10/24 Goin' back on me, eh ?" "I'm a Republication, 'Rast." "So you are," said Mr.Hopkins slowly, his temper at white heat "And that mortgage is two months overdue." "Go over to the bank and get your money, then. It's waiting for you, Hopkins--interest and all. Go and get it and let me alone. I'm busy." Perhaps the politician had never been so surprised in his life. Anger gave way to sudden fear, and he scrutinized the averted countenance of Thompson carefully. |