paid to my daughter, and that neither o' them shall make any
further demand on me.'

"Well, I drew that fool contract, an', after it was signed, Sam
delivered ten one-thousand-dollar bills to the young man, who was
to become his son-in-law the following month with the assistance of
a caterer and a florist and a string-band, all from New Haven.

"Within half an hour Dan Pettigrew came roarin' up in front o' my
office in the big red automobile of his father's. In a minute he
came in to see me. He out with his business soon as he lit in a
chair.

"'I've learned that this man Rolanoff is a scoundrel,' says he.

"'A scoundrel!' says I.

"'Of purest ray serene,' says he.

"I put a few questions, but he'd nothing in the way o' proof to
otter--it was only the statement of a newspaper.

"'Is that all you know against him?' I asked.

"'He won't fight,' says Dan. 'I've tried him--I've begged him to
fight.'

"'Well, I've got better evidence than you have,' I says. 'It came
a few minutes before you did.'