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"Damn you, Harbert, I understand you now, and I want to say this to you: I'll not drag that boy away from this city He's successful here and he's one of theto have him hounded from town to town by--"
"You don't quite understand me, sir On the contrary, he should remain here What I dohere if the truth about his father is uttered That's the brutal way to put it, Banselared at each other for a full minute Bansemer was as white as a sheet--but not with fear
"Harbert," he said in low tones, "I've half afor it There are at least a dozen members of the bar who know that I have come here to see you, and they knohy, too See here, Bansein with You've always been a knave How you happen to have a son like Graydon I can't iine If I did not know that your as a noble, honest woman, it wouldn't be difficult to supply a reason for--"
"Stop! By God, you shall not say a word against ht! You--"
"I have not said a word against her--nor against your son For her and for hi to protect the memory of one and the future of the other Bansemer, I believe that I drove you out of New York You escaped without exposure simply because the witnesses lost their nerve That won't be the case here You think you've covered your tracks nicely You haven't You've tripped into half a dozen traps I don't knohat your gae of your son's position in that hoh I'm a man of feords If it were not for your son I'd swear out the warrants for you to-day on five different charges For his sake I'ive you a chance I've worked on you for three years I swore I'd get you so to cheatto smash you as I intended Your son's friends have prevailed To show you that I', I have every bit of evidence in the Burkenday case, the Flossie Bellamy job, theHensmith affair--and it was a damnable one, too--with two or three more You broke that woman's heart I don't suppose you know that she died last month You never noticed it, eh? Her precious coach like a lord on the money you and he took froht a little hoes The two jobs you now have on hand never will be pulled off The girl in the Banker Watts case has been cornered and has confessed She is ready to appear against you McLennan's wife has had the courage to defy your accomplice--that dastardly butler of theirs--and he has left town, frightened out of his wits Your ti is up It won't be as it was in New York, because we have the proof There is a co for me to report If I take word to them that you expect to sail for Europe next week, never to return to this country, all well and good It is for your son's good health, bear in o, the public may never learn the truth about you; if you stay you will be in jail before you are a week older And, Mr Banseot to decide DAMNED QUICK"