7/17 I have simply a certain duty to do, and that duty I intend to perform." "Oh, that's all right!" exclaimed the newspaper man, jauntily. "I, for one, am not going to ask you to take a step outside your duties; but an official may do his duty, and yet, at the same time, do a friendly act for a newspaper man, or even for a prisoner. In the language of the old chestnut, 'If you don't help me, don't help the bear.' That's all I ask." "You maybe sure, Mr.Stratton, that anything I can do to help you I shall be glad to do; and now let me give you a hint. If you want to see Mrs.Brenton, the best thing is to get permission from her lawyers. If I were you I would not see Benham--he's rather a hard nut, Benham is, although you needn't tell him I said so. |