The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-07-15
CHAPTER xII.-continued.

COR David with his ridiculous little
sling going against Goliath" added
she. very well put. BERTHE; only the
good advice comes too,late; the ques
tion now is, how to get out with a
whole skin. Surprising as 1t may be
i expect to-with your help"
"Honored, I'm sure" growled Berthe
There is one thing l meant to ask
you'll haven't, but l shall now. In.
stead Of making IT impossible for me
TO sleep tonight, as you virtuously in.
tended in order to clear your con
science before you tried to pull me out
of the trap I've set for myself, suppose
you do me a favor, right now"
You put 1t so WELL you make me
ashamed of my moral sense, Aunt
Becky; what is 1t you want?"
"Oh, nothing unbefitting a soldier
and a gentleman, dear boy; just this:
Cary has to have some money.
meant to give II to Stoves, but you
hustled him off in such a rush that
didn't get at him. You know where he
is, don't you? You haven't sent him
straight back?"
II can find him, l reckon"
Then I'll give you the money, at
once"
How weak a thing is man! Here
was an eminently cool-headed. rea.
sonable man of affairs who knew that
paws which had escaped from the fire
unsinged had no excuse to venture
back for other peoples chestnuts; he
had expressed himself clearly to this
effect to young Tracy; now, behold
him as unable to resist the temptation
of a conflict and the chance to battle
Atkins as IL he were a hot-headed boy
in plain shoulder-strapsl
I'll do better for you, Aunt Rebec-
ca" said he. I'll not only take Fire
less the money, I'll go with him to the
house. l can make a sneak from here
and Atkins is safely downstairs at
this moment. He may be shadowing
Fireless: IL he is, perhaps l can throw
him off the track"
Chus Il befell that not an hour later
Rupert Winter was guiding the shabby
and noisy runabout a second time to-
@dTQ lne nSuuIeu mousse.
Nothing Coin" said the joyous ap-
prentice to crime; 81 called old Cary
up and got furious stating for doing
it.; but he said there wasn't a watch
dog in sight; and the old man had sur.
rendered. He was going to let him
into the library on parole"
You need a guardian" growled the
colonel; where did you telephone
Not In the drug store?"
"Oh. dear. no. not in such a public
place; I've a shrinking nature that
never did intrude its private, personal
affaifN on the curious world. | used
the phone of that nice quiet little res
taurant where they gave me a lovely
meal but were SO long preparing 1t
used up all the literature in sight
which was the Ladies' Home Journal
and a tract on the virtues of Knox's
gelatine. When | couldn't think OF
anything else to do | routed out Cary
I'D smoked all my cigarettes and all
my cigars bet one which ] was keep
ing for after dinner. And Cary rowed
ne rood and plenty There wasn't a
SOS In the Ian"
"HAs any one followed youe"
mot man. woman or child, not even
yellow dog. kept looking round
Goo"
1T war dreadfully risky thing tc
do; you don't deserve to escape but
perhaps you lid Atkins may have
come to the Palace for some eshs;
purpose and saver have noticed you.'
"My own father wouldn't have got
on to me in that dinky rig"
Winter wac noe SO easy in his mind
But he hoqed for Inc best, since therG