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Updated: June 9, 2025
We've got a society in this town pledged to the cause of honest labor and against capital for life or death. We want you. We want men of sand and men of sense, and you've got both. You must join." Sam Sleeny was by this time pretty well filled with beer and wrath. He felt himself in a certain sense bound by the weighty secret which Offitt had imparted to him and flattered by his invitation.
One or two men who had been summoned as witnesses were standing near the justice. The proceedings were summary. One of the policemen said that he had gone to Matchin's shop to arrest the prisoner; that the prisoner exhibited no surprise; his first words were, "Is Mr. Farnham dead yet?" Offitt was then called upon, and he repeated, clearly and concisely, the story he had told the chief of police.
Offitt tried to escape, but was so hemmed in, that the infuriated man had him in his hands before the officers could interpose. If they had delayed a moment longer all would have been over, for already Sleeny's hands were at the throat of his betrayer. But two powerful policemen with their clubs soon separated the combatants, and Sleeny was dragged back and securely handcuffed.
If I could catch him and lick him, in a fair fight, I'd do it; and I wouldn't care how hard I hit him, or what with." "All right," said Offitt, curtly. "You met him once in a fair fight, and he licked you. And you tried him another way, courtin' the same girl, and he beat you there. But it's all right. I've got nothin' against him, if you hain't.
"Oh, a good many, most everybody in our ward and some in the Nineteenth." "A good bit of money?" said Offitt carelessly, though his mouth worked nervously. "You bet your boots! If I had all the cash he takes in to-night, I'd buy an island and shoot the machine business. Well, I must be gettin' back. So long."
I like a man that can hold his tongue." "Then I'm your huckleberry," said Sleeny, whose vanity was soothed by the compliment. "That's so," said Offitt, with an admiring smile. "If I wanted a secret kept, I'd know where to come."
He could not express his exultation; turning to Saul, "There's where he came in last night, any way." "He didn't do no such a thing," replied Saul. "That door I locked myself last night before he came in." "Oh, you did? So you're sure he came in at the other door, are you. We will see if he could get in any other way." Walking around the corner, he saw the ladder where Offitt had left it.
The man complied, and was especially careful to bring his waistcoat with him, saying with a laugh, "I lose my shelter if I lose that." "What do you mean?" asked Offitt. "I've got a quarter's rent in there for Cap. Farnham." "Why are you carrying it around all day?"
His words startled his friend Offitt. He exclaimed, "Why, who does she know that's got money?" But Sleeny felt a momentary revolt against delivering to even his closest confidant the name of the woman he loved coupled with the degrading suspicions by which he had been tormented all day.
Offitt; but where is all this wealth to come from?" He did not resent the question, but heard it gladly, as imposing a condition he might meet. "The money is all right. If I lay the money at your feet, will you go with me? Only give me your promise." "I promise nothing," said Maud; "but when you are ready to travel, perhaps you may find me in a better humor." The words seemed to fire him.
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