26/29 "Tom's quit." His wife looked alarm and interrogation. Is goin' to work for Carruthers. They paid 'm more'n I could afford." "I told you you'd lose 'm," she cried out. "He was worth more'n you was giving him." "Now look here, old woman," Higginbotham bullied, "for the thousandth time I've told you to keep your nose out of the business. I won't tell you again." "I don't care," she sniffled. |