Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1906-07-20
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very busy now. This will ax you up
Tor the present, won't itT'
Brace snatched the bill from his hand
and tor II in shreds. Five dollnrsF'
he laughed wildly. you think you
can get of with $57 Why. I want a
million. You've got it-there in the
safe"
"You should know better than that"
protested Pace. "You know we send
everything to the safe deposit Mt O."
You've got 1t tonight" raved Brace,
y know Come back!' he broke OF
rs Carter tried to leave the room. The
%bookkecper paused for a second. irreso-
lutc. Brace drew n revolver from his
pocket. Carter motioned him to re-
turn it and stepped back TO the desk.
The incident seemed 70 fan Braces
fury. He stared wildly about the room.
"You ruined meF' he shouted. You
stole from mel They tell me you broke
The G. and w. pool. Don't deny It. The
papers are full OF It." He drew out an
extra OF one OF the afternoon papers
and waved It IN front Of Pace.
What Of it?" demanded the broker.
BRADY gave me a hundred to play
on the pool. One hundred dollars on
a two dollar margin. FIFTY shares
and you broke the pool"
Il found that the others had broken
their agreement. and I had TO get out
to protect myself" explained Pace. II
had no knowledge Of your operations.
II was purely self defense"
you llo,' snarled Brace. "You did
il to throw mo. You knew that with
such a start / could have won back
to the Exchange. You were afraid Of
me and you ruined me-"
For the first time Pace showed I'm
patience. He must get certain letters
out in time to catch the night mail.
Come in in the morning and argue the
matter" he said. Il cannot spare the
dme to talk tonight"
Brace leveled his revolver. "Unless
you give me back the money you stole
from me-" he said impressively, 81
shall shoot you down like a dog. you
and these others too. Then l shall take
the money that Is really mine and fee.
I have 1t all arranged. / viii count
ten"
PAGES face was beaded with perBpi-
ration. No help was at hand, and this
man. driven mad by the excitement Of
the panic, had them at his mercy. 81
will give ln." he said weakly. Come
over to the sGfe."
Too late" said Brace, his brain TAX
ing a new impression. 81 am going TO
kill you anyway. One, two. three
lie sank to the floor with q groan. A
huge commercial report had knocked
him ~senseless. and Bobby stood tri-
umphantly over the PROSTATE figure.
Il thought 1t was just a row." he
said. until the Ghost begun t count
Then l remembered thnt was the why
they did with Antelope Andy" He
hshed the book from his hip pocket
Quick as u FASH" he read, "tAnte
lopc Andy, with herculean strength
seized the chest and brought 1t dowr
on the head of his antagonist. Telling
him like n log / guess them hall
dime books amt no good"
He turned to Carter, who explained
to the mystIned Pace.
II think, Robert" declared tn
broker. "thnt there is good in al
thlngR. We shall have to raise you
salary to enable you 70 increase you
library and so be provided against al
emergencies"
Il don't want no raise" protestet
Bobby. "Give 1t to Carter or Miss
Mabel. They want it to get married
on"
81 guess that can be arranged. too
laughed Pace. "And as soOn as we cal
get an ambulance here to take care OF
poor Brace wen go uptown for a cele
bration dinner"
"At a real restaurant?" demanded
Bobby.
Eat the best" laughed Pace.
"Gee!" sighed Bobby. Pm glad
saved yer. I'm hungry. l only has
a crea pun and n pretzel for lunch"
On the way up in the street car-th'
cabs had all gone uptown at that hon.
Bobby sat between Carter and Mabel
Them books Is good" he suggested
his mind barking bAck to the discussion
of the afternoon.
al bet yOu'n let your boys reaC
them" Bobby added.