The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-05

out somewhere In town, and wen GET /
him later I've stationed men along !
the shore for two miles"
* won't have him get away. II he {
should reach Frisco Tell your men
I'll give $500 10 the one that finds /
him"
Three hours later Voorhees, returned. |
.She sailed without him.
The politician cursed. IT don't be- |
iieve it. He tricked you. / know he /
did"
Glenister grinned into half eaten
sandwich. then turned upon his back |
and lay thus on the plank. identifying
the speakers below by their voices.
He kept his post all day. Later In
the evening he heard Strive enter
The man had been drinking.
$50 he got away, eh?" he began. sI
was afraid he would. Smart fellow,
that wheaton"
HE didn't get away" said McNa-
mara. Hes in town yet. Just let me
land him in jail on some excused I'll
hold him till snow flies" Strive sank
into chair and lit a cigarette with
wayering haQd.
''This s a he'll of game, amt ii,
Mac? d You s'pose We'll win?"
The man overhead pricked up his
ears
"Win? Aren't we winning? What
do you call this: I only hope we can
lay hands on Wheaton. He knows
things A little knowledge is dan
earous thing. but more is worse. Lord
II only l had a man for judge in place
of Stllman, I don't know why I
brought him
That's right Too weak. He hasn't
got the back bone of an angieworm.
He amt half the man that his niece is.
There's girl for you, Say, what d
we do without her. Ell? She's pippinv'
Glenister felt sudden tightening of
every muscle. What right had that
mans liquor sodden lips to speak so Of
her?
"She's a brave little woman all right
Just look how she worked Glenister
and his fool partner 1t took nerve to
bring In those instructions of yours
alone, and if 1t hadn't been for her
we'd never have won like this. It
makes me laugh to think of those. two
men slowing her away in their state
room while they slept between decks
with the sheep, and her with the pa
pers In her bosom all the time. Then,
when we got ready to do business,
why, she up and talks them into giving
US possession of their mine without
fight That's what I call reciprocating
a mans Affection
Glenister's nails cut into his flesh,
while his face went hvid at the words.
He could not grasp 1t at once. 1t made
him sick-physicelly sick-and for
many moments he strove blindly to
beat back the hideous suspicion, the
horror that the lawyer had aroused.
His was not doubling disposition. and
to him the girl had seemed as one pure,
/ mysterious, apart, angelicaIly incapa-
BILE of deceit. He had loved her, feel
ing that some day she would return his
affection without fail. In her great, I'M
clouded eyes he had found no lurking
place for double dealing. Now-Godi
Itcouidn% be that all the time she had
known! ~
He had lost a part of the lawyers
| speech, but peered through his obser-
vation hole again.
Mcnamara was at the window gaz-
ing out into the dark street his back
| toward the lawyer. who lolled in the
/ chair, babbling garrulously Of the girl
| Glenister ground his teeth-a frenzy
! possessed him to loose his anger, to
! rip through the frail ceiling with naked
| hands and fall vindictively upon the
two men.
''She looked good to me the first
| time / saw her." continued Strive. He
paused. and when he spoke again a
/ change had coarsened his features.
Say, I'm crazy about her, Mac.
tell you, I'm crazy-and she likes me
I know she does-or, anyway, she
would
do you mean that you're in love
with her?' asked the man at the win
dow without shifting his position. 1t
seemed that utter Indifference was in
his question. although where the light
shone on his hands, tight clinched be-
hind his back, they were bloodless.
Love her? Well--that depends-ha!
You know how it is" he chuckled
coarsely. His face was gross and bes-
tial. i've got the judge where I want
him, and I'll have her
His miserable words died with a CUR
gle, for Mcnamara had silently leaped