CHAPTER 20It should be understood that before this the men in Milligan’s had reached a subtly unspoken agreement that red-haired Donnegan was not one of them. In a word, they did not like him because he made a mystery of himself. And, also, because he was different. Yet there was a growing feeling that the shooting of Lewis through the hand had not been an accident, for the whole demeanor of Donnegan composed the action of a man who is a professional trouble maker. There was no reason why he should go to Milligan’s and take his servant with him unless he wished a fight. And why a man should wish to fight the entire Corner was something no one could guess.
That he should have done all this merely to focus all eyes upon him, and particularly the eyes of a girl, did not occur to anyone. It l
