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"Give me the pad, please"

"What is it, boy?"

The other's teeth snapped together

"What is it?" he cried "What is it? It's treachery, and the worst I ever

knew Not a word of the accusation I de praises instead!

Read that editorial--there, there!" He struck the page with the back of

his hand, and threw the paper to Meredith "Read that miserable lie! 'One

who has won the love and respect of every person in the district!'--'One

who has suffered for his chahteousness!

Save the mark!"

"What does it mean?"

"Mean! It means McCune--Rod McCune, 'who has lived under a threat for

years'--my threat! I swore I would print hiain, and he knew I could 'Almost overborne in the

fulfilment of that threat!' Almost! It's a black scheme, and I see it

now Thisin

the world but this It's McCune's hand all along He daren't name him even

now, the coward! The trick lies between McCune and young Fisbee--the old

man is innocent Give ood days to work in, and, by the gods of Perdition, if Rod McCune sees

Congress it will be in his next incarnation!"