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"Look here!" exclaimed Russ, taking hold of Merley's shoulder. "You will either leave quietly, or I'll summon a policeman and have you arrested. Even if you have a claim against Mr. DeVere, and I don't believe you have, that gives you no right to trespass here. Take your claim to court!" "I tell you I want my money now!" "Well, you'll not get it. You have your remedy at law.
Merley's two friends carried him to a drug store not far from the scene of the accident. Ruth and Alice shrank back as he was borne past them, for they feared he might recognize them, and cause a scene. But if he saw them, which is doubtful, he gave no sign. "Here comes de hurry-up wagon!" cried the lad who had thus designated the ambulance. "Let's see 'em shove him on de stretcher!
This is always done by street car companies, in order to protect themselves. "Hurt? Of course he's hurt!" exclaimed the man Russ called Jagle. "See that cut on his head!" There was a slight abrasion on Merley's forehead, but it did not seem at all serious. "Aren't you hurt, Dan?" asked Jagle. "Of course I am!" was the answer. "I'm hurt bad, too. Get me home, Jim."
DeVere had been much annoyed, and alarmed, by an unjust demand, and how a certain illegal suit against an electric car company was called off, through a discovery made by Ruth and Alice, you may read of in the book. Russ got "the proof on the film" and when this moving picture was shown privately it caused Dan Merley's lawyer to say: "You win! We are beaten!" And Mr. DeVere was at ease after that.
It was Dan Merley's lawyer. "Oh, yes, I guess Mr. DeVere knows me," returned the latter. "I understand you have come here for a settlement," he went on. "Yes," said Russ, smiling. "A a settlement!" murmured Mr. DeVere. "I I am not prepared to settle. I have not the money!" "You don't need the money," declared Russ. "You have brought Mr.
"What is it?" asked Mr. DeVere. "I'll get some moving pictures of him," went on the young operator. "I'll take a film, showing him tramping around, hunting, and when that is shown to the street car company's lawyer I guess that will put an end to Mr. Merley's suit. I'll film the faker!" Enthusiastic over his new idea, Russ gazed triumphantly at Mr. DeVere and the two girls.
Between them, Ruth and Alice told about Dan Merley's claim, and the injustice of it. Russ was duly sympathetic. "If I were your father I would pay no attention to his demand," the young moving picture operator said. "But suppose he sues, as he threatened?" asked Ruth. "Let him, and fight the case in court when it comes up. Merley may be only 'bluffing', to use a common expression."
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