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"You don't intend fighting the fact of your absence,

do you?" de silence

"Of course not!" I replied quietly "Pickering was

right on my heels, and my absence was known to his

randfather,

-who never harmed a flea, may his soul rest in

blessed peace!-to lie about it They ht nail me for

perjury besides"

"Then the quicker we get ready for a siege the better

As I understand your attitude, you don't propose to

a gallant gentle nature,

you want to be sure that the lady who is now entitled to

it gets all there is co to her, and as you don't trust

the executor, any further than a true Irish to stand

by to watch the boodle counted Is that a correct analysis

of your intentions?"

"That's as near one of et, Larry Donovan!"

"And if he co,-we ency," interposed the chaplain

"So much the worse for the sheriff and the rest of

them!" I declared

"Spoken like a man of spirit And noe'd better

stock up at once, in case we should be shut off from our