"Well, my girl?"
She said demurely:
"It's to be a fight to a finish for me."
"Damn!" said Tomlin.
Susan wandered to the window, staring aimlessly into the square. She heard Tomlin saying hoarsely:
"Joe, you take my advice; let the girl have the man she wants. S'elp me, if one o' my daughters took a shine to him, she should have him! You're fairly downed, old man, and you know it. This Hunsaker will be here before we can turn round!"
"He is here," said Susan, turning from the window.
CHAPTER XXIII
THE RESULT
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