Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-08-17

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'E&T U.MM cont mean to tell
u Sor5s me that this is the
WHY, LIES MY west to which you
SOUL, OF ALL TIE said you were
LUCKY H1NGs coming, Patricia ?'
at is, and you're to blame, young
man." snapped the father of the peer
less maid. eff you've been telling me
ibs about those megalosauridae which
you said could be dug out of your sage
brush hills you'll pay u fare back
home Northumberland? Now show
us to the best hotel in this mushroom
city of yours. and do it quickly
Having a definite thing to do, Blount
forgot his problem and bestirred him
self Hospitality.
Though it was only three squares to
the Inter-Mountain, he chartered the
best looking auto he could find in the
hack rank, put his charges into it and
went with them to do the honors at
the hotel, thereby missing two things
bearing on the temporarily forgotten
problem.
If he had gone directly to the Office
OF he traffic manager on the second
floor Of the station building he could
hardly have missed meeting a tall, full
faced man coming out of Gantry's pri-
vate room, and he might have over
heard the visitors parting word to
Gantry: ooh, yes; he fell for it all
right. If you'd seen his face when
Lackner and I came away you'd have
said there were battle, murder and
sudden death in it for somebody"
"But, see here, Bradbury" Gantry
held his visitor to say, sit wasn't in
the game hat you We're to fill him up
with a lot Of lies. I won't stand for
that, you know. He is too good Il fell
low and too good a friend of mine.'
1t was at this conjuncture that
Blount, if he had been present and
invisible, would have seen a sour smile
wrinkle upon the full face of the club
gossip.
sit wasn't necessary. If he or the
senator wanted to sue us for libel we
could prove every word that was said.
And it got him-got him right in the
solar pleXus. If you don't see some
fireworks within the next few days I
miss my guess and lose my ante"
On the other hand, if Evan had lin
Tered a few minutes longer on the sta
zion platform he would have marked
Vice President McVickar crossing to
the carriage stand, followed by the
private car porter bearing impedi-
menta. At the carriage rank the vice
president climbed heavily into the
senator's roadster. which seemed to
have been arranged for in advance,
and was whirled stormily up to the
Inter-Mountain, where he traced his
illegible name in the great guest book
two minutes after Blount, still anx-
ious for the comfort Of Professor An
gone up in the elevator with them to
see that the rooms to which they had
been assigned We're all that they
should be.
Coming down q few minutes later to
give the several luggage checks to the
hotel porter, Blount missed another
incident which might have sent him
back suddenly to his problem and it's
unsettled condition. When Mr.. Nc
Vickar turned away from the clerks
desk it was to shake hands perfume
torily with the owner of the fast road
ster.
"Well, SENATOR" he said, with a GER
tain logged emphasis. I'm here. Let's
find a place where we can fail it OUT
And together they entered an elevator,
which, as chance would have it, pass
ed, in ascending, the car in which the
younger Blount was coming down.
1t was to the senator's suit hat the
two opposing field commanders made
their way when their car reached the
fourth floor. In the senator's sitting
room McVickar dragged a chair over
to n of the windows which com
manded a view Of the Lost River
mountains and dropped into it mas
sively.
Il suppose we may cut out the pre-
liminaries and come to the point at
OuCe, lie DeSdu. AckerCOQ W1reQ me
that you had definitely announced your
son as a candidate for the attorney
g~eneralship. Have your"
The senator was opening a box of
cigars, and his reply savored of good
natured irony.
1.-THE primaries do the nominating In
this state, Hardwick. Didn't you know
that?" be asked mildly.
"See here, Blount, I've come 5000
miles to thrash this thing out with
you, and I'm not in the humor to spar
for an opening. Do you mean to run
your son or not? That is a plain ques-
ton, and I'd like a plain answer"
II told you two weeks ago what
meant to do, McVickar, but you
wouldn't believe me. III say it again
II you want to hear it."
"And I told you two weeks ago that
we couldn't stand for it; that you
might name your own price for an al.