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Updated: June 22, 2025
Led by a passing remark of Henry Belden's to infer that his cousin was a whist player of parts, a prominent social magnate at once invited him to join the party at his house on one of their whist evenings. "My wife, er will have great pleasure in calling on Mrs. Belden," said the magnate. "We did not know that we had a good whist player among us.
The young man seemed to tear out all his powers from his own person, as one draws a sword from its sheath, and to wield his vehemence and indignation over Belden's head as one might sweep a burning brand.
He isn't so much to blame after all. Any man is likely to flare out when he finds another fellow cutting in ahead of him. Why, here you are wanting to kill Siona Moore just for making up to your young tourist." "But that's different." He laughed. "Of course it is. But the thing we've got to guard against is old lady Belden's tongue.
One fancied a man too accustomed to the heavy foot of superiors to decline willingly any minor advantage that came his way or any major one. Bingham's eyes followed him out. "Whom have you there?" "Somebody of Belden's a new hand; some of the sediment left from the Fair." "That's where I've seen him. He was in the Service building draughtsman, clerk, or something. Swiss? Alsacian?"
"Why, it seems that after I left yesterday Settle rode down the valley with Belden's outfit, and they all got to drinking, ending in a row, and Tony beat one of Belden's men almost to death. The sheriff has gone over to get Tony, and the Beldens declare they're going to railroad him. That means we'll all be brought into it.
"Immediately." "Good! a train leaves the depot at 12.15. Take that. Once in R , it will be for you to decide upon the means of making Mrs. Belden's acquaintance without arousing her suspicions. Q, who will follow you, will hold himself in readiness to render you any assistance you may require.
Berrie opened the door and confronted her mother, who said: "Mr. Evingham 'phones that the afternoon papers contain an account of a fight at Coal City between Settle and one of Alec Belden's men, and that the District Forester is coming down to investigate it." "Let him come," answered Berrie, defiantly. "He can't do us any harm. What was the row about?" "I didn't hear much of it.
"What we've got to meet is Seth Belden's report Berrie has cut loose from Cliff, and he's red-headed already. When he drops onto this story, when he learns that I had to chase back after the horses, and that you and Berrie were alone together for three days, he'll have a fine club to swing, and he'll swing it; and Alec will help him.
Here I am, involved in a lover's wrath, and under sentence of banishment, all within a month! Well, I suppose there's nothing to do but carry out Belden's orders. He's the boss," he said as he rode on. "I wonder just what happened after I left? Something stormy, evidently. She must have given him a sharp rebuff, or he wouldn't have been so furious with me.
"He's not in any danger, and we'll be able to ride on in the morning." Nash, thinking of her as Clifford Belden's promised wife, had no suspicion of her feeling toward Norcross. Therefore he gently urged that to go on was quite out of order. "I can't think of leaving you here alone certainly not till I see Norcross and find out how badly he is hurt." She yielded. "I reckon you're right," she said.
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