"She dished him for Eyre," he concluded, "and now she's dishing Eyre for him.""Bussey's got all this?" inquired Marrineal, and upon the other's careless "I suppose so," added, "It must grind his soul not to be able to use it.""Or not to get paid for suppressing it," grinned Ives."But does Banneker understand that it's fear of his pen, and not of being killed, that binds Bussey?"Ives nodded. "I've taken care to rub that in. Told him of other cases where the old Major was threatened with all sorts of manhandling; scared out of his wits at first, but always got over it and came back in The Searchlight, taking his chance of being killed. The old vulture really isn't a coward, though he's a wary bird.""Would Banneker really kill him, do you think?""I wouldn't insure his life for five cents," returned the other with conviction. "Your editor is crazy-mad over this Mrs. Eyre. So there you have him delivered, shorn and helpless, and Delilah doesn't even suspect that she's acting as our agent."Marrineal's eyes fixed themselves in a lifeless sort of stare upon a far corner of the ceiling. Recognizing this as a sign of inward cogitation, the vizier of his more private interests sat waiting. Without changing the direction of his gaze, the proprietor indicated a check in his ratiocination by saying incompletely:"Now, if she divorced Eyre and married Banneker--"Ives completed it for him. "That would spike The Searchlight's guns, you think? Perhaps. But if she were going to divorce Eyre, she'd have done it long ago, wouldn't she? I think she'll wait.

"Even had Banneker been prone to self-consciousness, which he was not, the extreme, almost monastic plainness of the small, neutral-fronted building to which the other led him would have set him at ease. It gave no inkling of its unique exclusiveness, and equally unique expensiveness. As for Cressey, that simple, direct, and confident soul took not the smallest account of Banneker's standardized clothing, which made him almost as conspicuous in that environment as if he had entered clad in a wooden packing-case. Cressey's creed in such matters was complete; any friend of his was good enough for any environment to which he might introduce him, and any other friend who took exceptions might go ****her!"Banzai!" said the cheerful host over his cocktail. "Welcome to our city. Hope you like it.""I do," said Banneker, lifting his glass in response."Where are you living?""Grove Street."Cressey knit his brows. "Where's that? Harlem?""No. Over west of Sixth Avenue.""Queer kind of place to live, ain't it? There's a corkin' little suite vacant over at the Regalton. Cheap at the money. Oh!-er-I-er-maybe--""Yes; that's it," smiled Banneker. "The treasury isn't up to bachelor suites, yet awhile. I've only just got a job.""What is it?""Newspaper work. The Morning Ledger.""Reporting?" A dubious expression clouded the candid cheerfulness of the other's face."Yes. What's the matter with that?""Oh; I dunno.

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