Ho, ho!" He stopped, out of breath, to indulge in another long chuckle.

Jed leaned forward.
"What are you talkin' about, Phin ?" he demanded.

"Even allowin' all this--this rigmarole of yours about--about Middleford business-- was true--" "It is true and you know it is.

I believe you've known it all along." "I say allowin' it is, you haven't any right to say Charlie took this money from the Orham bank.

You can't prove any such thing." "Aw, be still! Prove--prove nothin'.