16/29 How old are you ?" I told him that I was sixteen the twenty-seventh of the last July. A guardian _ad litem_ will have to be appointed to protect your interests, and to bring suit for you. I shall be glad to serve you, sir, in the name of justice; and to confound those with whom robbery of the orphan is an occupation, sir, a daily occupation. Come up to my office with me, and we will begin proceedings to make Rucker sweat!" 3 But this was too swift for a Vandemark. In spite of his urging, I insisted that I should have to think it over. |