[Square Deal Sanderson by Charles Alden Seltzer]@TWC D-Link bookSquare Deal Sanderson CHAPTER XV 5/25
Oh, but I'm--" "Calling yourself names won't get you back to where you was before you made a fool of yourself," Sanderson told him, pityingly.
"An' me tellin' you what I think of you won't relieve my feelin's a whole lot, for there ain't words enough layin' around loose. "What I want to know is this: did you go clean loco, or do you remember anything that happened to you? Do you know who got the money you drew from the bank ?" "Dale," answered Owen.
"He had that, for I remember him counting it in the back room of the hotel.
There was more, too; I heard him telling Silverthorn there was about seven thousand in all.
Silverthorn wanted him to put it all back in the bank, but Dale said there was just enough for him to meet his pay-roll--that he owed his men a lot of back pay. He took it with him." "My four thousand," said Sanderson, shortly. "Yours ?" Owen paled. "Dale lifted my money belt," Sanderson returned.
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