Blow the Man Down - A Romance of the Coast

"You're a lying renegade!"

"Oh no! I have only showed you that all the good bluffers are not

confined to Wall Street. There's one still loose there. Your man Bradish

probably had reasons for wanting to bluff your daughter--and save his

own skin. He'll probably hand your papers to you!"

Marston swore and departed.

"I laid out that course whilst I was down on my knees in his cabin,

sort of praying for a good lie in a time of desp'rit need," Captain

Wass confided to Mayo. "It wasn't bad, considering the way it has worked

out."