Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-21
CHAPTER TX.

Nulhdhi'i i<Cttpu was luihih5 ""N'
the door opened; he ceased. and with
his two companions gazed with con-
trolled perturbation at Burning Day
light stridlng into the room. The free.
swinging movements OF the trail-trav.
eler were unconsciously exaggerated In
that stride of his. In truth. 1t seemed
to him that he felt the trail beneath
his feet.
"Howdy, gentlemen, howdy." he re-
marked, ignoring the unnatural calm
with which they greeted his entrance,
He shook hands with them In turn.
striding from n to another and grip.
ping their hands so heartily that Ma
thaniel Ietton could not forbear to
vince. Daylight flung himself into a
massive chair and sprawied lazlly, with
al appearance of fatigue. The leather
grip he had brought into the Dom he
dropped carelessly beside him on the
floor.
i've sure been going some" he sigh
ed. I'VE sure trimmed them beautifully.
1t was real slick. And the beauty OF the
play never dawned on me till the very
end. 1t was pure and simple knock
down and drag out. And the way they
fell for 1t was amazin'."
Letton made a dry sound in his
throat. Dowsett sat quietly and wait
ed. while Leon Guggcnhammer strug-
gled into articulation.
You certainly have raised CAIN" he
said.
Daylight's black eyes flashed In a
pleasant way.
Didn't |. though" he proclaimed.
~jubilantly. "Anu didn't we fool EN-!
| was ~teetotally surprised. ! never
dreamed they would be that easy.
And now" he e on. not permit
ting the pause TO grow awkward. I'VE
all might es well have an accounting.
I'm pullin' West this afternoon on
that blamed Twentieth Century" He
tugged at his grip, got 1t open. and dip
ped into II with both his hands But
don't forget. boys, when you.all want
me to h%ornswoggle Wall Street anoth,
err %flutter, all you.all have to do Is
whisper the word III sure be right
there with the goods"
His hands emerged. clutching a
great mass OF stubs, check.books, and
brokers' receipts These he depos.
tied in a heap IN the big table. and
dipping again. he tlShed out the stray
glers and added them to the pile lie
consulted a clip OF paper. drawn from
MS oat pocket and rea aloud:
Ten million twenty seven thousand
md forty>two dollars and sixty-eigh,
cents .is my iigurin on my expense
OF course that'all taken from the
winnings tefore veal get to hgurin
on the whack.up Where's your fig
ares? II must a been a mighty biz
cleanup
The three men looked their bepuz
Element at one another The a wa!
IA bigger tool than they had imagin
ed. or else he was playing a gam,
which they could not divine
Nathaniel Let,on moistened his lin
and spoke mp
1T will take some tours vet, MI
Harnisb, tetore the full accounting ca
be made M Howison Is at work upo,
II now W~e-ah-as you say. II ha
been a gratifying cleanup Suppos
we have lunch together and talk
over ri have the clerks work throuR
the noon hour so that you win hay
ample time to catch you train"
Dowsett and Guggenhammer man
, tested a relief that was almost oil
yious. The situation was clearing.
was discohcerting, under the circuu
stances. to be pent in the same ROOF
with this heavy-muscled. lndian.lik
man whom they had robbed. They r,
q membered ~unpleasantly the many sto
les of his strength and recklessness.
Letton could only put him of lon
enough for them to escape into the D,
, Iced world outside the Office door, q