He was utterly surprised
and nonplused, and before he could answer a word Manning placed his hand
on his shoulder and said, peremptorily: "Come in here, Mr. King;
perhaps Mr. Wallace can loosen your tongue."
[Illustration: "Come in here, Mr. King; perhaps Mr. Wallace can loosen
your tongue."]
They were now directly in front of the office of the chief, and King
knew that any attempt at resistance would be futile, and decidedly
unwise, so he deemed it best to submit at once.
"Don't be too hard on a fellow," said he at last. "I have a good
position and I can't afford to lose it. If you will give me a chance, I
will tell you all I know."
"Very well, come right in here," said Manning, "and if you tell me the
truth, I promise you no harm will come to you."
In a few minutes they were closeted with the chief, who knew King very
well, and who added his assurances to those of Manning, that if he would
unburden himself fully, no danger need be apprehended.
"I want to say first," said King, at last convinced that it would be
better to make a clean breast of the whole matter, "that what I did, was
done in good faith, and I only thought I was helping a friend who had
got into trouble through acting in self-defense.
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