The things we do!

Who is she? I can't endure much longer
seeing a woman like that handled in this way. You'll some of you
have to show me your papers before long."
"You ask me who she is," replied Dunwody slowly, "and on my honor I
can hardly tell you. She is temporary ward of the government, that
much is sure. You know very well the arm of the national
government is long. You know, too, that I'm a state senator and
also a United States marshal in Missouri."
"But where do you come into this case, Senator?"
"I came into it last night at a little after nine o'clock,"
rejoined Dunwody. "Her former guardian has turned her over to me.
She does not leave the boat till I do, at Cairo, where I change for
up-river; and when I go, she goes. Don't pay any attention to any
outcry she may make. She's my--property."
Captain Rogers pondered for a time, but at length his face broke
out into a sort of smile. "There may be trouble ahead for you," he
began. "It is like my old friend Bill Jones in there.


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