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By George Barr McCutcheon
(Chapter VIII ('ontlnu»«li
Estimates and Plans for Bmldints
rnrnisbed on short notice
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file quartet
U"mti» I usly
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by t’e enc’is-K fc, placed
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it alncle » • rd
nrkt dar bat vne It was an-
S< 1« ». < >RI
tlie enemy hnd tn<»v «!
Frmn M um » t>i tlt»e
• gr»y, blur i»r w hite clad ft cui *
it'd l»r Rcto’ii dlr«*»tihg thr <»|irr4thittM
f!»»• nnlhi*« h I h » «« tv »*iicuc«*d lu
«‘hkbliitMlItili IVvt khs'ln»»*** *!»* !*•
'Ibv tbtthiiii wmm nuw uuilt-r thr
v»ry v) v <»f thr rttrtuy
»uticed that
r b» tbr bungalow
DR. W
«.
R. Bl LYE I
DENTIST
OVER W00DÄ0RTHS DRU j STORI-
BOTH PHONES
ALBANY
• '. c. I.IIYANI
ATTORNEY AT LAW
CUSICK BLOCK
ALBANY
OREGON
R. SHELTOX
Real Estate
Notary Pillili»
T. «e. they rode ami played ami awsm
«uil roui|«evi without n-strulut. but t»*
ti«-sth all of ilwlr alMiidwu tlwrr turknl
the ever preseut |Slth«>» of the Jail, the
asrluin. Ila-dvieuthm ward
Nut until the i-ml >»f January wa«
there n sign of revolt agstliM thr i-vrr
growing. Insidious convlllluu of uu-lan
chvly
As they turniil into Die last
lliirvl of tin r rille they found lieirt
to rejoice In thr ttmugbt that rei
was coming nearer ami nmrer
rml of Magv'h el-tlit week« *’ff!
there would Ir but sv vrn w«vks. thru
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ill t ITE II IN
Tin vwean Av n
l 'UK «notivi al
Mr
Bi Iti.” «ah
lumi It wna lair
Ing a day or tn
.Iti Wvbt Into thr tei't
» I In tlirre I* ng. bul w I
ill he found th it Ml««
I np|>mr«’d Tlie « »»In» hl»
lih ant Mr H-iundrr« »a a« nt»«» nil»«
til from hl« sent ,<n the window all
t thr f»ir ••* d of the Ir h • • •-rrhl-.r
rift li« k»*d hl« f’l-gti'.l a I 'd muttem
-tnethlng t-harw Irrlsll«-
Having lol
"e tirrr with whom he • cott'd •«•ml
uniente, hr boldly «et f (T fi r III J
inging rnrdm. « b re I epf In;-'ia n|
•d Irotnlbd the hug li.le
I
rouler t
nrnphcninilw
Loana Negotiated,
Aimtract»
"Nay," hr •aid w ft bom ceremony
Obtained ami E xmiíimí
i hr enemy’1 • I l troulile
Bowle» Ju«
Irf h' nisi
There'« ■ l«-t of ekelt
•CIO
OI.KGOS
icnt In the town
I don’t know w tie
• make of li "
'Then «liv the devil are yen break-
First G ass AccommoJattonj And prompt Servie
c In here with It’* growled I>cpplng
Laric Sample Rooms for Commercial Trsrckr
■mi
"This'll lntrrr«t you. lover fevr
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
here’« Iren a r w between V"n lillta
•id the lawyer, and the lawyer hn«
nmrrrlfulh thm«hev1 Von B'lts »;,»■<I
. n| I'd like to !» 1 W
Nay.
‘•It. Bniwne?
(.PANT PIRTLE. Fr..p
n’t I her
OREGON
ALBANY
uat was II nil a'iiut1' demanded
'r«wt tie
It n-i-tu« tint Vnn rt'lt» Is In thi
For Anythin« in HARNESS or SADDLES Set
i bit ef llcklru* bl« w I’ ,'« ‘ -al l Britt
hir friend thr enemy met hl*n this
rrning and t'lil him that no « bite
•an could tient his wife, slngulur or
limi, whl’r h>- was around
Von
'lira 1« a big ir.'lv • Imp and lie nat
Prices Right
Workmanship First class
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SHELBURN. OREGON
• go hang or something equivalent
hr lawyer knock»«! him d- wn
From
'ir way Bowles tel:« It hr uiu«l have
T. J. MV.SKKMS
nocked him down so Im-exsantl.v lu
. A K»INU,
be next live minutes that Von Hilts'»
Csa'iisr
President
11 tempts to Mr nd up were nothing
bort of a
stutter
Moreover.
he
V» ulvln'l irt Von llhn stab him worth
. ■. !
I'. -
. • i.« le i ;■ I V ■ ■
SCIO
OKEGUN
tilts cowed, ami the whole town la
vnlklng lu clh les. it’s so dl/zy
Wrll.
Done a general tanking and exchangr o make It shirt, the lawyer ha« got
■'on Bit i to b iting bini secretly, and
business. 1. »ami mail» at current r .tc
hr Grrman h i« a lot of Influence over
and drudi ÍMurd ou principal eitle»
lie people
II may l»r uimvuifortable
'or our good liH.’.Ing friend "
"If In- should lie In great danger
lowti i here." Mid her ladyship (irmly
L. H. MONTANYE
(«•rtrnp« consci u»ly "we n»u«t offer
I n n safe rr'rvnt In the chatetiu ”
• lie others h -med nt her In vurprlw*
We vun't stand off mid err him mur
en«!. you know." she quilitle I hastily
N<uarv Public and Silleitor
The next rn rrilng n itieneiiger i-uiue
<>( Patents and Peusioii».
;i from the town with a letter direct-
<1 t<> Me««r». I’rltt and Nauuders.
It
Ottica, 232 Weat fiad. .St., Albany,
Or«- iva» from t tie enemy and requested
'Item to meet flirti lu private cotifer-
I think It
li y al 4 that afti-rrioon
J. L. C alava »
1). M M c K mmu . 'Vl!| lie for tile ts-nefit of all concerned
f nr can get together.' « rote thè ru
-my lu cvitu'lu«ion
The mr-icngrr carried tuw-k with
film a illgril'.««! reapon«» In which the
•uunel'irw for Mr Browne anil I only
>‘vpplugham rri|e ctfully dis lilird tn
c.age In any conference at this time.
CAI.AVAN A MvKNlGIIT. l‘n p’o.
At - o’v I ih k that afleru»«m tbr entire
ree of native arri nuts plv krd up
Hacks connect with all trama bulb at
heir tH-loti"iug» mu! marched «ut of
ibe chateau
Thr major domo suave
West Belo and Mutikers.
«1 deferential, gravely Informi«! Mr
Our rigs our first da»» ami our horse»
Britt that they nere leailngat the In
■ lmh I driver».
Prices reasonable.
s' unti"« i f ttielr legal adviser, who
had but that hour l««u<«l his inwtruc
f tuns
eatherford
"I ti ’pe you are not forgetting what
I aulvl about the American gunboats.”
«aid Britt ponderously
"Ah." salvi I’.alllo. with a cunning
(•(flee in Blunilierg Block
• mi Ir. “our man Is alavi a great Amori'
He can command the cunh»»«t«
<-an
ALBANY
:
:
Usai»
We have told tilm that you
tuo. snhlb
Il* shows ut
bave thè great power.
that tir rati cali uI>on the English shl|>*
:s well. for he comes last from lam-
A. G. PRILL, M. D,
don
Ile esn have both, while you
Ilei Idra, he sav« yvm
Ilare onljr «ne.
cauimt «rml a nirwaag* In thr nlr wlth
'tt Ihe wlre nnle.s he glvr periato-
«I n
He bavr a little maritine that
Telephone, Exchange No. 11
••tt»T all thè tlchtnlng In thr alr ami
-HTO
:
:
:
OREGON
In Id If tlll he read« thè me»«age. Our
itti 1« a grvot man nell to M >ham-
me»! "
«•e» h-id come up with Mr« BroW.i
V\ lien Britt renpiH-arvd after a tirlel
its y In the telephone I«» uh he »»■
twraplrlng freely, »ud hl« face w
mlder If j»«ui|bie. Hum ever before
"Hr was very peremptory al (Irai
and very agreeable In I hr rud
I eatd
lie a«krd
we'd cotur down at ♦
me to bring antns cigarette« Nay he’«
lie Wouldn t liagglr
a «trenuou« chap
for a second ’*
Britt and Haundera found the enenii
waiting for them under the awning In
front of thr bank
lie looked a man
from the to|> of hl» head tn thr 1Ips of
hi« I'tini« «h»>r«
Every line of bl«
long body Indi at««! power, vitality,
health
Both men were surprised by
SH JS K S
The Harness Maker
The Scio Stute Bank
Attorney-ut-Laic
SCIO LIVERY & FtEu
STABLES
a
W
& wyatt
Attorneys-ut-Luic
Physicians Surgeon
Tbr Brut I Harr in Portland to Eat
ia at
Pap’s Coffee House
at Went end of the Morrison Street
bridge.
CHARLES J. MAHER
(Bucrea*ir Ic Riner Bros.)
I’RUrK'ETOK
J '
Britt |«««rd hl« hand over hl« brow,
stau.-eml by these «t ileniviit«
"Nay. hr's simsilhrr than I thought
Most
men would have t»-rn —-
fools enough to «ay that It Wits all
|H>ppy<«H'k about me «ending wireless
messages am! calling out navies, but
not he! And that ma hlnr fur tapping
the air! Hay. wed tie tier gw slow with
that fellow Nhull I call him up on the
phone and head off the striked”
"Anything. Mr Britt, to get tmek
our servants/’ said LadJ. I•vjipiugbaui
Our miin it o trrv'it ••»■•••-- »ort !•• Mi»
Aommcd.
" I »euer take your Browne.” «nd
Maunder«, with rul'd ••iwrlty
"He
rever ride» alune
• f life
I hnp|wn to know that you
hire a million packs - m of them, more
Mv «pi,«
• t |*M up al the cba'enu
fold me
I dare aav oil know tb.it I
have «¡'li-« lip there all the time
f'oti’l lay any attenti u Io them
\ - II re nt lltwrty to -»et «pira on my
llerr nr are Thia
trail ut any time
H the headquarters for Ihe Mine own
• r»’ Ass»« lailoo of Ja|Mit ”
Hr In) Ib.-tn down a flight of •irpa
and Into a long <-n<>| Itniklng room
«•■nn- dlstanre twlow the level of th«
•irevt
"The Mine Owners’ s««<» lntl.,n. g»-n
tie men, • ••mpriscs thr entire p-q-ula
t|v>t> < f I if>at
Herr I» where I receive
Ih re I« w here they m
my clients
• eiie their dally ksif. If you will par
don the »hnlle
I «It In »be chair«.
they s»|iiut on the ruga
We talk atHiul
rublrw ami «ii pt >li I res a« If they were
iwanut«
< ie-aMmially we talk about
• >ur neighbors
Khali
Nhall I make three
mint Julei»«?
Here. Nclliti! The Ice.
the mint and the straw» and the hot
til-»
Nit down, gentlemen
Till« I«
t be American tier that Baedeker Iella
you nlnut thr one you've «••arched
all over Kumpe for I dare «ay ”
•’llemtnd« me of home Ju«t a little
bit.” aahl Britt •• Ihe fall gliasea
were Set before them
The F!ngll«h
man wa« still clothed In reth-ewe
’They shan’t < at< h me napping,’* was
the solwr refl‘«’tlon of Thoma« Haun
dvrs
Thr enemy planted thr mint In It«
Iwd of • bl;>|ied I- r 'The «agai'lty that
Tasv ell Hkaggs ill«plarr«1 In erecting
an I-e plant aril r« Id «tomge house
here 1» d|Uib«l •■nlv hv John Wyck
holme'« f» rest rh(v«1tirs« In maintain
Ing a contrmporunmu« mint lw<|
I
Imagine that you. gentlemen are hop
Ing to prove the old c< <1 cn Insane
Between the three of n« anil man to
man. bow can you have ibv heart to
propone anvtblng. *> unkind when we
lock, as we now do. u|M>n the result of
tbelr extreme •oiindni-na of mind'
llcrv’e bow!”
Felltn |ia««ed the straws. and thr
ttiroe men took n Ioni and «mutilane
otis "pull" at the refreshing ftiivp
Mr
Hannder» felt something melt a« he
drew the aubaequent long ami satisfy
Ing breath
It was thr outer rlin of
his cautious reserve
"I think we’ll take you tip on that
proposition to trade mint for cigs
retie« " »»Id Mr Britt
•Mr Browne
tny client, for one will anmtton thr
deal
llow alsint y»»ur client. 8«un
der»*"
"I can't say as to
l*rp|i|ngham.
but I'm quite aure bls lordship will
make no objection ”
'Then we'll consider the deal closed
I’ll «end one of uiy boys over tumor
row with a bum h of mint
Telephone
up to the bungalow when you nr<«1
more
By the way.” dropping Into a
urlottsly reflective nlr "may I oak
why l„-idv iFeppInfftiam 1« permit»»«!
»to ride clone (hr> nch Ihe n’lfrequentevl
I and |wrllons par»« of the Islnml’-” The
question was direct»«! to her «Olleltor
“Perilous? What do you m»«in?”
**Jn«t thia, Mr Nauuders. ' s.il<| the
enemy, leaning forward earnestly
'I'm not rr«|»in«lble for »lie gets of
these islander» There are men among
them who would mil hesitate to dl«
t«»ir of one <-r l«>th of thr heirs If they
< onlil do H without dinger to their In
ter<*«ts
What coutrl lw more simple
Mr Nam der» than the dentil of lul l
ftepplngbam If her h<»r»e alioald »turn
ble ami pr»«’lpltatr her to the tsittom
of onr of th'«e deep rnilue«?
Nh»-
wouldn't lw alive to tell h»’W It really
'
hapfwnevl “
"My word'*' wa« all that Nsunder» i
ouId any, forgetting hl« Jttlep tn con
tempi it Ion of the catastrophe
“He’« rl-rbt." »aid Britt promptly
"I’ll keep my own vllrnt on the straight
vrd pnbllc path,
lie's liable to tip
over too."
»
And all tbi« time the l«li »ter» toltevi
a« they had tviltrd for rears
Tini
rr k<'iii«l tn vearw while ihr «tmiigvr«
i-a«t up time'« accollili In week» and
rallevi them years
I’n-h day thr
brown men «>>rk>-vl tn thr inibì-« piling
grill« Into the vaults with a resolute
IH"»« Ki lt nei er fattemi
From lx*ndi»n v-ame ili««iiilctmg news
for all »Idi-« to i hr controversy
The
«trúcele promised to lw drawn out for
i enrx |ierbnp«
The loin h legaterw,
marisined lu ihr far soniti «va liegiin
lo rra'lvr that rven after they bad
«lient their »Ix immth« of protuitlon
t h< « «»« mu plh»t4 I I’ h mi
,6
tin»» would »tl'l have moniti«, even
f/tr fotrti
imr«. of waiting lief,.re they could
‘I «My. I
tn. i«»n ctn (■ i*
tom'i the fortune Ihr» laid < lalm to
The lalnnilrrs alen were vaguely awake her «ml HNlktiitf Mild plrk up r
><< thr fact that »verrtlilug might lw flit <»f freni» rubiv« rirrjT »lay of »»».*
lievi up fi»r year» despite tin- proli nuid Uhi« in*
*'II mi »4 It all. Itrnwnv, I’m afraid !«»
«l ‘in ->f the «IH
V r<-ti,-»« stubborn
|du* k a » I* f | v I th» *' »!:»>»
Kiwy tin»«*
feeling of alarm »»irrad among them
rill« (m-llllg gradii III lit'» i 'I o | h «I Itself I MitMtp <» v « t I f»*«'l (hat « hhii H m >«!» <
I wi»hd» r
Into bitter rcii'tiininni
II itml for the £*<intf fu tíikt* H toh«»l ut tu«*
peuple who were >ait«ltlg till« delay «by th»* h,b,,i»r’i mv I vv I hi «* h* nh*Md al«
IhvCr«’ in»l •* n »»■* p«*i«|dhj< uway at
w a« growing dec|wr aiwl rterver
Why I» III*
I lu Ir • oui!»■ or ilw • otupl i. ,'til ene y<ui lirowti«»
h'«• ail rtia'bt *«» l«»i»tf
tb«*y don’t
nv. held hlm«elf al,«,f from thr men
.»'al Womrti tint III« i barge« were kill y»>u.’* naw |tr«»n n«’w «HHtiMding r«**
l.hltiig
lie met the two Inwivr« mark
By Jnvr“* unid tOppiliKham alar!
• f ell. bill liothlfl't pl* ««I tH'tw,*ell
hem tluit ceniti ime t-rrn regarded a« Ihtf lip nltti a lm»k of l»«»rr*«r In I i I m
he «lightest breai h of trust.
Hr »• vu. anddvn <oinpr»-heli»lim ruMilug
d«»wil ll| win hlm
"I Wonder If they
Ihrvl like a rajah hi hi« shady bunga
• i» «urrmimled by thr linurira of mn> Ibltik I nni v>»u Br«»m»<< Horrible!"
Thr riH’Uiv'M <•(!!« r hour* n»*rr fmui 3
to whom all thing« are bmngtil hull
Twhr a wrote
visible
it In- had any longing for the to •’» in lb«« aft«Ti»»»«»ii
««M'trty of women of hl« own race and \ilww |'r h;»m • till««* di wn fr«»iu Bu* rim
kind, hr carefully concealed It
III« irali In a K’lyly I m *»!«»« k**d jiurikiwlm t«»
iiulKfi'rencr to I hr «ubile though un
He i.|>|Mt*i*r to him in hlw «fuffy <«»rn«*r
mlitaknble appeal« of the two gentle
<»f Illy* iMinkliiM bull’«*, hl»* d«*«k brtwrvti
women In the c rhateau wa« Irrita I Ing fhrtii. her ii«»tr!M*«»k trembling with
in the extreme
IVhcn tn- dr II win tely. propinquity
Mr
Uriti
uenrmuilv
though |H>lltrly. declined their Invita
Irin ti»»» |H*rt lady to ihr enemy In
tlon to ten vine nftcrii<H>n their humilla
ritliangr for o hat he catalogued »«
■ hut knew no bounds
liappy dnyn.”
tw-idy Dcpplnghnin and Mrs Browne
Mlwa l’ritmili mule It n (“'lilt to look
should not l»e mlsumliTst'« d I by the aw fi**! inuih»tf aw p»»«**-ll>lr «»n l!»r »»rea-
render
They loved their Ini . I hi ml«
«Ion of lh«*«o 11 > t r r«» •« ( I uy trip«« into ihr
I nm quite sure of that but they were rnriuy *•» territory
tlrvsl of seeing no one else, llri-d of
l fH‘ cí.cniv. «b'lni: III«» duty Io L 4
talking to tio one else
Moreover, In ( Bruti» vs Itti a defrrmlimiion (but
•upiHirl of this one sided assertion, wmiiril hii'i tit«*«*tnIde wik tin* In*! t«>
they experleei ed from lime to time r»
timi nn Intrltfiw* wan «Imphitf
the most mel.iui'tioly nttucks of Jenl
luMf tn combat !»!■* ••ndm* «»ru
V
ou«y
If Mrs Itrow nv In plain de«|Hilr ■lilts. openly hl. friend anil ally, dr
went off for a day’« ride with Lord ! spite their »ad ene» untrr. was the
Hepplnghatu. that geiitlcinaii'a wife I tlmni which pricked (lie natives Into
n i* sick with Jealousy
If loidy Ag
v stille of utieii»liiei« niitl doubt a« to
nea strolli«l In the moonlit gardetia their agent’« sincerity
with Mr Browne, the former Mln
They Iwg.in to believe that no g<><<1
Hate of Boston <••■11111 scarcely control
■ th» dally me« Ungs
her emotions They shed imiiiy tear* of the three lawyers
of anguish over thr faithlessness of
It w ns Von Itili» who t<»M the I,Hid
husbands, tear» of hatred over the ing mi'll <>f the l-land that their wives
vlc|ou«ne»a of temptresses Their qunr
thr I'eriliiti« th" Circassians, the
rels were Herve, their upliralilltigs char
Eg)pilliti» and thr Turkish bourls—
acterlstle. but In tbr •» ih I they erto»! were In love with tlie tall stranger.
and kissed anil "uiudr tip ”
It was lie who ni|vl«<«1 them to ob
They did tio! know of roll rar. that serve the actions, tn Minty tlie miHxIa
of their women
the wily Britt, dimpltr his oil n dtpfrM
The German knew Itlr condition of
•Ion. was all thr while accumulating
III«
the UioM asb umllng lot of cvlden e to nffnlrs lu hl» own liollsrhold
show that a dis ltltsl «tri ak of Insanity overthrow nt the hat'd» of the Amori
can had cost him iii>>re limn phyalcal
exl»tr»l In thr two heirs
"If Ihry could only lw married In Igb'tulny, bl« win« ,<| enly expressed
some way." wa« lirltt'« private lament nn admiration fur their champion.
l<> Nauniler« from time to time when Every ete in Japat ws» u|Min him;
every tinnii was turning ncalnat him
despair oven umr rontldem r.
It was Ml a I’elham who tlnnlly tuck
I've got n ripping hlra.’’ Nniindera
It u|“ n herself i<> warn ilw« lonely
said one day
Tlie look <•( surprise and
■’l.ct's Imve It
Vnn’ve always got Ar • ricali
disgust th.vt came Into his fa- e brought
cm
Why not divide with uic’f"
her up sharply
'■('an’t do It Just yet
I've been look
"Ml«» I'eibam." he «»id coldly,
lug up a little matter
I'll spring It
you lie kind enough to carry mv lim
soon.”
"How long have you been working dolem-es to the ladles ât c-nirt ntul
say that I reconmicnd reading an nn
on the Idea?"
antidote for the pnlsvin n hl li Idleneoa
"Nearly four month«." *nl<l Haun
produce*
Neither my hon e nor my
dera. yawning
"Gad. this climate la enervating!" IxirrvHim 1« ojien to Hille«. If you don’t
mlid well goon with Ibi» r<»f» «ri "
• 4v Britt's caustic comment
Ml«« r< lh:>tn flushed nod looked very
Maunders wav tiiwls over brad In love
with Ml«« rcllmtn at tills time. «> It um ■•mfortab'e
•‘Yiu're wrong about t/idv IHppIng»
1« not »urprlsiug that In- hud some
*he began
sort of an hlra about marriage, no trim n*id Mrs Brown*
hurriedly
"Thev've never «nld
matter whom it von rrnevl
It was
Night after night the lirppltighama thing mean ni» ut yon
mv mheralde way of putting It
and Hr» wnes gavr dinner», balls mu
«hale«, “tirldip'i," masks ami theater tnlk comes t T'm l’io Islnnilrra
«up|.»T« at tbr chateau
I'lrst ine B-Ics tms h'd Mr Britt ar
He Ihl Ho V»n Blllx Is
would Invite Hie it her to a pril ball, Haii'«!< r«
working n--nl!ist yon. aid he Is sur»
then the other would rr«|»md by glv
th it all of the men are furiously jeal
Ing a MiiiK’tuous dinner
ous "
Our uioruing during the flr«t week
"Perhaps there 1« something In nlint
In February the siramct from Aden
volt say
I'm grntc'ul to y--u for pro.
brought at.u k« of umll the cuatoinary
pnrlni»
me
” It hnd mdih'iily reñir tn
newspapers ma gar lues, novels, tele
mlrd that the night before In- lind
.»rams and letter«
It was noticed that
»• n a mm skulking In the v I-Inlty of
her ladyship had several hundred let
the bungalow
ters many bearing cri ■ ts < r •■•■at« of
"I Jtul thought I'd tell you
•rms
mured Ml«» rvlhnm nervi ti«i)
At la«t she came to a letter < f many
we dcn'l want to see y< u get Into
pages coternl with a ««rnwl that hsik
. troni le not-e of u«”
»••I prepo»trron«ly fii'hl liable
loivly
'*Tiis»>i»
«■..•) ••
After n long pause
Thank y«n
Agues guie a vU’tdrii ahrlrk and leap
he went on. lowering bls vel e
’’Ml«»
ing to h<-r feet. |wrf»»rui»»l a dance that
Pelbn tn. I have had a hard time here
rt her hustiand ami B<»bby Browne to
In more ways Ilian I <are to «¡H-ak of.
gasping
It nuiy Interest you Io know that I
"She'» coming!” she cried ev«tatl<'sl
hid decided to rv«l::n next month
ly, repenting herself a dokv-n time«
I'm a living man. and a
“Who's coming Aggyt" rmirvd her go home
Ing num object» to a living ilenih
hnsband for the sixth time
I II stick
'The prime««’ Imppy. I’m going tn I've changed tny mlrd
time out
I've got three month» longer
•qUawre you'
I mn«t sqneeiu» sotne-
to stay, and I'll stay,
If t on Bilia
dy! Isn’t It glorl-ms* Now now
thinks
he
<
nn
drive
me
ont.
he'a min-
low life will lw north living In thi»
taken
I'll l»e here after you and your
iwistly place."
Iler d»-nre«t friend thv- prim e«», hnd friends up tln-re have sailed away.
written lu say that »lw »«v coming to Ml«» Pelham God ble«« you. you're all
white—and I'll tie here w hen Von Blits
|e : d a month with her
"In her nm le’a yacht l»eppy the big and hl« wives are dancing In thr tunes
Now let's get bark tn work,
•ne (hat came to Cowen la»t year don't I play
mi know? Of < < ur«e y«n do
lion't If Von Bitta I» working In the dark
took so dnxevl
lie’s rntlalng for a PII compel him to show hie hand And
■< ttple of months and 1« to set her Ml«« I’elham.” he concluded very Slow
town lu-rr until th« yacht re’tirn« from •y. I'll promise to u»e a club. If nreew-
(»•rm«» and the rtilllpplnrs
Ntie says esry. to drive thr Persian ladle« away
• he hopes It will lw quirt here Quiet! No otease real rasv on tuv account.
c__ >
Administrator of Estate»
St. Charles Hotel
i
"I've noth'rv! that." •aid the enemy
cvsilly
lie'« usually with liuti l‘e|>
piugtiatu
It's lucky Hint Japat Is free
from gossips, grlillruivll ”
*Oh. I say." «ahi Naiinder» "none »r
that talk, you know
’There « mollo r thing I • »nt to
. <|s*ak of." iui I'I the «•urtujr. »rlilng lo
pre|sire thr arcoiul r»«*M »I ot )ul**p«
iT hear that your • hrUtM and theit
' IMirttlrr» for l|fr air hl thr halilt •»(
gaiiibllng like fury up there '*
tlambllng?” aahl Britt
What rot'
‘ The «eri anti say that they piai
bridge every night for va«t pile» of
rubles ntul turn Ihe wheel •Lilly for
Oil
«apphln-s uncountable
I get It
•Irnlglit "
"Why. man. It's all a )<>kr They U«e
! cun wad« and Imply play that they
ire rubles ”
“My non! ” «ahi Nanni’ Irra. "there
Isn't a ruby er • «atiphlrr lu the
I
party "
’That’s all right."
t
mrmy.
*tid thr
i
standing twforr thrill with a bnuch of
mint In our hand and llir tioWl of lev
In I hr other
’ Every mau In Ja'm I
'
with jrwi'ls that belong to thr t-»»r|Mr
ration They think there’« «»methlng
• r>«»kcvl ,1 ir err? My mh I» r tn you
I» Ntop that sort of )<>klng ’’
“By Jove." subì Nanmtrrw. taking a
straw and al thr «ninr Unir staring III
• •|wn im iltlitil wond»-r nt thr tall boat,
you appall me! It'« most rvirn<>rill
nn ry.”
This 1« nil offered tn s kindly splr
II. i'ii uml< • «tallii,” «aid the uingunnl
nous < uriti)
U r might an wrll llir
• omfortnbly ns to dlr un«i<a«innlity
here.
Another little sU;’grsl|oii Mr
Na tinders,
Please tell Lord I nipping
ham that If lie pentiste In snooping
about the rm I nos In search of rubli -
•»r’ll ert nn unmanageable bullet In
the back of hl« bend some nay a<H»n
Hr hn« no right to n «Ingle ruby, even
If lie should »re one nuil know what It
wa«
Just tell him that. plra«r. Mir
Ha under» ”
I stinll. confound him.*' egploded
Nnundi-rs, smiting the table mightily
He'« too uppish anyhow.
Hr tirvvl«
taking down "
"All. .Selim." Interrupted the ruriuy
as the native teiy entered. "no mall.
eh*’
"No. excellency. the ship la nut due
io arrive fur two week«."
"Ah Inti Neil • you forget that I
mi r»|H-v'tlng it letter from Von Bllts's
»In-«
I bey prwtnlsv-d Io let mr know
u>w «'«»n hr 1« nlde to r>-«utnr work at
llir mlnra ”
' I bear )"U | h ,||«| i «| liltn off neatly."
•aid Britt, with n grin.
"Just thr rotigli edgM, Mr Britt llr
is nuw a gem of purest ray serene
Hr thr way. I hope you'll not take my
mbd suggestions amiss ”
’There’s nothing I objeet to rtiept
tour |u»wer to inll strike« am<»rnc «»ur
<-rvaiit«
That aerina to tur to I r »
ratto-r high handed." «aid (tritt fo«4Ì
naturrdly
"No doubt you’re right." agr<-ed the
„thrr
but you must remember that I
needed thr < Ignrrti»»« "
My word"’ muttered Na under« ad
mlrtnzly
"laxik here, old man," said Britt, hi«
tu-rks glowing; "It'« mighty glial of
you to take till« trouble for"—
”!>on’t mention It
I'd only ask In
return that we three Is- a little more
»«•tallir hereafter
We’re not lu-rr to
ut ra< h other's throat, you know
in I we’ve got a deadly half year ahead
.f us
Whit aayT"
For answer thr two lawyers arose
md shook hind« with the egcellrnt
enemy
When they started for the
hatean at 7 o’clock, each with all
mint Julep« a I« mt his prrsotl. they
were too mellow for analysis Thr en
•my. who had drunk hut little, took
in arm i f en li and piloted them stur
dily through thr town
CHAPTER X
TUB SIOt’tlH or TH A SqtILt tTV.
ŒJ
inner month« stole by with tun
tallying slowness The autumn
passeil on Into winter without
I a change of expression In th"
benign five of nnlttre
Christina« day
was ns hot a« If It had come In mid
summer; thr natives were a« naked
the tr»wa ns fully clad Thr «Ik month«
«ere passing away In spite of them
-elves
Ten weeks were left before
thr worn but determined heir» could
■ini off their bond» and rush away to
other clime« It mattered little whether
•hey went away rl- h or poor
They
er» to go' Go! That wa« the rl- h
| c»t thing the future bold out to .hem
I
.«be h'i|w« It »«HI lw quiet
r ;
(Tu tie Contintlrrll
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