Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-11-08

TO see it. Iou-all die here and now
while I'll die subject 10 the laws delay
-sayvee? Being dead, with grass
growing out Of your carcasses, you
won't know when 1 hang, but I'll sure
have the pleasure a long time Of
knowing you-all beat me to it."
You surely won't kill us?" Letton
asked in a queer, thin voice.
Daylight shook his head.
Its sure too expensive. You-all
amt worth it. I'd sooner have my
chips back. And / guess you-all d
sooner give my chips back than go to
the dead-house."
A long silence followed.
"Wen, I've done dealt. It's up to
you-all to play. But while you're de-
liberating, 1 want to give you-all warn
ing: If that door opens and any one
Of you cusses let's on there's anything
unusual, right here and then / sure
start plugging. They amt soul IL
get out of the room except feet first"
A long session Of three hours follow
ed. The deciding factor was not the
big automatic pistol, but the gertrude
that Daylight would use 1t. Not alone
were the three men convinced Of this,
but Daylight himself was convinced.
He was firmly resolved to kill the men
If his money vas not forthcoming. It
was not an easy matter, on the spur of
the moment, to raise ten mill
lions in paper currency, and there
were vexatious delays. A dozen times
Mr.. Howison and the head clerk were
summoned into the room. On these oc-
casions the pistol lay on Daylights lap,
covered carelessly by a newspaper,
while he was usually engaged in roll
ing or lighting his brown-paper Gig
arctic. But in the end, the thing was
accomplished. A suitcase was brought
up by one of the clerks from the wait
ing motor-car, and Daylight snapped it
shut on the last package Of bills. He
paused at the door to make his final
remarks.
There's three several things / sure
want to tell you-all. When I get out
side this door, youAll'll be set free to
act, and / just want to warn you-al
about what to do. In the first place,
This moneys mine, and / amt rob-
bed you of it. If it gets out how you
gave me the double cross and how !
done you back again, the laugh IL be
on you. and it'll be sure an almighty
big laugh. You-all can't afford that
laugh. Besides, having got back my
stake that you-all robbed me of, If you
arrest me and, try to rob me a Sec
ond time I'll go cunning for you-all,
and I'll sure get you. No little fraid-
cat shrimps like you-all can skin Burn
ing Daylight If you win you lose, and
there'll sure be some several unexpect-
ed funerals around this burg. Just
look me in the eye, and you-alrll saw
wee / mean business. Them stubs
and receipts on the table Is all yourn.
Good day"
AS the door shut behind him, Ma
thaniel Letton sprang for the tele-
phone, and Dowsett intercepted him.
What are you going to dog" Dow
sett demanded,
1.-THE police. It's downright robbery.
I won't stand 1t. / tell you I won't
stand it,
Dowsett smiled grimly, but at the
same time bore the slender financier
back and down into his chair.
We'll talk it over" he said: and
in Leon Guggenhammer he found an
anxious ally.
And nothing ever came Of it. The
thing remained a secret with the
three men. Nor did Daylight ever
give the secret away, though that aft
ernoOn, leaning back in his stateroom
On the Twentieth Century, his shoes
Off, and feet on chair, he chuckled
long and heartily. New York remained
forever puzzled over the affair; nor
could it hit upon a rational explana-
ton. BY all rights, Burning Daylight
should have gone broke, yet it was
known that he Immediately reappeared
in San Francisco possessing an appar-
emily unimpaired capital. This was
evidenced by the magnitude Of the en-
terprises he engaged in, such as, for
instance, Panama Mail, by sheer
weight of money and fighting power
wrestling the control away from Shelf
~ and selling out in two months to the
Hartman interests at a rumored enor-
nous advance
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