All the money I've switched away from the
water company, the street cars, and the ferries must be switched
back. And you won't get hurt yourself none. Every company you
got stock in will come through--"
"You are crazy, Daylight!" the little lawyer cried out. "This is
all babbling lunacy. What is the matter with you? You haven't
been eating a drug or something?"
"I sure have!" Daylight smiled reply. "And I'm now coughing it
up. I'm sick of living in a city and playing business--I'm going
off to the sunshine, and the country, and the green grass. And
Dede, here, is going with me. So you've got the chance to be the
first to congratulate me."
"Congratulate the--the devil!" Hegan spluttered. "I'm not
going to stand for this sort of foolishness."
"Oh, yes, you are; because if you don't there'll be a bigger
smash and some folks will most likely get hurt. You're worth a
million or more yourself, now, and if you listen to me you come
through with a whole skin. I want to get hurt, and get hurt to
the limit. That's what I'm looking for, and there's no man or
bunch of men can get between me and what I'm looking for.
Savvee, Hegan? Savvee?"
"What have you done to him?" Hegan snarled at Dede.
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