Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-04
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his tongue
She stared back at him, striving t.
comprehend. "Plank'sp' she repeated
slowly. "Plank's check? What check?
What do you mean?
1.-THE one he gave you Aast night to
pay his bridge losses and forgot to fill
IN"
"The one he But you couldn't!
How could you. 1t was not filed in
II flied it,
Her dawning horror was reacting
ON him, as it always did, like a fierce
tonic, and his own courage came back
In sort of gullen desperation.
"You-you are trying to brighten me,
Leroy" she stammered. "You are try
ing to make me do something give
you what you want-force me to give
you what you want! You can't fright-s
en- me. The check was made out to
me-to my order How could you
have used 1t, If l had not indorsed til"
II Endorsed it. Do you understand
thatT' he said savagely.
"No, | don't. Because if you did
it's forgery"
II don't give what you think
it isv' he broke in fiercely. Gan I'm
worried over is what Plank will think.
didn't mean to do 1t. / didh't dream
of doing it. When l saw that check
in my hands l thought I'd use it tenn
porarily merely as moral collateral to
fash at Burbank something to back
my o US. So filed 1t In
For how muchY' she asked, not dar-
ing to believe him, but he ignored the
question and went on, II filled it and
Endorsed it and"
How could you indorse it," she in
terrupted cooily, now unconvinced
again and suspicious.
I'm tell you If you'll stop that fool
tongue a moment. The check was
made to l.. Mortimer wasn't 1t? So
| wrote L. Mortimer on the back.
Now do you know? Ii you are L. Nor
timer, so am /. Leila begins with l.;
so does Leroy, doesn't IT? / didn't Inn
itate your wo-words-to-a-pag auto
graph. l put my own fist to check
made out to one L. Mortimer, and |
don't care what you think about it as
long as Plank can stand 1t. Now put
up your nose and howl, if you like"
But under her sudden pallor he was
taking fright again, and he began to
bolster up his courage with buster
| and noise as usual.
Howl all you like" he jeered at
won't alter matters or square ac-
counts with Plank. What are you
staring at? Do you suppose I'm not
sorry? Dosyou fancy don't know
what fool I've been? What are you
turning white for? What
How much have you She chnk-
ed. then, resolutely, How much have
| you-taken?"
''Takenp' he broke out with an oath.
What do you mean? I've borrowed
about $4,000. Now yelp! Eth? Whatf
No yelps? Probably some weeps then.
| Turn 'em on and run dry. I'll wait"
And he managed to cross one bulky
leg over the other and lean back, af-
| fecting resignation, while Leila bolt
upright In her low chair every curved
outline rigid under the flowing siIken
1 HAAPs at dc NAOh5A btull-
| ned.
well, we're good for 1t, aren't weY
he said threateningly. IF he's going
to turn ugly about it. here's the
! house?'
"My-house2"
''Yes, your house! l suppose you'd
rather raise something on the house
than have the thing come out in the
papers"
do you think so?' she asked, star
ing into his bloodshot eyes.
"Yes, / do. I'm sure of it!'
'You are wrong"
"You mean that you are not inclined
30 stand by me- he demanded.
Eyes, | mean that"
"You don't intend to help me outr'
81 do not intend to-not this time"
He began TO show his big teeth and
that nervous snickering "tick" witch
ed his upper lip.
~How about the divorce courts?' he
sneered. do you want to figure In
them with Plank?'
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