The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-08-08

ing Tire sitting room. nc strobe to tho
table and, without Il word. picked up
the package and opened it. He made
I'm effort to count the money. but his
fingers seemed to have lost their cum
ming aud he gave il up.
"It's all there" Miller assured him.
land it's your money. You needn't
bother abou; that"
Bishop sat down in his place in the
chimney corner. the packet OH his
knees. while Pole Baker modestly and
not without touches of humor recount.
ed his experiences.
The toughest job I had was manag-
In the woman" Pole laughed. You
kin always count on q woman TO be
contrary. I believe eff you was tryin'
TO git some wOmen out of a burnin'
house they'd want to have Their way
about ii. She read the order an got
white about the gills an screamed.
low. so nobody wouldn't beer 'er. an
then wanted to ak questions. That's
the female Of ii. She knowed In reason
that Craig was dead fixed an couldn't
git out until she complied with the in
structions. but she wanted to know ali
about it. Then ! told 'er she'd be az
rested fer holdin' the money. an thai
got her in Il trot. She fetched II OH.
purity quick. a-cryin' an abusin' me
by turns. As oon as the money lett
'er hands. though. she begun to beg
me to ride fast. | wanted to come heeT
fust. but I felt sorter sorry fer Craig.
an went an let i'm out. He was tho
gladdest man TO see me you ever lookeJ
ut. He thought | was goin' to leave
i'm thar. lie looked like he wanted 10
hug me. He says Winship wasn't much
to blame. They both got in deep water
speculatin'. an Craig was tempted 1"
cabbage OIL the $4,000"
When Pole had concluded. the group
sat in silence for a long time. 1t looked
as If. Bishop wanted 10 openly thank
Pole for what he had done. but he had
never done such Il thing In the presence
of others. and he could not pull himself
TO 1t. He sat croucIIed up in his tilted
chair us If burning up with the joy OF
his release.
The silence was broken by Abner
Daniel as he filled his pipe anew and
stood over the fireplace.
They say moneys n euss an the
root of all evil" he said dryly. 'bnt
IN this case it's give Pole Baker thar q
chance to show what's in i'm. Id n
give the last cent | have TO a done
what he did today. | grant you be
used deception. but it was the fust
water sort that that Billie king resorteG
10 when he made out he was coin' TO
divide that baby by cuttin' it in halves
He fetched out the good an squelcheI
the bad" Abncr glanced nj Pole ana
gave one OF his impulsive inward
laughs. MY boy. when | reach t'other
shore nvnort 70 Spe whole strings .
se,a In wbreakers as you a-pIayln' Tean-
frog on the golden sands. You don't
sing an pray q whole lot. nur keep
yore religion in sight, but when thar's
work to be done you shuck off yCre
shirt an do it like q wildcat a-scratrh-
in"
no one spoke after this outburst for
several minutes. though the glances
cast in his direction showed the en-
barrassed eX-moonshiner that II and
all had sanctioned Abner Daniels opin-
IN.
Bishop leaned forward and looked at
he clock, and. seeing that it was 0, he
III the money in a bureau drawer and
turned the key. Then he took down
the big family Bible from its shelf and
sat down near the lamp. They CT
knew what the action portended.
(Fo ne continued.)