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He saw how Lawler's muscles had tensed, how his chin had gone forward with a vicious thrust noted the awful indecision that had seized the man. As the secretary watched, he realized that Lawler was on the verge of surrendering to the passions he was fighting for Lawler had again taken up the cartridge belt and was opening his coat to buckle the belt around him. "Governor."
Also, since the convention he had felt vindictive toward Lawler, for Lawler had offended him by his tenacious championship of Falkner. He had almost lost the nomination through Lawler's efforts. "Been in town long?" he queried. "Just long enough to have a talk with Hatfield." The governor smiled wanly. "Hatfield has been having his troubles, Lawler.
Hamlin knew it; he knew, now, at least, that he hadn't had nerve enough to shoot Lawler. He cringed under Lawler's contemptuous tone. And then he became aware that Lawler was speaking again. "I'm giving you another chance. I'm letting you off, clean. For Ruth's sake. "Look here, Hamlin!" Hamlin's chin was caught in an iron grasp and he found himself looking into the terrible eyes.
"I reckon I'll do somethin'," said the sheriff, drawlingly. "I'll have to see Lawler an' get his side of it. An' if you charge Lawler with murder, I'll have to bring him in. But I'm warnin' you that if you ain't got any witnesses to prove your charge, you ain't got no show of convictin' him. An' Lawler's standin' is pretty high in this country, Warden an' don't you forget it!"
He knew Kane Lawler's name had been mentioned in connection with the girl's; and it might have been that his hatred of Lawler, and the sudden jealousy that had developed in him over the incident of the fluttering handkerchief, had gripped him. But he was aware that just at this time he was risking much risking his life and jeopardizing the business venture in which he was engaged.
"Alan sent me to school at Miss Lawler's when my mother died, and there I have been ever since, while he has been these three years and a half on the African station." "What, is he in the navy?" "Yes," said the boy proudly, "Lieutenant Ernescliffe. He got his promotion last week.
Such was the perfection of the organization of which I might now call myself an integral part that the "best" publications contained only the barest mention, and that in the legislative news, of the signing of the bill. I read with complacency and even with amusement the flaring headlines I had anticipated in Mr. Lawler's 'Pilot. "The Governor Signs It!"
This information had reached Lawler's ears through the medium of neighboring cattle owners, and he was willing to accept it as accurate, though he was not prepared to form an estimate of Warden until he had an opportunity to talk with him personally. "Well," went on Blackburn; "them that's looked him over don't hesitate to say he don't measure up to Jim Lefingwell's size."
As he rode, Lawler's face changed expression. He frowned, and his lips set stiffly. What he had been almost on the point of telling his mother was that he knew why Ruth Hamlin had refused him. It was pride, nothing less. Lawler suspected that Ruth knew her father was a rustler. In fact, there had been times when he had seen that knowledge lying naked in her eyes when she looked at her parent.
Warden could not have told what had aroused the latter emotion, though he was subconsciously aware that it had come when he had noted the rugged, manly strength of Lawler's face; that the man was attractive, and that he admired him despite his dislike. That knowledge aroused a dull rage in him. His cheeks flushed, his eyes glowed with it. But Warden's smile contradicted his thoughts.
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