It is possible that you may have intended to crowd your boundaries and steal a few thousand feet of state timber, but so far as its belonging to you or to the people you represent, I know better." "Ye--ye say I'm a thief ?" demanded Peg, the words seeming to stick in his throat.
"No.

You may intend to be one, but I have not said that you are.

You may be for all that I know.

If you have nothing more sensible to say than to accuse us of burning your property, move on! Before you go, however, I wish to say that I believe that, if the truth were to come out, you know more about what caused that fire, and how it was caused, than anyone else.

You know what I mean, Peg Tatem." Only Hippy understood to what Tom Gray referred.