The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-08-20

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standing motiontcss. waged the bat.
tie of wills, both men standing mo-
tionless, tense, vibrant with dynamic
| force
Slowly. little by little, Horrigan's
| eyes dropped. He moved awkwardly
to one side from his position in front
of the door and. Bennett, without so
much as a backward look, passed out
The boss, like man in a daze, sank
heavily into chair and gazed straight
ahead of him, his usually red face
gray and pasty.
But he was not to enjoy even the
scant boon of solitude. From the ante
room Gibbs strolled in
They're going over some unimpor-
| tant preliminary business" remarked
the broker, $50 came out for breath
of fresh air. How are things going:"
We're beat.'' grunted Horrigan. no.
looking up.
aBeat?' screamed Gibbs, ashen and
/ fnert- ,e-aIr " . vo -. =.
.vu can mean 1t! Great heaven.
The sight of the others cowardIy
emotion seemed to rouse Horrigan
from his apathy.
"If can stand it, you canv' he snarl-
ed. "You only lose your percentag"
on the deal, while r.
"a percentage?" echoed Gibbs. too
panic stricken to heed his own indis-
cretion Every cent ! had in the
world! r.
He checked himself an instant too
late.
1902" drawled Horrgan. his keen
little eyes soaring the other with
boundless contempt $50 it was YOU
who were secretly buying up the stock
and failing in on to our game. hey"
"I'm ruined! Broke! And
"And you've got it coming to you
you whining traitor! The man who
goes back on his partners deserves al
the kicking he gets
. I-I didn't mean any harmr' mum
bled the crushed Gibbs 1T couldn'
hurt you people to have me buy Bor
, ough stock for myself. and I'd hav'
D cleared up million and more. On
: don't glover like that. Horrigan. bu
try to think out some way Of
"Of what. you cur?"
j isn't there any way even now 7
make Bennett let up on his fight"
= "lf there was you couldn't he Of us
8 to us, so why should | talk abont
8 to your
d "But I'd do anything in the world
anything
l. "You would?' cut in Horriga
|! sharply.
e Eyes. yes! Only give me chance
= Pd'-
e Horrigan considered. then said r.
flectiyely:
I. mo chance is too slight to take at
IT time like this. and nobody's too rotte
" to be of use I've found there al
t. three things. one of which will alwa'
u buy any mana woman. ambition
n cash We've tried Bennett Oh ami
Is ton; he doesn't need money. SO on
the first of the three remains.
q. "A woman? don't understand.
- Miss Wainwright"
But
Listen here Benefits IN love wi
Wainwright's niece. You've cut hi
out. Go and tell him if he'll let o
bill alone you'll smash the engageme
and leave her free to marry hi
Seer
81 can't. hold on, though! Aftt
ward l could deny the whole thir
couldn't 1? It'd be his word again
mine, and she'd never believe cou
do such thing. IL might try.
/ yes growIed Horrigan. you mig
/ A cur that's lost all his nerve can
things that even an ordinary Gro
would balk at"
But Gibbs did not hear He had
turned to the corridor in search
/ Bennett. The man scarcely desery
1 the opprobrium heaped on him by IL
/ rigan. A brilliant, daring operator.
/ was, unknown to himself. rank &C
ard at heart For the first time in
i life the cowardice had cropped G
II and. to do Gibbs justice. it had dri'
him temporarily insane. In bis .
u NAL senses he would never have sto
ed to the plan he was now so cage;
carry out 1t was a putrid bit OF
sam at which financially drown
man did not scruple to clutch
Horrigan followed him from
u room, his own splendid nerve quite