17/26 No one but me knows, and I certainly will not tell." "You're the boss," said the man. He laughed again, and then both voices became inaudible to Calumet. Betty was deceiving him, trifling with him. Some plan that she had in mind with reference to him was working smoothly and well, so successfully that her confederate--for certainly the man in the room with her must be that--was distinctly pleased. Betty, to use the man's words, was "stringing" him. |