After that,
trouble me or mine again at your peril. Now, be off. No, I'll not
take any of your dirty money; and if these friends of yours wish
to go with you, they are welcome to do so."
"We are only acquaintances of Mr. Sibley's," chorused his late
companions, "and came in merely to see fair play."
"Well, you haven't seen 'fair play,'" growled Mr. Burleigh. "I've
treated the fellow much better than he deserves."
Before Sibley could realize it, a carriage whirled him and his
baggage away. His reckless anger having evaporated, the base and
cowardly instincts of his nature resumed their sway, and he was glad
to slink off to New York, thus escaping further danger and trouble.
Chapter XXIX. Evil Lives Cast Dark Shadows.
Changes in the world without often make sad havoc in our content
and happiness. Loss of fortune and friends, removal to new scenes,
death and disaster, sometimes so alter the outlook that we have
to ask ourselves: Is this the same earth in which we have dwelt
hitherto? But the changes that can most blast and blacken, or, on
the other hand, glorify the world about us, are those which take
place within our souls.
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