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"There's one danger," Mr Keating continued "Kedge Halloway is honest,

but I believe he's selfish enough to disturb his best friend's deathbed

for his own ends, and it's not unlikely that he will get nervous towards

the last and be telegraphing Harkless to have himself carried on a cot to

the convention to save him That wouldn't do at all, of course, and Miss

Sherwood thinks er if we set the convention a

little ahead of the day appointed It's dangerous, because it shortens our

time; but we can fix it for three days before the day we'd settled on, and

that will bring it to Septeo

to the convention as a delegate, andspeech for Mr

Harkless Will you do it?"

"Do it?" cried the oldfist "Do it? I'd walk froain to do

it!"