The Washington herald., 1909-04-25

the heart and he amt in the business
Give him a show. saw.
Save your Wind. says l. It's differ
ent from what 7 vas taught but In
with YOU Ed. He never answers but
he puts his gun mo his pocket and says.
Give me those reins. jim. we've got 10
make it.
And he never took mis- eyes of that
horse until we'd come up over "A rise and
saw the stray lights pricked out OF the
black shadows Of the town AT the foot OF
the hill Il most seemed 20 me that he'd
jus; hyPnotized that beast 10 90. and that
luck had kept US out Of a Smash-up on
the dark stretches When we drove into
the lights that stil burned around the
station the foam stood out on the animal
like cotton wool popping out OF the insides
Of stuffed cat. Ed pulls out his watch.
Il was 10.50
We walks around the corner OF the sta
tiOn. and he stops and points. saying
nothing. And there was Nelson p. At
water sitting OF the baggage truck in the
shadow, all bent over with his face in his
hands ike a Kid that's had a licking.
I've seen a heap Of white things done in
my time along with the dirt. but the
whitest thing I sometimes think 1 ever
seen was the way Ed Brooks did that
business. He walked I'D behind the feller,
and ne put his hand on his shoulder ius:
IS II he'd been his own boy. and lie SAYS.
smooth and quiet. "Atwater. and the
misera bic cuss jumped like a rabbit when
you put \ charge Of shot into it. steady. -
says Ed You've been in trouble but
we've come 20 TX il all UP. old man.
We're going back
But Atwater Just SAYS. Jail me. eh?-'
and Ed says. NO, we'H take the money
back with Us. Never you mind. old man.
Steady: we'H fx 1t. Then the bookkeeper
reaches cut quick and grabs Eds sleeve
Ike a kid lost IN the crowd and finding
its mother again.
GO put your horse up and get an
other, says Ed to me sharp. We've
got to get move on. It's all right The
stuff is in his bag
So I did il. and when I got hack the
train had pulled out, and you could see
the red puffs OF the engine. way of north,
along the track
Wei, were ready says Ed. and then
he turns around and points. "Atwater.' -
says ne, 81 y1u were on that train YOU d
have been counted ont for good. Climb
In
That was the way we stared back and
I guess the journey was an education for
y. P. Atwater. Il was for me. sure. Ed
Brooks Unf0lded, as I said before. I re-
member what he said just the way man
would remember something that han
pened 20 himself
Jim. he says. Ticking his whip when
we'd logged out OF town. I amt afraid
or you. you'll Play on top Of the table.
Aod so VIII you. Atwater: it's your mater
even II you're a galOot somewavs. Well
here you have H. The game that Won
tried TO play to-day and fell over vo,lr-
self uster 70 be my business. Now. there's
you, jim; you was brought up along with
a lot OF machinery. bat was brought m
as feller once says to me. with Jimmy
In my hands That's the difference. And
here's AtWater. with MS education. Well
when he was studying figures and the
Ike Of that, 7 was studying time locks
see? Did you ever hear OF a feller named
Bert Bangs?" he says.
I hadn't and I said 50. and il seemed
10 dissppOint Ed q Tot. We'll. anyhow -
he says. Bert Bangs and me was the
same feller- That was when ] did the
Fourth National Bank job in Springfield.
IN s.. Times is different now. The banks
have got the bulge on US. But 1 was no
slOb al my trade when things were doing
And let me tell you another thing: I've
always been On the level Nobody ever
depended on me and got left. you betcher
life on that
s"ss
When he says that. Atwater gives a
kind Of shiver, kind Of Ike somebody had
tFicklsd ice water down his neck. But