author - "Francis Lynde"
think I must have been hypnotized. I stood there like a frozen image, and let that crippled cow-rustler rob those two women--take the rings from their fingers!""Oh, hold on; there's another side to all that, and you know it," the vice-president began; but Lidgerwood would not listen. "No," he protested; "don't try to find excuses for me; there were none. The fellow gave me every chance; turned his back on me as an absolutely negligible factor while he was going
think I must have been hypnotized. I stood there like a frozen image, and let that crippled cow-rustler rob those two women--take the rings from their fingers!""Oh, hold on; there's another side to all that, and you know it," the vice-president began; but Lidgerwood would not listen. "No," he protested; "don't try to find excuses for me; there were none. The fellow gave me every chance; turned his back on me as an absolutely negligible factor while he was going