"When did you see 'Slim' Jim last?"
"I might 'a' seen him this afternoon an' I might not," she said cautiously, looking at him from under a broad hat-brim.
"When?"
"I didn't see him after I got behind that 'How Many?' sign. If I seen him must 'a' been before two."
"Did he give you any hint of what was in the air?"
"Say, what's the lay-out? Are you framin' Jim for up the river?"
"I'm tryin' to save Kitty."
"Because she's your goil. Where do I come in at? What's there in it for me to go rappin' me friend?" demanded Annie sharply.
"She's not my girl," explained Clay. Then, with that sure instinct that sometimes guided him, he added, "The young lady I—I'm in love with has just become engaged to another man."
Miss Millikan looked at him, frankly incredulous. "For the love o'
Mike, where's her eyes? Don't she know a real man when she sees one?
I'll say she don't."