The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-30

tal. i,ssstre4s w;a.s TIC strongest sgulnent
fortiic truth ofita lIefsgan e make money,
Considering tlic above iacts. hs was par
don35ly irritated ststlie receipt oi q ,.iri pnte
from Mr. Haowelf The note. whichearqc
in an.cnyclope blans of rcturnaddrSs:, bcz
gan 9Th busipcss-like Dear Sir, ltr-
occded as follows:
tcie c that YOU hsec had all il,r rtaais;,F tlgc
10 complete ihs mates for whiei ci-s~s1 yfsi,
io1 ill probably rndrf3tsad tAat II a5t ri Tf:--
posc 10 pay you A sai.y iowors i,dcdaitely for as-
cher eseae,s. kindly inform ms aasn you expect
TO conc % tfis Office with n full rep3rt
Durn his nerve" remarked Mr.. Boggs,
aftcr earciill;, reading This communication.
Re scratched his head thoushtiully, and read
il again The second reading produced even
stronger cyidsnees OF disapprpbation
Dam 'imH he muttercd 4Gettin gay
ike Tint. after all I'vc done for him, I'd
li',e' he hcsitated, seeking suitable pm
ishncni. ePdli,c 10 give him good punch
in his old FAT solar lple1is Yrs, SIR, that's
what 'pel do me good
But, after rejecting upon the consequences
Of such an action .a7d especially upon thc
discontinuancc Of the iifly dollars 4 week, he
concluded to eo7lpose . soft answer. lie
wrote Mr.. Hatiewcll, in such convincing
tcrr1s as he could master, that he had moi
yet had an oppori l1iiy 10 complete his IN
restigations. For good measure. he added
that Iia,my's maps. statistics and plans we're
50 numerous and connifsted that consider
able time was necessary to COPY them. He
concluded with cllogy Of the business sue
cess OF the Leonard Agencv, and the rpor-
lance Of the matter he would bring 10 The
Halowell Office when his wors was con-
plete. lie vas inspired, by review Of the
importance. Of his work, 10 add postscript
dsploring Tie fact that he hid been PIT 70
considerable expense in securing this valuable
information. Mr.. Hslovells reply was
more satisfactory Than he had dared 10 hope.
With gasp Of surprise, he nnfoded j check
for sSo 70 cover past and subsequent IN
usual expenses The note began. Dear
Mr Boggs,' and concluded With an sd
monition ior him g t1lc his timc and be
This unexpected ssner was unfortunate
10 thai II inspi1e1 Nr roggs to impossible,
imsginary ezperscs. Mr. Fullowell griidg
inglY shook doy1' arother ss 1herk. Mr.
Bogus dcpored The Nnallncss OF the contri
button, and suggested that he would have to
skinip his Investigations which were most
important -anl.ss more was forthcoming
immfdistaly. Nr Hdlowell replied with 4
pererpptory order for AIr. Roggs 10 visit The.
Hallovelt Offices, AT his earliest convenience.
bringing With him such data as he had al.
ready collected.
IN view Of the fact that Mr.. Boggs had
collected no data this order was.disconccrt
ing, not to say impolite.
I'd lie to punch that suspicious old
ga1abo, remarked Mr.. Boggs, after reading
this last communication 1T 'ud certainly
give M great icy 10 land good one IN bis
old suspicious soar' irwin to get me 10 do
bis dirty work bctrayin' my best friends. and
I'll that, and him unwillin to contribute few
cents to the necessary expenses"
There. was another contingency, lie re-
flected: he might notify Mr. flaIlowel that
he had cypericoccd change Of heart. and
foslga forthwith gat this would iasaAs