The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-31

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 ''wHAr RIGHT HAVE YOU TO SAY sucH
 THINGS TO ME?" ray of gowns.
 "So this is the end of ny good reso- lutions." she laughed and snatched a garment recklessly from its hook. s'Now for all the miserable tricks of the trade!"
 
 George Bait. Clyde and Fraser formed a glum trio as they sat in a nook of the hotel cafe. slipping mood fly at their glasses, when on the following afternoon Emerson joined them. But they sensed some untoward happening even before he spoke, for his face wore a look of dazed incredu- lity, and his manner was so extraor- dinary that they questioned in chorus:
 What's the matter?. Are you sick?''
 "No," said he, ''but I-I must have lost my mind"
 'What is it?'
 sThe trick is turned"
 taThe trickr'
 |' "I have raised the. money"
 With a shout that startled the other occupants of the room Bait and Clyde jumped to their feet and began to eaper about in frenzy. Even "F'in- gerless" Ffaser's expro.sionless' face cracked in . wide grin of the blankest RmaZement
 About noon I was called on the phone by HilliarS He asked me to come dewn to the bank at once, and went. He said he had reconsidered and wanted to put up the money. It's up. He'll back us. Eve got it in writ ing. Its all cinched-S100,O0O and more if Se need it."
 You must have made great talk, g &eclared Clyde.
 T said nothing. He offered it him. self as a personal loan. It has nothing to do with the bank I'm going to tell Cherry now"
 Alton Clyde Uttered. q told you she could pull it off, he said.
 "This was Billiards own notion,' Boyd returned coldly. ''He merely re- considered his decision, and"-
 Turn over. You're, on your back" |.
 'It was only yesterday afternoon that I talked with Cherry. I dare say she hasn't seen him since''
 well, I haprrn to know that she has. AS I came home last night I say them together. They came out of that French cafe across the street and got into Billiards car She was dressed up like pony" Whats that got to do with it?" de maDded "Fingerless" Fraser. "She pulled the old fellows leg, that's all.' explained Alton.
 If l thought she had done that" said Emerson slowly, T wouldn't t touch penny of the money" T don't care where the money came from or how it got there,'' rumbled Bait. Its here; that's enough But Boyd chung to his point with a stubbornness which he himself found it difficult to explain. The arguments of the others enly annoyed him. The walk to Cherry's hotel afforded him time for reflection, which. while it deepened his doubt, somewhat lessen i ed his impatience, and when he was shown into her presence he did not be- gin in the impetuous manner he had ! designed.
 f'What makes you think I had any thing to do with it:'' she asked after he had spoken.
 You were with Hilliard last night"
 She nodded slightly We closed our iQr fnr 1T, night
 How did you come out?'' He takes it over and does the de- velopment work" she answered. That means that you are independ- ent; that you can leave the north coun- try and do all the things you want to do:" This time her smile was pug zilng. You don't seem very glad' "No. Realization discounts anticipa- ton about 90 ger cent. But don't let's talk about me- I'm unstIuns to- day.
 I'm sorry you aren't going back to kalvik,' he said, with genuine regret. But l an," she declared quickly. "I'm going back with you and George if you jvin let me. I want to see the finish of OUT enterprise.
 See here, Cherry; I hope you didn't influence Hilliard in this affair." "Why probe the matter?" Because l haven't lost all my man. hood he answered roughly. "Yester- day you assumed the blame for this trouble and spoke of sacrifices, and we'll. I don't know much about wom- en, but for all I know you may have some ridiculous, quixotic strain in your makeup. hope you didn't''-
 'What?'
 "Well, do anything you may be sorry for" At last he detected a gleam of spirit in her eyes. Suppose did. What difference to you would that make?" He shifted Nncohfortabty under the Eirl's scru-