The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-14

bling | controlled the election all
right. Of course, but before the next
one came was ruined, and Keatcham
put his own men IN, I went desperate.
~ t. New York. dldns know how
to ilgnt those fellows; II was new
game. didn't hnd Atkins, Maybe
because that wasn't his name when I
hah known him | was 30 sure that
the property was good--as II that mat.
tered AS II anything mattered with
these gamblers who play With loaded
dice and dope the horses they bet
against Phil had all his property in
fhe mills; we all had We mortgaged
the house. We had too, to protect our
stock You know how the fight ended.
aud what happe. u at Cambridge
That Isn't ali. My Wife" He stood
a little stralshter. and the light wenl
uut Of HIS eyes 4 told you 4 don't
make friends easily, and | am mol the
Kind of man women take 70; all the
same the loyeliest girl IN the south
loved me ever since jumped over the
milldam 70 save her rag doll, once,
when she was visiting her aunt near
Us. i'd married. when We seemed pros
porous Now, understand me, | don't
say It was my ruin and phil's death
that killed her and the hahy, she had
pneumonia. md It may be that seeing
that paper hy accident didn't turn the
SCALE but do say that she had her last
hours emblttered BY Il. That's enough
fer me When ! got home with with
phil, she was dead
Tough said the colonel He be.
gan to revise his Impressions Of
Mercer
Wasn't IT," the other asked, with
simplicity Of appeal that affected the
listener more than anything he had
aeard lie Jumped out Of his chair
and began paoing the room talking
more rapidly You're 4 man, YOU
know what wanted TO do"
"Klll somebody. suppose, should !"
slust that. ran Atkins to cover
after while through Rndicutt Tracy
That boy Is one Of the nobiest fellows
that ever lived; yes. sub. He was
going TO help poor Phil. Phil'a room
mate had told him All those boys
look a.here, Col Winter. II ever any
body talks to you about Harvard fes
lows beIug Indifferent
4 shall tell him he can't get under
the American surface A Harvard
boy VIII do anything on earth for his
friends
'erhey were mighty good TO me, Il
was Envy found out about Atkins. inst
from my description Of him ! found
out about keateham for myself And
yuu are quite right for 4 little while
wanted 70 kill them both Looked
like Just naturally had to Kin them
But there was my mother. There was
nobody TO take care Of her but Sis and
me. and a trial for murder Ia terribly
expensive OF course. anybody ean
get of who has got money and can
spend Il: but Il takes such an awful
heap Of money. And we we're all
ruined together. for what little was
left was all In the company. and that
promptly stopped paying dividends !
couldn't risk 1t. had TO walt ! had
to I'd 70 work to support my mother,
to pay ais and her back. don't you
seeg We came here, got a Job. 4
well.pald one. too, through Endy's "a
ther, reporting OF the condition of the
tnllls-e kind Of examiner. Aud the
fob was iur Keatcham
why did you take its / know.
though You lla II II fanllInrlze aim
with your appearance 50 that he
would not he NG'ned when your
chance came
#tIow iid you ka0w sAet71
man knew II the Philippines
Filipino WAS wruHged BY i white
man, who took his wife and threw haf.
aside whfn H. tirea Of her. The Girl
killed. herself Her husband watched
his chance far 4 year. found It n laat
lhanks @ that very fact that his
Yirilm wasn't IN guard against him
ami sent Ills knife acme He'd been
that fellows servant | picked the
dead tsan 1p. Thai Filipino loosad As
you looked d minute ago.
What became of the Flllpluos@ ID.
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