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"

I

'm

sorry

,

"

said

Goodwin

,

with

equal

directness

,

"

but

you

ca

n't

have

any

.

You

're

drinking

yourself

to

death

,

Blythe

.

Your

friends

have

done

all

they

could

to

help

you

to

brace

up

.

You

wo

n't

help

yourself

.

There

's

no

use

furnishing

you

with

money

to

ruin

yourself

with

any

longer

.

"

"

Dear

man

,

"

said

Blythe

,

tilting

back

his

chair

,

"

it

is

n't

a

question

of

social

economy

now

.

It

's

past

that

.

I

like

you

,

Goodwin

;

and

I

've

come

to

stick

a

knife

between

your

ribs

.

I

was

kicked

out

of

Espada

's

saloon

this

morning

;

and

Society

owes

me

reparation

for

my

wounded

feelings

.

"

"

I

did

n't

kick

you

out

.

"

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"

No

;

but

in

a

general

way

you

represent

Society

;

and

in

a

particular

way

you

represent

my

last

chance

.

I

've

had

to

come

down

to

it

,

old

man

--

I

tried

to

do

it

a

month

ago

when

Losada

's

man

was

here

turning

things

over

;

but

I

could

n't

do

it

then

.

Now

it

's

different

.

I

want

a

thousand

dollars

,

Goodwin

;

and

you

'll

have

to

give

it

to

me

.

"

"

Only

last

week

,

"

said

Goodwin

,

with

a

smile

,

"

a

silver

dollar

was

all

you

were

asking

for

.

"

"

An

evidence

,

"

said

Blythe

,

flippantly

,

"

that

I

was

still

virtuous

--

though

under

heavy

pressure

.

The

wages

of

sin

should

be

something

higher

than

a

peso

worth

forty-eight

cents

.

Let

's

talk

business

.

I

am

the

villain

in

the

third

act

;

and

I

must

have

my

merited

,

if

only

temporary

,

triumph

.

I

saw

you

collar

the

late

president

's

valiseful

of

boodle

.

Oh

,

I

know

it

's

blackmail

;

but

I

'm

liberal

about

the

price

.

I

know

I

'm

a

cheap

villain

--

one

of

the

regular

sawmill-drama

kind

--

but

you

're

one

of

my

particular

friends

,

and

I

do

n't

want

to

stick

you

hard

.

"

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"

Suppose

you

go

into

the

details

,

"

suggested

Goodwin

,

calmly

arranging

his

letters

on

the

table

.

"

All

right

,

"

said

"

Beelzebub

.

"

"

I

like

the

way

you

take

it

.

I

despise

histrionics

;

so

you

will

please

prepare

yourself

for

the

facts

without

any

red

fire

,

calcium

or

grace

notes

on

the

saxophone

.

"

On

the

night

that

His

Fly-by-night

Excellency

arrived

in

town

I

was

very

drunk

.

You

will

excuse

the

pride

with

which

I

state

that

fact

;

but

it

was

quite

a

feat

for

me

to

attain

that

desirable

state

.

Somebody

had

left

a

cot

out

under

the

orange

trees

in

the

yard

of

Madama

Ortiz

's

hotel

.

I

stepped

over

the

wall

,

laid

down

upon

it

,

and

fell

asleep

.

I

was

awakened

by

an

orange

that

dropped

from

the

tree

upon

my

nose

;

and

I

laid

there

for

awhile

cursing

Sir

Isaac

Newton

,

or

whoever

it

was

that

invented

gravitation

,

for

not

confining

his

theory

to

apples

.

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