The Lamar register., 1902-07-09

u8hA no are nnuer
the thumb of vlandingham. But you
wait. Archibald Keevsr il TO the fore
and the Blizzard livesi Well bea.
them. tell you"
"How7"
The Colonel tapped hh brow .ie-
nifcantly.
at requires two-thirds vote 70
capture the county scat away from
u.s." he replied. II have arranged
matters SO that Harmony will never
be able to roll up q sufficient major
ity." The Colonel arose and walked
to the window. "Come here, Mr.. Her
bert" Guy passed over and stood
beside him. behold my confidence
in the outcome" added the Colonel.
with sweep of his arm.
What Guy saw was tsn-by-fftesn
building in process Of construe ton
At least q dozen men were working
upon It and svsn . novice Nike Guy
could see that they were very much
in each Others way.
"a lot of carpenters for . small
house like that" commented ths
young man.
"I should say so." chueklsd the
Colonel. Those men were brought
in from Jimtown and they're voters.
every mothers son Of them. I've got
others building roads and repairing
bridges" He closed one of his murky
little eyes. slowly and slyly. They'll
vote A. / tell them to. Mr.. Herbert,
and thers'M be enough Of them 60
kill Harmony too dead 70 skin" He
threw up the window. Hello, there,
Jordani" he called 10 man who was
working languidly with a saw. "You
fellows are getting along altogether
too fast. Take a lay-of this after
noon" Instantly all work ceased.
tools were left where last used and
the 12 workmen hurried away in a
body. The Colonel closed the win
dow and bsamsd upon Guy compla-
Gently. That's the courthouse
they're building" he addsd.
Rather . ANAL courthouse. ISN'T
it,"
"Oh. Il will grow. It will grow"
"Whsre. does the money come
fromf" inquired Guy. anxiousiy.
Don't worry about the money. my
boy. sold batch Of lots to . ten
derfoot few weeks ago, and It's
his money that's doing all this"
ut doesn't seem just right 10 rush
voters In in that way. Col. Keevsr."
-Anything's right that's successful
up IN this territory. This II my lit
tie plan and of course Harmony isn't
laying back on its oars and waiting
for me to grab the persimmons.
vlandingham and his heutenants.
Dingle. Harp. Blue and Boomer. are
going 70 do something. but just what
remains to be seen. They have q
town meeting over at Harmony to-
night to discuss ways and means for
getting ahead of mel" The Colonel's
smile faded into look of trouble.
"rd give hundred dollars.s said he.
to know what kind Of sehsme they
hatch up at that meeting. They'll
have lynx-syed men on watch, how
ever, 70 make sure that NO Concord
fellows get In"
The Colonel turned and wandered
refsctivsly about the once. Guy sat
down again and watched him
thoughtfully. Finally the Colonel
halted, thrust his thumbs into the
arm holes of his vest and declared:
Herbert, you're the mani"
"The man for whatf"
"To run over to Harmony and take
In that meeting. You're stranger In
this section. and they won't know you
from Adam. Be careful, though, and
don't give yourself away. Feeling is
running high and both sides are sx-
eesdingly bitter. II you were to be
. found out you'd have a rough expert
ence. Ever carry . rsvolverf
"No."
'.rhen get one. haven't Anything
but the once gun and can't spare that"
"Col. Keevsr," said Guy. rsddsning,
"I'm not going 70 make a spy out Of
myself"
"Tush! tushi You're not doing any
thing dishooorabIs. I'd cut my tongue
out before I'd counsel any thing of that
kind. You're a high minded young
mani can see that at glance and I
admire you for It. But those fellows
on the other side OF the county are
blAckguards, every one of them. They
are laying their plans to steal the coun-
" seat away from you and all you are
to do il to discover what their plans
are, II possible, SO we may balk them
in their nefarious attempt Ny boy,
you have something like 1900 lots in
this town. That means fortune for
you II we can keep the county seat.
II we lose the county seat your lots will
be worth just what they'll bring for
farming purposes. and no more. Nor
is that the worst of it. Let Harmony
win in this election and every man,
woman and child now living in Concord
will pull up stakes and move over to the
other town"
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