simply because they may do so with the approval of the hunters."
Henry gave a low whistle.
"Who's been talking to you? You've got a sudden conversion as to this woman's—misfortune." He gave an ugly slur to that last word. "Time was when you'd call it by another name."
"Well, whether I would or not, Cranston's got to be called off from that line: and he's got to be called off quick!"
"But Frank Hunter has been very insistent on this point. He seems to have some reason for thinking it important," Henry answered.
"Because he thinks that a sensation there will stop folks asking questions nearer home. If he can raise a dust behind which he can negotiate for those papers, he's got all he's looking for just now."
"Perhaps you don't feel any interest in those papers," Henry answered.
"Interest or no interest, I'm not going to skulk any longer behind a petticoat. I'm ashamed to have done it so long."
"Good boy," Henry said, making a motion as if
