“Now, read this.”
She took from her pocket a typewritten roll of paper, and extended it to Mr. Mountain.
“You will see that it is a carefully-prepared newspaper article, which embraces your confession.
“If you refuse to pay what I believe is the value of that confession, in your handwriting, to you, that will be published.”
Mr. Mountain read it over, and saw with what skill it was prepared, and how eagerly a paper would seize on it.
“You would not have the cruelty to do that?”
“You are mistaken,” said the Brown Robin, coldly. “I would have and will do what I say I will. Make not the least mistake about that.”
“But you will do it for less?”
“Fifty thousand or nothing.”
This was said with the utmost firmness. Then she added: