Excerpt: ...born of fear, retorted sharply: "Hold his hands! How're you going to make him hold his tongue, afterward?" Gaylor turned upon him savagely. "My God, man!" he cried, "we're not trying to persuade the District Attorney that he's seen a ghost. If your friends can persuade Stephen Hallowell that he's seen one, the District Attorney can go to the devil!" "Well, he won't!" returned Rainey, "he'll go to law!" "Let him!" cried Gaylor defiantly. "Get Hallowell to sign that will, and I'll go into court with him." His ...
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Excerpt: ...born of fear, retorted sharply: "Hold his hands! How're you going to make him hold his tongue, afterward?" Gaylor turned upon him savagely. "My God, man!" he cried, "we're not trying to persuade the District Attorney that he's seen a ghost. If your friends can persuade Stephen Hallowell that he's seen one, the District Attorney can go to the devil!" "Well, he won't!" returned Rainey, "he'll go to law!" "Let him!" cried Gaylor defiantly. "Get Hallowell to sign that will, and I'll go into court with him." His bravado was suddenly attacked from an unexpected source. "You'll go into court with him, all right," declared Mrs. Vance, "all of you! And if you don't want him to catch you," she cried, "you'll clear out, now! He's coming here any minute." "Who's coming here?" demanded her husband. "Winthrop," returned his wife, "to see Vera." "To see Vera!" cried Vance eagerly. "What about? About this morning?" "No," protested Mabel, "to call on her. He's an old friend
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