The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-08
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70 THE DAILY STORY
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conaaerIna Mr Cushway

( trust suffered and seethed like one
Of ais own eaIbovs His neatly shaw
on pink iowls grew purple His pink
scalp turned fiery red Each closely
cr2pped hair on thegSparsely covered
/ IheNl bristled
$m. ypukg SRe d+Alilowed and
/ siobpdt, ptffT9hie bJf tha lush OF his
lematians' ii4Gss wahoMed 4hard, gazed
at the young man before him and be-
gan again: "You miserable, ungrateful
gutter-snipel You lazy double-dealer /
Using your position as my secretary
to try to steal my daughter Oh, you,
"Have / your permission to marry
her, sir? a.
"No- No. confound you When she
lrarries, IT'S be- a man with some
prospects You. lfayen,ta a cent in the
world!t fw tA
I'm getting $4,000 a year, sir
AS my secretary I've made you,
Lang youl Took you out Of the street
Out of college, sir corrected the
5mng man, calmly.
Same thing, Took you out of pow
elfy and starvation and made man
t,ied TO make a man., he corrected
himself hastily. out OF you. Where
you be if turned you out tomorrow
Young Hammond had borne him
SELF admirably during the TRADE, but
now a slight flush rose to the roots
of his hair. "Oh, | don't know, heI
rctorted. Il don't think j. Allison
Perkins of the Raw Drugs corpc-ra
iti il would see me starye!
whats that9p Cushway thrust
mt a stubby underllp, and scowled
more blarkly than ever Throw Raw
Drugs in my face, eh? Yes, that's
true. Perfins would pay we'll for my
secrcts,H He'd rob my safe, II hel
thought he could get away with it, Sol
you're going to him, You ungrateful
Not unless you discharge me, sir =
"Hnmph." Mr. Cushway suddenly
subsidized into, his everyday voice and
Iusnner. Nov, let's understand one
a. other, Hammond. lyc gol to bel
away for day or 50 There's 4 con
Ference on For certain reasons not
tncouuccted with your threat about
Perkins. don't want you with me-.
W,ll you promise NOT to see or com
municate With my daughter till !
get back
mo sir; will mott"
The older man nodded Il thought
son wouldn't Very well; and now yonI
li1.en II you try 40 gct into my
house or if you're seen with my
daughter. you will be Immediately ar
rested do you hear, sir, Immediately
And if that socialist preacher from
inc settlement, Monekton, shows up
around there, either, you'll he landed
/ il cell within IN hour don't pro
pose TO have my clandestinc marriage
behind my back
Hammond smiled broadly AR
IreHcd? For speaking to your daugh
ter? Nonsense.
Oh, no Hammond His employer
snnOk his head grimed trinmphantly.
"you will be arrested for the EN-
irIzlament of-let's see--well call
It S3,S4279 lie returned to his desk
and scribbled the amount on a pad
That's what you'll be arrested for!
Hut. tut, nowr As the young man
tool, threatening step toward him
Keep your temper: play the game,
ay the game.'
"Eut | haven't embeZzled a cent Of
rour money cried Hammond, fu
ously.
q" know it," Mr. Cushway nodded
again. But guess if said you had
TIE police'd lock you up, wouldn't
ifey?' He waited for an answer, but
Eone was forthcoming Hammond
knew they would.
I'm fix it so they won't touch you
as long as you keep away he con
tinned. "lll say my chain of evidence
.snt quite completed But I'll tell
Tho chief that if Monckton or you goes
To The house, or YOU meet Ethel any
Nhcre, it's signal I'm ready. And
the5 II nab you. So you see us all up,l
10 YOU. Agree to an armistice till
| get back and you won't be molested
0thcrwise-" ilc waved plump, pink
rand negigently, an continued: "Ot
course, If they do get you III ses
sunrc released -
Thanks" rejoined the secretary
ironically. Well" he said, ungracioua
~ AT last "supposng | agree to this
muisticc2'
"Gm--weIl III make no promise.
BIT ven see
rhe secretary laughed scornfully
THAT means you'd pack Ethel off tol
Europe for . yeaN
tlamnund took one or two agitatod
t,,.ettt. nsroee thu Ifvn -fntig uriVutp