"I understand he's back at
ugg classic short Manzanita."
"He is. And from what I can make out," she added fiercely, "he is giving up his life to guarding Miss Van Arsdale from breaking her heart, as she will do, if she learns of Judge Enderby's death--Oh!" she cried, "I didn't mean to say that! You must forget that there was anything said."
"No need. I know all that story," he said gravely. "That is what I couldn't forgive in Ban. That he should have
uggs kids sale betrayed Miss Van Arsdale, his oldest friend. That is the unpardonable treachery."
"To save me," said Io.
"Not even for that. He owed more to her than to you."
"I can't believe that he did it!" she wailed. "To use my letter to set spies on Cousin Billy and ruin him--it isn't Ban. It isn't!"
"He did it, and, when it was too late, he tried to stop it."
"To stop it?" She looked her
mens uggs on sale startled query at him. "How do you know that?"
"Last week," explained Edmonds, "Judge Enderby's partner sent for me. He had been going over some papers and had come upon a telegram from Banneker urging Enderby not to leave without seeing him. The telegram must have been delivered very shortly after the Judge left for the train."
"Telegram? Why a telegram? Wasn't Ban in town?"
"No. He was down in Jersey. At The
ugg boots sale Retreat."
"Wait!" gasped Io. "At The Retreat! Then my letter would have been forwarded to him there. He couldn't have got it at the same time that Cousin Billy got the one I sent him." She gripped Russell Edmonds's wrists in fierce, strong hands. "What if he hadn't known in time? What if, the moment he did know, he did his best to stop Cousin Billy from starting, with that telegram?"
ugg boots on sale Suddenly the light died out of her face. "But then how would that loathsome Mr. Ives have known that he was going, unless Ban betrayed him?"
"Easily enough," returned the veteran. "He had a report from his detectives, who had been watching Enderby for months.... Mrs. Eyre, I wish you'd give me a drink. I feel shaky."
