Putnam patriot., 1908-06-12


 Fa- s,,ns woman was mixed up
 Eri i1ss ~s1r Her name is oiiTiaF
 @ sseWyek rose to her feet. efis-
 ss,,,, ubo." she demanded sharp
 Va'+ fs the excitement no one
 '. iesst attention 10 her. for NIT
 ia 11e sank limp and stunned into
 faas.s '. while tue puzzled Texan
 ,p,. '.,,iust table and turned the
 af bis reddeSt steer.
 aa,-but.- stammered the cham
 Ds io,.-,att. T don't understand.
 - ,he legislature is hxed' I-l
 - ,,,i te. asserted the cattle king.
 .u,snr again. geHtlenien! ehuckled
 s.,,a ,rishmaH. That august and
 -shle body ean't-be-bought"
 r.a,.ln,- cried Mir. Renwyck. tot
 z. n his feet. What do you
 @ = viebael? What do you know ..,st if. anyway
 s a,sr laughed Mir Corrigan- Be
 ,,,s very simple when you get
 :. the facts. You see. there was
 .,l.nap in New York the other
 ,hs Hon. MT. kinwait. l believe
 e,lled-a man welding quite
 .,;ek among certain members or
 ,asislature. You. MT. Williams.
 - . toddy for him in San Antonio. ss9s Jacob took him out to lunch ln ssw York and presented him with q se cigar"
 The Texan and the New Yorker xs.sa sataeely. but Uncle Michael Eea.1 blandly and continued:
 4Tbe Hon Mr kinwait, being thus ..Aaaien to beth of you for your gen ,,aN hospitality. became doubtful as l. 4bieh ta serve. and while strug- ,ag with lis india rubber conscience 1 tfinl rarts came along and offered hln board and lodging ih the peniten, |,sr All things being equal. he for rs both toaay and cigar and dumped Ils influence on the side Of sweet l |ngeIa and the Peace and Good Wili |Byalty company Am elear?' He was more than clear for both IA, ,be old casehardened sehemers saw |tt glance how cleverly they had been 
 |ererreaehed by q little one horse or. cnization that masked a serpent s |has under tue cloak of pious, inof- |feasise title. with guileless individ- | usI named Fishcall as its outward ex- | |renent
 Good Lord" sighed Bill Williams. |rna sod .em the land 10 do il with Nr. Renwyck had done the same, but bad not the grace 10 admit 1t. Who the devil is back of this Peace |,nd Good Will Realty eompanyf' he demanded. forgetting the presence of ,he ladies in his anger and chagrin. The little lrishman made as graceful |s bow as his embonpoint would per Init.
 T am"
 -Yoar' gasped Mir Renwyck.
 4Yes. lakie. dear also interviewed tAe Hon Mir hinwait."
 But. man. Storlned Mir Renwyck don't you know that half my fortune k invested in that dealf You-you' ve svindied me,"
 Ell Williams laid his hand on Mir terrigans shoulder and spoke calmly but reproachluIly:
 II was ny pet scheme. Mike. and you knew II. Half my pile is gone loo didn't think you'd do me up Ike that"
 "l was mereiful." said Uncle Michael eco3y "l left you each half You son't starye l might have taken all 1T Mr Corrigan fancied that he was ironing out the crinkled shirt of trou De by proving to the rivals that nei 'her one had been successful. he found shiseif vastly mistaken. The tempest was ieosed again. and Richard the h'szen took turn at the thunder box
 LOOK here. he cried. striding up tc taee Michael and spinning that port , iltie man about without deferenct 70 us age or size. Mir. Corrigan. if YOU were twenty years younger I'd give ,vu lae sonndest thrashing you eyel laa in " your lifei''
 Al this surprising development the Fnlife company. with the exception oi '-r .a@yeF. were too amazed to ds '-sas but stare at the furious young -4A The furious young man contin sea- ehiivious to his surroundings:
 | came to yon in confidence. sir. as - auofney. at your own suggestion 'Aa asked advice. was helpless. as " Knew. hanging between dnty fl .-u and my pledge to Mir. Renwyck 'e Ve swindied us all. sir-fhese gen eaen Of their harbors. me of what -u confidently in your hsBds-mt ' lonor"
 ,, nohor' sneered Mir. Renwyck Honor,~
 :, "aat. beloved the cattle king a'a Knew ali about it. Dick. and yau 'su r. 'ell me Oh. Dick. Bick.-
 Naafa turned 10 explain to his re- Uaeh'ul father. but Mir Renwyck ..u upon the young man tiercely.
 De almost screamed ''So me reason you couldn't sign a - iou had sold me to Michael. '. 'ou-sold me when in the kind my heart l tried to help an s.efisbed z Englishinanf English ,-. ae laughed derisively. "A spy. =. 10 me-yes. and to his own - aad blood too,- The fnancier !. Tor breath. then wheeled upon .snef-in-law- And you" be ,s You. with your arguments . sour ehackling mask that hides a That's what you've been laugh !. .of the past three days. is it. .., a your psalm singing MT. Fish
 lou cheated me out of my land You've black mailed the -n1 's'ature, You-you-yon"- Jaeeh. iariing~ sobbed Mrs. N coming te his side as he