Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-08-23
JLTAN'S
= DRAFT
-sEORGE. DALTON.

DNAF L
sEoRGE. DALTON.
door Of Hazleton's Office
np him and his friend IN a
was urging each man TO adj
sqhts to what had just hap
3 what should be said first.
n Hazleton,' broke out De
I'D intend to see the amount
k II huttered my way and
help it. l had no curiosity
dreamed it was for such a
iount.
niud. De-" returned Hazleton,
to stand before the window
knds in his pockets, while he
80 far down the many-storied
-rblo on the opposite side OF
orge. Il didn't mind your
de wheeled about and rested
- his friends shoulder. DE
en- on my mind a long time
the story of the Sultan's
ans Draftl exclaimed De
.<nount was princely l knew
'23sue well, but"
not speaking OF the check.
suppose / would, even II l
enough, give nearly $4,000 to
Tor for the refugee fund 2
1uckled with pure joyousness.
Iieve / have made enough yet
Il much against the Unspeak-
~ At any rate, | know /
h il were not for the Sultan's
bnltan's Draft In heavens
II do you mean by the Sultan's
'fied De Loss.
DE loss, we have been through |
) we were boys, but you weren't |
deal. 1t was when the panic |
!. For weeks / hung on by my |
hide tried to pull my business
How ] came out of it never
and you may be sure Oshkosh |
ot ne. Yes, old Oshkosh
igh, dead and gone to glory |
his great, big soul He was
tom of it. 1t was tricky, and It
IN risky, but old man Raude-
ID bless him-gave me the
4 with American gall and good
the rest
81 had allowed me an overdraft
x for far more than my stand
warrant. Unexpected things,
another, dropped on me. Bills
fere fired into me without
< bullets, and bills receivable
back 10 me, as worthless as
~ All the resources l had
~ to the uttermost to make
the need Of FIVE. AT last,
figuring, ! found that /
teen thousand dollars before
Dr. 90 up.
1gh. you know, De, always
like his son, and / knew #
= ANYTHING to help me It would
not ,-sha &f- lhtss4a to let 60, 1t
.rsfhe should know it and his
have the advantage OF put
laim FIRST.
ta1own 10 the bank as blue as
over there on the hotel,
.kzleton. Oshkosh and l went
!. business together, canvassing |
"a: the good old dog did ms |
mre il out, but it seemed TOO
deposition.
for YOU. James, my boy he
as he studied it, but II looks
Fifteen thousand dollars
-thirty?- and he'd look at
d nod my head.
4 long time thinking It over
fotally lost in it and checking
;nos he was going over in his
his pencil on the blotting pad.
hank is going to save you u
mes. my son; but I'm afraid
p be done.e
La oracular drone my heart
land then sank down, though
down as it had been. Alter
lbaugh looked up slyly.
You know somebody James,
aw onS =,
|Ifor fifteen thousand dollarsF
-,
too serious for me to JOKE
Raudebaugh.'
SON. don't you know some
an draw on, somebody away
way OFF, -.
began 10 fairly purr his
and for a moment my hope
i caught his idea and The
lief Il would give.
~ in Thibet, or Archangel'
ongo?
ting spirit that had been MS
ond self. or had been bound |
ahrouqh a long life Of BUSH
N. ragged in him on the mere
n A nyer. tell you, he fairly |
irement like a siren, and |,
with dread Of its criminal
eetened TO the idea
IN mean it., coaxed the old
|ow. suppose l draw
and while ! sulked IN the
collapse that followed my sec
ter Judgment Of the thing
vas even then paying debts
nm Imagination on the money
I;ble possibility might give me
tsvs-Oshkosh scratched away
{ Of drafts. He finished and
.rfore me on the extension leai
n. draft on the Sultan OF
N 6fleen thousand dollars at
II s;on H. Raudebaugh urged
I.t.s Won shall have the money
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