82/178 I give you my word that there are no flies on his personal integrity, if that's what you mean. He's hard, and he'd push an advantage, but I don't believe he would take an unfair one. He's speculated and made money every time, but I never heard of his wrecking a railroad or belonging to any swindling company or any grinding monopoly. He does chance it in stocks, but he's always played on the square, if you call stocks gambling." "May I, think this over till morning ?" asked the colonel. "I don't know as there's any hurry." Miss Woodburn found a chance to murmur to him before he went: "He'll come. |