"Your old woman will keep!" retorted Gilmore shortly.
"But, boss, I got to go to her; the judge says I must! She's been there to see him; damn it, she cried and hollered and took on awful because she ain't seein' me; it was pitiful!"
"What's that?" demanded Gilmore sharply.
"It was pitiful!" repeated Montgomery, shaking his great head dolorously.
"Oh, cut that! Who have you seen?"
"Judge Langham."
"When did you see him?"
Mr. Gilmore spoke with a forced calm.
"To-night. My old woman—"
"Oh, to hell with your old woman!" shouted the gambler furiously. "Do you mean that you were at Judge Langham's to-night?"