Eddring hesitated, but finally looked his friend in the face. "I'm a white man," said he. Blount went on.
"What you tell me is not altogether news. We're going after these people, and we're going to put an end to this thing once for all. We're going to have a country. Now, we want as large a number of white gentlemen as possible. We will want you.
"Now, no matter what you are doing, or where you are, will you come when I send for you!"
Eddring repeated simply, "I am a white man, too."
"It's for the law, Eddring—for the country."
"Yes. I think it's for the law."
CHAPTER III
REGARDING LOUISE LOISSON
"Come out and eat with me, Cal," said Eddring. "I've some other matters to put before you. A great many things have been so confused in my mind that I have hardly known where to begin to straighten them out."
"I reckon you've got some new lawsuit or other on your hands," said
Blount.