Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-01-05

confidant in his affairs, and now talk
ed as though it especially concerned
her He even looked as if he expected
her to make reply.
Hes erbleeged to sell--the fellow
l war talkin' to in the sto' when you
was thar yistiddy," he continued,
presently. 81 kin git it fer SEQ, 900
cash. It's wuth easy time and half
that; easy"
Mrs. Sterritt continued her knitting
in silence, never once looking up.
The indications, she knew, were
ominous.
1--WE got, say, $4,000 of that My
credit is good, but not good enough,
Martha.
Wesley looked closely at her face.
She fumbled bit at her knitting.
Il can't be burned out again. l
must try something else. must fail
/ must put that lot in yo' name.
He explained the scheme in detail.
She listened without comment until
he had finished. Then she folded up
the knitting and said quietly:
That's stealth. won't"
Wesley's face crimsoned. He was
equally amazed and angry She as
tonished him further before he could
find words for his wrath by asking
sternly:
rs what they say about them fires
o your'n fact, Wesley?"
He answered with an oath. His
face was pale now and his fists were
clenched. He controlled himself with
an effort and then said slowly:
If you won't, she will; I'll put the
lot in Dory Turner's name, an you
Glad enough she'd be Now, Miss
Righteous, will the lot be in yo'
name or her'n?"
He saw her flush at the mention of
Dora Turner's name Her head and
shoulders dropped for an instant as
though she had been dazad by blow.
He had thought it useless to say as
much as he had intended to say, 50
confident was he that she would sub
init. He asked triumpbantly:
"Yo' name or Dory Turner's?'
Mine, " she answered.
She obeyed implicitly after that,
signing papers as he directed The
fraud was contaminated Outraged
creditors attacked the title, but I'M
successfully The deed was good.
/ Wesley Sterritt owned property in his
wife's name. worth more than $50
900 He calculated that, all things
considered, he had done we'll in bust
ness. He had only to sell the lot
after while and begin again, proba-
bly, in Nashville or Louisville, with a
/ cash capital which it would havs
/ taken years to acquire in legitimate
business. Meanwhile the house was
filed with boarders, the property
was paying good interest. He could
/ afford to wait, to look about leisurely
for purchaser and for an oppor-
( tunity to locate elsewhere. He went
home with his wife from the court
house on the day Of the final decision
Is it all over?' she asked.
''All over" he said. The property
is mine. It's paid for, too.
\ He laughed at his own wit, and
laughed at her puzzled, curious ex-
I preston.
'All over, she repeated thought
] fully
May aska" he grinned, as the
new idea occurred to him, what you
propose to do with yo' property"
Yes, she said quietly. Il perpose
to keep it, Wesley"
! You're comm out, he said, in
I mock encouragement, noting the apt
ness with which she matched his
grim humor. An what, may ask,
do you propose to do with me?''
{ You must git out, Wesley"
When"
To-day. Yes, I'll keep the place
\ I'll pay back what you stole an keep
/ the place
Then the suspicion, and instantly
the certainty got into Wesley ster-
ritt's head that the woman was in
earnest She was crazy and
would do exactly what She said Cold
perspiration came out in beads upon
his face. He pleaded as he never
I pleaded before. Mrs. Sterritt was in
exorable, and answered simply:
/ ''You must go, Wesley. "
Amt my credit good for board
Martha?"
Mebbe-with Dory Turner.
There was no answer for that. He
looked to see that the window cur
! tains shut off the view from the out
side, and then got upon his knees.
I Martha" he whined. Martha"
I" Wesley" she said decisively, you
I must go now--go right away.
That was ten or twelve years ago.
Mrs Sterritt still keeps the boarding
house. She has paid off what Wesley
stole, every cent of it, with interest.
At long intervals there reappears in
Atlanta homeless sot, the meekest
Of men, who goes there and asks for
/ Mrs. Sterritt. She gives him meal
in the kitchen, and says when he has
| finished it:
You must go now, Wesley