it . :, stand up
and take it like a man, II you've got
any manhood in you'll For a law stu
dent you're . well, don't try to
run away from 1t, then. Are
you going to tell him, or am II"
The answer was delayed; Cullen
swung around to billiard. "Then I'll
tell you myself. Know what this boys
been saying about you? Coming up to
US when you're not here, and trying to
knife you when you're not looking|
billiard, who had been standing
paralyzed, found voice.
why can guess" he said, curious
ly calm. And don't be harsh with
him, Mr.. Cullen. AS a matter of
fact"
Angela had sprung between them :;
Hilliard saw that her cheeks were tear
stained.
ITS nothing but jealousy" she
cried vehemently. Hes said horrible
things about you! He's always say
ing things about you! He said"
angela !" Cullen almost fairly
shouted it. 81 tell you, this is my
house, and I won't have any more of
this internal nonsense in it! Hear
me? I've. had all the nonsense I'm 60
ing to stand from anybody! Rufus,
you stay right there! Angela you
keep Quiet!" He turned to Hilliard.
IF you'd come in a half minute soon
err you'd have heard this young whip
per-snapper trying to make you out a
swindler! Trying to class. you with
fake promoters and mining sharks
look at him Look at him. want to
Yes that's what he did! You! And
tell you, Hilliard, it'll take more than
ms Say-So TO start anything around
here! Don't you open your mouth,
Rufus . :. you had your chance
and you wouldn't take 1t! And l want
to tell you right here and right now"
"Wait minute" Hilliard was
deadly quiet; the only quiet member
Of the quartette. "There's no use in
telling all the neighbors just YETI. He
regarded Waring kindly. do you mind
repeating precisely what you did say,
Rufus? Don't you think I'm entitled
| to that much?"
The boy flushed agonizedly; he was
the accuser, and yet he couldn't meet
billiards eyes. 1t wasn't guilt; it was
mere intellectual inferiority; and yet
it gave, exactly the opposite impress
sion. -
well" he said desperately, 81 know
hearsay evidence is no good. so got II
first hand-in your own room in the
Onondaga, didn't I? You won't deny
that, will you? l didn't just pick uI
rumors-I got 1t from you. Didn't