Vince?--why, it's just the same as if you were hired for
that purpose!"
Dr. Vince had risen in agitation. "Really, Samuel!" he cried. "You
have exceeded the limit of endurance. This cannot go on! I will not
hear another word of it!"
Samuel sat, heart broken. "Then you are going to desert me!" he
exclaimed. "You are going to make me do it alone."
The other stared. "What are you going to do?" he demanded.
"First," said Samuel, "I am going to see these men. I am going to give
them a chance to see the error of their ways."
"Boy!" cried the doctor. "You are mad!"
"Perhaps I am," was the reply. "But how can I help that?"
"At least," exclaimed the other, "if you take any such step, you will
make it clear to them that _I_ have not sent you, and that you have no
sanction from me."
For a long time Samuel made no reply to this. Somehow it seemed the
most unworthy thing that his friend had said yet. It meant that Dr.
Vince was a coward!
"No, sir," he said at last, "you may rest easy about that. I will take
the whole burden on my own shoulders. There's no reason why I should
trouble you any more, I think."
And with that he rose, and went out from the house.
CHAPTER XXIII
After Samuel had left Dr. Vince, a great wave of desolation swept over
him. He was alone again, and all the world was against him!
For a moment he had an impulse to turn back.
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