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keen sense of his responsibility brought him up 

 alertly. 



"Impossible, the case would go by default." 

 He looked up and saw a pair of blue eyes watching 

 him, and a pair of lips that pursed, pretending to 

 whistle. It came to him with a rush that she 

 thought him afraid. 



It cut him, but he couldn't help it. Then he 

 walked to the station, leaving Jerry swearing 

 mildly under his breath. For a moment he hesi- 

 tated, then decision came to him. He hurried 

 into the telegraph operator's office and picked up 

 the telephone he saw there. In a short time he 

 had the opposing attorneys on the wire in New 

 York. 



'*What time does Grant vs. Ellis go on?" he 

 called. 



For a moment he listened, not speaking, then 

 *'three o'clock," he repeated, "Good bye," and 

 hung up the receiver. He glanced at his watch. 

 It was nearly eleven. The run was only forty-five 

 minutes to New York. He shut his watch with a 

 snap and bolted out of the station. He saw the 

 groom on the second horse nearby. It was more 

 than up to his weight, but, he couldn't deny the 

 fact to himself, he felt a little shaky. He hadn't 

 ridden for years and to get on a horse he had never 

 seen before and ride over that country he had 

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