CHAPTER XXV
A PLOT
“Did you suspect me before Gus Kiggins told you to?”
“Now, look here, Dan Richards, you’re making a fool of yourself! Don’t you suppose I ever have an idea of my own?”
“I do.”
“You don’t act as if you did. Look here, Dan, what’s the trouble between you and Gus, anyway? Are you jealous of him?”
“Not to my knowledge,” replied Dan with a smile.
“He thinks you are.”
“You can put his mind at ease on that score.”
“Then what is it? Are you afraid of him?”
“Now you’ve found it.”