He threw this woman against poor Mr.Clayton." It was only when the boy was thoroughly subdued that Atwater quietly asked, "And Ferris?
What had he to do with it ?" "Nothing," stubbornly cried the boy.

"Only so far as this: he wanted to sneak in and get old Worthington's daughter, and all the money.
That's square! He hated Clayton.

He used to write lying letters to the old chief about him.

He sent private reports on his life to Mr.Worthington.I used to watch him.

I often got a peep at his papers, and he bribed me to pipe off poor Clayton.