The Wasp — 1913 — page 334: what you’re looking at

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THE WASP 327 afraid. Why had he given money and diamonds to her if he did not mean harm to Willis? And what of this money? For her own part, she was glad of it; but what would Bob Willis say to it? She knew nothing of her brother’s fate or career as a pirate; but she felt sure that the gold and stones had not come from him. She more than suspected their history, having heard the rumor, aboard the frigate, that James Burnham had turned pirate. Theoretically the gleaming coins and glinting stones were red with innocent blood. She could not see it; but she knew that Willis would. How was she to benefit by James Burnham’s generosity ? Kitty passed three days and nights in nerve-rack- ing fear and doubt. She spent some of the guineas in food and clothing and the payment of small debts, but she came to no plan of action concerning the diamonds. James Burnham did not return, to her vast relief. On the fourth day of her widowhood she sent to the Green Dragon for Willis. The messenger returned with word that the gentleman was sick of comichooks.com