15/26 "With that mortgage hanging over everything and Gorsuch and your father cudgelling their brains to foreclose it, you won't have a ghost of a chance. Come to think of it, however, I might help--for a few weeks' expenses, at least. How would this do ?" Here he had all he could do to straighten his face: "'Attention now--Hats off in the court-room. For sale or hire! Immediate delivery. One first-class gentleman, in reasonable repair. |