I dont know, unless it might be thebilliard room,
she suggested.
Give me back that Boroda stock, shouted
Benjamin.
There was no patronage or condescension in this
smile, however.
Oh, dont befrightened, carelessly, Im not trying to
get any of it. I thought you said itwas, that you had seen it, there.
Id like to pack up and clear out for a
month.
She told of her one speculation and its disastrous
ending.
Well, hes a liar, for Im thelivest dead man HE ever
saw. I think you should becareful of that cold of yours.
When Mary returned home she went out into
thekitchen to speak with Mrs. She, too, was pale now, but she bowed her head
inassent.
Im going to put you in jail by and by, he declared,
with aneffort.
He had a table of his own in his Denver
house.
Very happy, Im sure, Captain Cummings, he said.
Sampson, she said, while every one turned to stare at her,may I ask Mr. Ben, she
declared, with seething indignation, you got that bookfrom my desk. She was a
newvessel and her copper d ought to have been new s the rest of her. I was advised
not to sell, as far as thatgoes. The fierceness anddrunken rage were wiped from it
as if with a cloth. His smile of self-satisfaction was broad.
Ben is fond of the game, Iveheard him say
so.
Crisp turned and saw Captain Barney and Kohath
applauding with therest. So did the Knights ofHonor and the Red Men. You have a list
ofthem somewhere in the house, of course?
He was walkingup and down the room, scowling and
muttering to himself.