Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-06-15

| You're PIT ne of tine and tine agin
| with your eriIii1' excuses AID promises.
! bat III swear that Fou never tried this
| dodge before, Nenoy's faiIio'- eh?
The; perhaps 1 can jog it a little
Here, SIR and Juggling fur;oCsly AZ the
| inner pocket CO his coat he drew forth
a largo. dog-eared account book AID c1-
| tractei from it soiled folded paper
which he thrust defa1tly IT North;
heres that note of Anitys with your
| Endorsement written across il; and no~
Amitys cleared ont and here's the note
| overdue by six weeks
North received the paper dail.ily
with the tips Of his gic-ed fingers. Tn
folded and glanced over it There was
| OEil's Endorsement in clear, bold char
acters. that deiied all doubt or denial
oh. see. this Is old Archer thought
North. uefully. Yes. that IS the name;
Jonathan Archer. Well, I see very
plainly that I shall be obliged to pay
this note IN order to save myself serious
embarrassment Let me see. what's
the amount? By jove, two hcodred
doilars-why. haven't SO much Is that
with ne. and If had"
wall, wha. do yo1 say now. sir"
demanded Mr.. Archer, with 2 grin OF
triumph 'Spcse you remember tie
business now. dent you9 Recas'n you
can't very well so back o. yor'Ir oV-n
hand write
oh. hearers and earth thought
North If this was TIE way Re talked
70 Wee the ether day. don't wonder
that nv ho1ored colleague was ont OF
temper about & What On earth am I
to dog
He looked up and down tie street,
se-oi1inz his mEs..che in q ineffective
way tor moment: then turning 20 Mr.
Archer. who was contemplating hi1
with evident :nPatienee- yet with IN
ar of consciously possessing al tie az
vantage North began sua-eiy:
Il promise YOU III Archer. tat this
little matter shall be attended to IS
quickly IS pcssioie-'
Nor. s;-. novr Interrupted Mr.
Archer e-ci.Iy. ITS got to DC
settled inside o. :eo minutes Or I'll sue
you for TIE hull anoEnt, You've put
ne OF lc-sc Zines If you've done it
ONE. witt. that same sCccth cro1ise,
ard I've waited and waited IS civil IS
gentleman all tbs tine, while my own
kf--oAAA-iS A>.% ~ S8A3.
And what with ny waiting and yocr
getting 50 airy that You can't sec ne
on the street, ba. pass re by . dozen
times Z day without speaking North
glanced sharply at Mr.. Archer. and sud
denly realized tha: he had frefreoti?
seen him during the past few d2E-'-I
begin to feel mighty shaly. and the
soo-ser see ny money TIE better salts
BE- paid. and paid inside Of ten minutes
That's my determination. AID tie-e'l
be no back down on it, either
1. required all the tact :ha. North
possessed. IS well Is Z recollection of
LIZ. A-cher's undoubted provocatioa- to
enable hin 70 control himself under the
transportation caused by this scece: but
he ccatriTea to say calmly enough,
though With considerable sharpness
mingled with tie reuonstra1ce:
Really, sir, you ncst be more
reasonable about this matter It is
simply impossible for me TO settle tbs
claim OF ten minutes notice l s,iaiI
be obliged % telegraph for the money,
and that |iu recessisa.e delay CT pos
sibly several hours Yen really caEst
wait, sir"
And haven't told you plain enough
that won't waltz retorted Mr.. Archer,
bclllsercntly waving his hand. I'm
done with triai1'. II you haven't got
the money right by you, sir, you don't
need to telegraph to Californy or tia
dear knows where. to get it You can
borrow it CT some of your friends right
here in town as easy as turnin' over
your hand. and you'd better do it
mighty sudden"
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