"Give us the rest of it, Mac!"
"The rest of it is—clear out o' here, 'r I'll boot every mother's son of yeh!"
"Can't do it!"
"Come down an' try it!"
McIlvaine opened the door and looked out. "Mac, Mrs. Sanford wants to say something—if it's safe."
"Safe as eatin' dinner."
Mrs. Sanford came out, looking pale and almost like a child as she stood beside her defender's towering bulk. But her face was resolute.
"That money will be paid back," she said, "dollar for dollar, if you'll just give us a chance. As soon as Jim gets well enough every cent will be paid, if I live."
The crowd received this little speech in silence. One or two said, in low voices: "That's business. She'll do it, too, if any one can."
Barney pushed his way through the crowd with contemptuous curses. "The———she will!" he said.