Your reputation is none of the best." "Thank you, boss!" said Montgomery gratefully.
"Mr.Gilmore probably expects to use you for his own ends regardless of the consequences to you," finished the judge.
"Supposin'-- " began the handy-man huskily, "supposin', boss, I was to go into court and swear to something that wasn't so; what's that ?" and he bent a searching glance on the judge's face.
"Perjury," said the judge laconically.
"What's it worth to a man?
I reckon it's like drinkin' and stealin', it's got so many days and costs chalked up agin it ?" "I think," said the judge quietly, "that you would better tell me what you mean.

Ordinarily I should not care to mix in your concerns, but on Nellie's account--" "God take a likin' to you, boss!" cried Montgomery.

"I know I ought to have kept out of this.

I told Andy Gilmore how it would be, that I hadn't the brains for it; but he was to stand back of me.

And so he will--to give me a kick and a shove when he's done with me!" He saw himself caught in that treacherous fabric Gilmore had erected for John North, whose powerful friends would get him clear.