"Was, eh? And what for, I'd like to know?"
"That's your father's business, Duncan."
"Don't Duncan me any more, Roger Strong. What's my father's business?"
"What I came for. He sent for me."
"Oh, he did. Reckon he's going to square accounts with you."
"I don't know what accounts he's going to square," I went on in curiosity.
"Didn't you as much as try to intimate he was lying—down in Judge Penfold's court this afternoon?"
"I only told what I knew to be the truth," I replied calmly.
"The truth. Humph! I believe you took the widow's money yourself."
"Take care what you're saying," I replied angrily. "I don't propose to stand any such talk from you."