The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-16
A KnaVe of
Con Science
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
CHAPTER XvH.-CoNTINUED.
copyright 1900, by Francis Lynde.)

&rISWOldS pale race nuSneQ, ana
his finger-tips tingled again. You
are very kind; kind and charitable.
. think sympathy has been an un-
Known quantity in my equation.
May 1 really come to see you as
friend?"
Haven't said it?" she asked; and
she might have emphasized it had
not Raymer come to take Griswold
home.
Raymer's sorrel had covered half
the distance from the lake edge to
Mrs. Holcomb's before it's owner
said:
'-Well. how near do we come to
aping the manners of the effete
east?"
I'm no authority" said Griswold;
adding as a salve: 81 enjoyed it."
Then you weren't bored?"
81 fancy Miss Grierson doesn't
often bore people, does she?"
''No; she has knack of stroking
you the right way. It takes her ia
Their TO do the other thing"
+'TFle magnate? I thought you
said he was public benefactor."
Did /? We've told ourselves that
till we've come to believe it. But
hes principally for Jasper Grierson
at bottom"
Naturally. Greed is the Jugger-
mart OF this end of the century"
@Bah! That's sheer platitude in
your mouth, Griswold. You don't
kuaw anything about it. you men of
leA4ers and leisure. It's simply
savage fight for survival. and the
man with the money wins"
YES? 1 believe I've said some
such thing myself. But I've been
hoping you'd manage to escape"
''t might have escaped. 1 was do
ing we'll enough, but I couldn't
stand it to see the town growing
away from me. So borrowed
money and spread myself; and now
I'm lighting for dear life with the
rest of them"
Griswold's comment was brief and
60 the point. ''Tell me about it," he
said
Its a short horse and soon cur
ried," said the iron, master, bitter
: ~. 1.-TWO months ago 1 borrowed
Ses 900 of Jasper. Grierson's bank.
gave him 60-day note and a mort
gage. with the verbal understanding
that I was to have my own time for
payment. The 30 days will be up
Tuesday. and he has notified me that
must lift third of the indebted
ness on thatday." =,
"a third"
~Ycs. .;Of course it's preposterous.
u Ill
the time; that the loan was build
ing fund which couldn't bear fruit
nntil it was planted"
Eriswold shook his head. "You
certainly took terrific chances"
"Didn't L? 1t proves what man
will do when he is greed-bitten.
A6d the worst of it is that three
fourths of the original capital be-
long to my mother and sister, and
they were both distrustful of the
knread-eagle move with Grierson as a
haclzer."
Gris.vold was silent while the sor-
rel was measuring full square.
Then he said: "What is Grierson's
object:''
81 don't know. TSbreak me or to
own me. 1 SUPPOSE
There may be an alternative:
what was it you told me this morn
Eng about the little social melee?"
Raymer pulled the sorrel up short.
-Ecavens! you don't suppose she
has put him up to it for that"
Il suppose nothing that involves
Miss Grierson. But tn't it possible
that her father may De resentful for
Aer? I believe if you.could persuade
your mother and Miss Gertrude to
call"
Raymei's laugh was not mirthful.
'sYpu would be the last man IN the
srorId to ,ct upon a suggestion OF
chat so,t urself. GriswoId-"