CHAPTER V.
HIBBARD SHOWS HIS TEETHIt was hard for Clancy to understand Rockwell. At first, he had no place open for Clancy at all; after he saw the thousand-dollar note, he suddenly discovered that he could put him on the pay roll, providing he could do his work and keep his own counsel; and finally, when Clancy declined the position if he must turn his back an his principles, Rockwell “took him on,” anyway.
It did not occur to Clancy that Rockwell might have a design in these shifty tactics, and that the design underwent changes as Clancy developed his aims and intentions.
As the judge walked off, leaving Clancy poorer by twenty-five dollars a month because of his promise to Rockwell, Fortune saw a chance and took quick advantage of it.
“Hold your bronks a minute, judge,” he called, h
