And then there are other things to consider, one among them that after all no harm has come to me.

The enmity he's held for me has simply recoiled upon his own head.

All he has to show for it after months of hating and contriving is his position here in this room to-day--and a dead dog.

Surely it must make plain to him that his course has been not only futile but foolish." The engineer glanced at the young fellow.

He sat in an attitude of despair that almost equalled his father's.
"Well, that brings me to the point," Bryant said.