The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-30

Don't YOU know somebody
james. ynu can draw ong
What for tla.eQo'
Nobody
This Is too aorInua Tor me to
Joke about 49, itaudebauEh
Jbmea son. don't you know
somebody YOU mas draw CA. some
body away OFF q Ions. long way
Oshkosh began 70 fairly purf hla
temptation. and fur moment my
hope lraued up aa { caught bis idea
aud the breath Of relief It would
give
Somebody IN Tibet. or Arch
angel or up the CuuFuT
The sporting spirit that had been
biz dormant second self OF had
been bound and captive through a
long life Of business Integrity. RACED
IN him ON the mere thought 81 "a
flyer I tell you he fairly sang hia
/ allurement like siren. and
though sick with dread og lta erin.
/ innl tfiekerY aWeetened 10 the idea.
No. but ! mean e. caaKed the
cid man Now. suppose / draN 4
/ DR. h-a-a=aw and while / auiked Ia
the Departing collapse that followed
my SECOND and better judgment 81
the thing although I vas even then
paying debta like mad In ny Ion
/ agitation un the money this impna
Hihle possibility might give me fnr
a few days Oshkosh scratched
away on block OF dfaftA lie fin.
iahed and tossed II bsfare me on
the extension leaf Of biz desk
"a Wa a draft on the sultan Of
Turkey for $4,000 at sight
sign ~. sign t. Raudehaugh
urged. In five minutes you shall
have the money % your credit This
will be the celryereat piece Of eheck
kiiinE ever done
a signed Il bsfure knew il. mai
ting a Kind % plunge Of II and Nith
a feeling u a gamble on liberty and
life az q throw
4 buried my face In my hands
when the old man vent oct to ths
counting room with the condemned
draft u be- passed Ia ny credit
Heaven only knows Shat the clerks
thought
It's all right. James. ny boy
aald HaaaebauEh. again AZ his desk
N0n mar dra~ your rhcrk bat ~.
member the dAy Of reckoning ~
feAdr With the eAAh Ia stand ths
fvturn ~ the HultAn'a draft
g must have EaEed al him "a
blank ~ a FISH
Oh. cheer NJ. james. well come
out Of this all right DO yon think
You could get an option on the Con
qusrur mine far anything like 4
reasonable price,
Well Il hasn't been Tor sAls
said !. aulif but II any one can buy
"a AZ a fair figure | suppose arm he
| y ne faah Seru coming "a p4Y for
MAYBE herc'a Your chance. said
Oshkosh. and taking up letter
tsaaa"d It over 10 me. then be turned
to write. digging a~ay uith hia pen
a. wonderful fafH on something
that waa svidea(Q juicy % him.
he letter uaa from a capitalist
Nho AS A. the bead % a ayndlcats
that "a offering 10 buy mInins
property Il va evident they meant
business and hal millions baek Of
them
while I was reading and n.h
koah saa atih writing like = fury
= clerk slipped In 18th a BASKET oon.
tanning the usual gfiat of papers
that daily passes through a hAnk
AL made up ready to align and mail
and 90 the tup ~ the heap uaa ths
euitan e dFaft I give you mY 4ord
~ honor. IL. : EreN uick araln Al
stEht Of Il
The old mAa nnlahed With q
final skate anrusa the paper a. the
eierk paassd cut
thlnk uf ia be aald. Nhselins
around % me. I'm sure The Con.
querur could ,. sold II the prize
Ian { GOT % sight II you can aNtns
that deat my hoy. yos maY snAg
your fingers AZ The whole pax %.
your debts and the auitan'a draft
too Your commissions on the AAls
would amount 10 I've times the sam
II youf present ne.dz. DO Yoa think
you can make Il 50 through ia ala
Ncrknf that's about the limit Of
tine ! am giving In the return Of
this hoaH
Oh. ny God Ne can't count
On that in anch a desperaie emer-
Esncy a. this, { cried in a panic.
Keep cool. James. Keep cool
SCI on the safety valve and throw
In your harun and coal oil You
must beaf In the rae Sith some OF
F y0ur plans. and this offers another
very good opportunity 20 win out
I Nov look here Oshkosh continued
taking the paper he had just been
working over. that draft haa 10
have something 10 20 with Il. and
thia Il that have made. bot II any
soul on earth can tell what Il n.
it's more than I can
"He passed II over
IL wa all the thing b. rights
ought % be called whether il vas
an invoice. or a btu 81 sale. or OF
lndinr. or a deed. or mortgage. or
just common baruyard hcn-traeks
a. the old man said. no one could
tell II looked like a paper Of tire.
mrndoua import. but Il wa only
meaningless pen work that didn',
contain a word 10 make Il intelH-
gible. But II vas beautiful 10 look
at The pen strokes we're a. de-.
oratlye a. Chinese characters. and
seemingly NJ precise AZ German
script Anyone might have told me
II was sanacrit. or Runic. or Cunel
/ form. or Aztec. or Choctaw and I