The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-26

SNH ilrCtud back 'u' PARTING
ktEySSTTsSSh rays that played upon ana
,EH kissed ITS crust of Jon.
~ >'sNa which shunn rainbow
NA-.-''-''s'aH@ hucd and uulllus Down
In the valley an automobile carrying
three passengers and III. chauffeur
rolled easily along white ua.taam
rDad until. ~ the direction Oh. .... Muu
who occupied the front seat w.. rU,
driver tho machine came too ,up az
iu, crest Of % little knoll
Get uu'. boys. aud let, s,.a. little
fWr haven't robbed au orchard
sine" ! was % tid." spoke u0r FLOYD
tn Co. Bm pYu.Iny ami ll.. rt.l.nI.
who ""r" with him on pleasure rld"
lr" m''"a "u, az Los Angelo.
Having satisfied their palu' spirit
of larceny the uttI" rrN srnpp"d
back into th" waiting auto aal bur.
ri"I ON back towards the o'y
There has been some fellow hero
looking for YOU two NJ three 'im".
this Afternoon. the hotel clerk Boo
formed FIuyl when he called for his
key when b." WAS once more bach In
the cts He didn't leave any card
said he'd b" bacl, this evening
I've been thinking Ia like +. 'ake
run up through the mining towns"
announced CioIand, who was known as
tn" pcFsinst Of the party owing to
the fact that h" never became outhuB-
iastic over any question
Wen, It's worth considering, M any
rate. Jack, and TIL just sleep over 1t
tonight ! cant 500 that there Is any
necessity for passing up any tricks
By the way, | wonder who It was that
was looking for me while We were
OUT
As II In answer TO Floyds uuery
the house telephone bell rang and me
was Informed by the operator that a
Dir Jackson wished to see him.
AN right. III see him here. IIayn
him come right up to my room" ne
replied 1t must be the fellow who
was looking for me this afternoon.
he continued to Clclaud when he hod
hung MP the receiver of the pbone
81 don't know who jackson is. though
The only Jackson recall is our friend
Howard Jackson. who died In New
York three years ago
At the sound Of approaching steps
in the hall, Floyd turned and opened
ais door without waiting for a knock.
"NVhy, it's Hcward's kid brother" he
announced, as he grasped the hand
OF his caller In friendly greeting II
was just wondering who II could be-"
Ae explained This Is Jack ClclanI
Tommy lie knew your brother Howard
almost as well as did. We were
all shocked to hear Of his death when I
that sudden spell Of fever took him .
on You were with him at the time .
weren't you?"
Yes. was there II was pretty /
tough lie was only sick a week and .
there were only the two Of US left"
AMI what are YOU doing way ont
here on tie other side Of the world /
Did you bring his racing stable ont
here"
no. ne only had ono GOOD horse I'm
his stable They were all sold at auc.
ton and didn't bring much more than
enough to square mp his debts. | was !
never on the race track much. Won
know ! went to work in a railroad
Office as soon AS got through high
school came out here Two years
ago to take a place in the office OF a
western road"
Il hope you like tho railroad bust.
ness and are prosperiug at IT," was
the kindly intended remark Of Floyd.
his discerning eye told him
mat all was not wei with his caller.
We'll, thai wasn't what | came to
see you about said young Jackson,
hesitatingF ! wanted to see you be-
cause you are III" only Old friend Of
my brother ! have seen since | came
west ] was IN the Motel on business
ms morning ana chahc'd to see your
laii'' on the register. wanted 10
ASH you apoN' n d'"l George Stewart,
VII" was one liih' n partner OF my
'rolh'r' owed nun Wh'h ne died. It