Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-04-22
siderlne THAT am a guest An An ar, ,ri.


yate fafllily; indeed true courtesy for.
bids my writing the facts even to you
but l thought 1t best to tell you the
plain truth; SO that In case | get sick
you will know the cause. | shall be in
Scranton only two days longer, and
shan try to. stick it out here, but if
things get too bad | shall. as | said
leave and go to the hotel. But even
though | should make the change, |
fear that my system is already so de-
ranged that. | shall not reeuperate I'M
til | get home and revive myself with
two or three of your excellent din
ners."
Every meal that james Randolph
ate In the Perkins house after that al
most choked him. He was glad when
Mr.. Smith telegraphed him to go on to
Pittsburg for a few days. and stop at
Scranton on his way back. to close the
deal with Horace Perkins.
81 suppose" be said to Perkins on
their way to the sta ton, that there is
no doubt about my getting the bust
nessT
None whatever" said Perkins. 81
don't mind telling you, however, that
1t Is your own personality that has
won the day. There Is another man In
the field who has offered just as good
inducements as your house offered, but
In consideration of your self-famiy
| relations and all that-we have decid-
ed to give the contract to you. The
affair is practically settled. When you
come back from Pittsburg everything
will be all right, and you can go on
to Philadelphia with the papers In
your pocket"
At that James Randolph's conscience
smote him violently. He felt that
something was going to happen to
punish him..for his sins, and it did.
James Randolph reached Pittsburg on
a Wednesday morning On Thursday
he receiced a letter from Horace Per-
kiHs.
| 1--WE have given the contract to your
competitor" he wrote. 1.-The enclosed
letter will explain why"
James Randolph palpitated nervous
ly as he opened the enclosure 1t was
letter from his wife to Mrs. Per-
! kins, and ran In this WISE
my Dear Kate: ] really am so in
dlgnant that the ties of kinshlp and
the amenities of social life cannot keep
me silent. How could you have the
| heart to treat my husband as you
have? If you didn't want him to visit
you. and didn't intend to furnish him
with tho necessities of life, why did
you invite him? He could have stayed
at the. hotel; The firm pays his ex-
penses, and even If they didn't, guess
he could have managed it, Really
| Kate, | don't know what to think of
| you. But know what you have done
to. James. l have his letter here to
quote from. L can't stand the cook
ing That Is what he says, You
can't get decent meal here to save
your life. JAMES says he is sure he
will be. sick after his experience at
your house, and he wants me to know
what causes 1t; If anything does hap
| pen to him l shall never forgive you
You know he is all l have, and you
might at least have given him decent
food. James didn't want to complain,
and I don't doubt that he would be
| quite angry II he knew l said anything
to you about II, but / really am so
Disguised that l can't control myself"
What James said may not be re-
| peated.
The enterprising agent of the firm of
Smith & Eldridge did not go to Scran-
ton on his way back to Philadelphia
Previous to his homecoming his supe-
riors had heard a meager account of
the Scranton flasco; what they de
manded of James Randolph was full
explanation. That he did not feel
I privileged to give, but Mr.. Smith. be
ing quickened In wits by his suspicion
of Mrs Curtis, made a stab at the So
luton of the mystery.
! "Ill.bet," he said, that that wife of
yours had something tpdo with it."
| I'll am afraid she did" stammered
James Randolph. And whatever else
.heshad to say he said in the privacy of
| his own home Philadelphia Ledger.
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