The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07

take it or leave it.
And that's soon said.'' replied the
lawyer. laying the bills on the table be-
tween him and his client with a gesture
that neither took them nor left them
Try a seat he said, standing before
an open fire and toasting q costume
which was ostentatiously provisional
'HTake off your coat and. hat and make
yourself at home
Judge Barwood had a good gray eye
with a twinkle in it, and the accent Of
his invitation was jocular-
81 am much more comfortable with
them on; the room is cold, said the
visitor.
The thermometer on the jamb of the
door registered in the full gasight
70 degrees.
Just So" said Barwood apprecia-
lively; land now about the business
/ THE business is the height OF sim
/ plicity; 1 have stolen $4,000; for per
sonal reasons I object to any ones
attempting to pursue me and to take
away the money"
| The visitor also had good gray eye
Also the accent of his announcement
| was the least in the world jocose-
''And that's very natural objection.
| too,'' said the man of law. 1.-The plain
est way to avoid it is to send the
money back
eff 1 had been looking for the plain
est way should not have had to come
to your honor for advice. 1 could have
/ found the plainest way myself"
| The two pairs of good gray eyes look
ed into one another with appreciation.
at repeat" said the judge, that this
| looks like a 6Shy business. And what
| is very much to the point in an affair
of this magnitude, that bundle of notes
on the table is too small to be looked
at without discomfort"
i 1.-THE bundle of notes is not a small
fee for listening to me tell you that
have stolen $4,000. That is all 1 have
asked for it. When you have told me
how to keep the $4,000. the bundle on
the table will be bigger"
cit would have to be great deal
bigger
IL the man out of whom the $4,000
comes had done you dirt ?'
There were not a great many men In
Cornville from whom $4,000 could be
lifted. Barwood's face took on a look
of intense interest
mot Englar?"
''Englari"
Barwood's face broadened into q
grim smile.
you are quite resolved not to put
the money back?"
Quite
''It is really my duty to urge the
point"
You have urged it,
Barwood with the grim smile still
| lingering on his face, STROBE for time
up and down the room, an incarnation
of practical intelligence in labor, IL
dressing gown. He came at last to {
halt in his former station before the
fire.
Gould you steal any more?" h'
asked graveIy.
How much more, for example?"
"WeIl-say second $4,000. YoI
could hardly make deal with less"
''I have stolen a second $50, O0O,' saiC
the visitor, drawing a considerably
parcel from under his cloak and laying
it on the table. 'I calculated mysel
that it would take about a second $50,
600 to protect the first"
You seem to be e, client of grea
forethought to employ an attorney o
great penetration said the judge.
''It is only left to settle where anC
when I am to let you know what
have done; I suppose you can trus
yourself not to get caught?"
This was unkind; the Powers tina
Rule were become a joke in Cornville
and Renshaw, who had been BarwoOd'
rival, was the point of the joke
| 81 can trust myself a good deal bet
ter not to be caught If I don't trus
any one else with my address. When
want to know what you have done
will come and ask you Good night
Mr.. Attorney
Good night, Mr.. Scamp
The two men parted with mutual re
spect and good will.
Barwood had made it a point of con
science in the conduct Of his life, whel