The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03
CHAPTER XVI.
.aT.he .RahbIt Hit.r,

.The Rabbt. Hit."
The s. Z C. that TO say, the .Sazetas
Lying club, IKE the d; p l., held spe-
eial meeting TO consider. the = Reverend
Clement Vaughan. As Barker: had fore
seen, this was. sure o..happen, sooner, or
later. .- - VI. =. S. .*~ = ::
Not as keen on the. sceilt Of the objects
Of their. satire as the interchangeable. seere-
atary Of tire. D: P. L. and with reason, for
q man is always. more ready to confess
himself Is" liar. than fool, its officers
nevertheless kept d sharp lockout, and the
rev .Teetsirer;s :eardfu Of titles did not
escape il eIli:<-
Poole, who was chairman of the adyis-
ory bos1s; formally presented the name of
the: goIing Methodist as candidate for the
next leeth6F medal given TO the Cham
pion Liar. 5y the club. The last TO be
honored:iR this manner had been a young
man by The name OF Freyne. who had
j eiaifie7I TO be- the son OF. an Irish baron.
Tile. s. l. &, had: looked him up before
ordering the medal. Some of the mem
bers we're in favor. of giving Vaughan
likewise sfila: berefit OF the doubt" But
Ioote was hot against him. He ought
10 be hauled. IN before he goes any far
thef. was PoOle's verdict. Look az the
way hes caTrying sail Lectured at Pal
isade last .niglit; tonight he's going to be
IN KEiunainuecs- p
Z. ..seEfe's quite a High Tippy Bob Royal
tel -poN,'' said Shed eWellmsn. Shed had
been ADM tied: 10 the society on the
strength OF his cattle yarns. Poole was
what was known as 'taA' liar Barker
was the best 'all-'round liar" in the
club; but there were others who merited
distinction. Their prominence varied ac-
oo-dfng to their ability. Only the best
iiars told where the medal should go, on
the principle :'sSet a thief 10 catch
thief Z:
MY wife says." continued Shed who
was continually quoting this authority
that there amt been such a public
spea ker in these parts since she can re-
member and she don't know as ever
shes been taught by his titles re-
piled Poole.
Barker was for writing TO the various
Royal Societies, requesting information
regarding "the said Clement Vaughan" "
Barker's ventures in foreign correspond
ence had always brought him large re-
turns. He would like to confront
Vaughan with testimony thus obtained
I'D like TO see what he'd do" said
Barker.
Ned wilkins arriving oppertunely
moved that Barker be empowered to
write such letters. The motion was car
ries. But Poole was for immediate action.
."4s's played US for lot OF suckers" re-
peated Poole. ITO be played for a suck
er" was what no man IN Eureka would
endure. least OF all Poole. He was ex-
treTneiy sensitive when his intelligence
was inpuened.
''H don't stans to reason that fsller
twenty three-four years old can be a
member of 50 many big societies" said
Poole. Hes lied; he's lied big; the big
-gest that ever was il we don't DO. as
we've set out we might as welldisband .
Still. the meeting continued irresolute.
The question OF the medal would doubt
less have been laid or the table had not
Winsfow, at that moment, happened in.
He ha6. Of course. heard Of the lecturer 5
success and OF Mrs ChisholYn's share in
st. and. he Smiled when he heard Of the
clubs project.
':Bnt now" SAID Poole. these feliers
want 10 let the thing lie over TIL BARKER
written to England and got an answer
back"
Quite right" returned winslow. "It
would be q pity TO disturb the man now
lsy tie time Barker has received an an
swer to h4s letters the lecture season will
be over"
Poole uttered an impatient ejaeula ton.
That's jest t.le way this club always
acts" he said d'scontentealy. Wait till
, thing is cold. and ten what good is it?''
He gave Pitcher kick under the table
This meant SAY something. won't YOU
Why do you make me DO ali the talking 2r
"a thing like this wants To be done
right or" said Pitcher tafieiy..
a crowd OF young men came noisily In
demanding what was up2 To these
the project appealed with peculiar force
They rallied 10 Poole's support and voted
with speed and zeal. 20 put 1t through
They voted that "A medal OF significant
design and properly inscribed should bs
presented TO the Rev. Clement Vaughan.
Com .dcra.1lc argu meat easued as 10 what
was significant design and how the in.
scsipuon should read. but these matter:
were referred 70 a committee consisting
OF Barker, Poole and a man ndf1ed Jones
Where was ilarker anyway Gone
ho.re 70 write hfS letters. some one an.
nHered.