The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-11-16
CHAPTER IL.

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!. troIIed perturbation At Burning Day
light stridinr into the room. The frea
| winging movements Of the traii-tray-
/ Ter were unconsciously exaggerated in
hat stride Of his. In truth. IL seemed
20 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 one to another and grip
ping their hands 80 heartily that Ma
thaniel Letton could not forbear to
vince. Daylight flung himself into q
massive chair and sprawled lazily, with
an appearance OF fatigue. The leather
grip he had brought into the room he
dropped carelessly beside him on the
floor
"I've sure been going some" he sigh
ed I'VE sure trimmed them beautifully.
It was real slick And the beauty OF the
play never dawned on me till the very
end. It 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 Guggenhammer strug-
gled into articulation.
you certainly have raised Cain" be
said
Daylight's black eyes flashed In q
pleasant way.
Didn't ], though" he proclaimed.
jubilantly. And didn't We fool 'ewi
l was teetotally surprised. / never
dreamed they would be that easy.
"And now," he went on, not permit
ting the pause to grow awkward. we
all might as we'll 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 1t with both his hands. But
don't forget, boys, when you-all want
me to hornswoggle Wall Street anoth-
er fiutter. all you-all have to do is
whisper the word. I'll 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 on the big table, and
dipping again. he f1shed out the strag-
glers and added them to the pile. He
consulted a slip of paper, drawn from
his coat pocket and read aloud:
Ten million twenty-seven thousand
and forty-two dollars and sixty-eight
cents is my figurin' on my expense.
OF course that-alrs taken from the
winnings before we-al get to fgurin'
on the whack-up. Where's your fig
ures? 1t must a. been q mighty big
cleanup"
The three men looked their bepus-
element at one another. The man was
i bigger fool than they had imagin-
cd, or else he was playing q game
which they could not divine.
Nathaniel Letton moistened his lips
and spoke up.
eft will take some hours Jet. Mr..
Harnish. before the full accounting can
be made Mr.. Howison 10 at work upon
: 1t now. We-ah-as you say, 1t has
been gratifying cleanup. Suppose
over. I'll have the clerks work through
: the noon hour SO that you Will have
: ample time to catch your train"
Dowsett and Guggenhammer mani
tested a relief that was almost OBJ
vtous. The situation was clearing. Il
was disconcerting, under the circum
stances. to be pent In the same room
with this heavy-muscled, Indian-liks
man whom they had robbed. They re
! 1oaa ev,$I r&C
les Of his strength and recklessness. I
Letton could only put him of lonl
enough for them to escape into the pc
Iced world outside the Office door, al
would be well; and Daylight shove,
all the signs Of being put of.
I'm real glad to hear that" he said
Il don't want to miss that train, an
you-an have done me proud, gentle
men, letting me In on this deal.
Just do appreciate 1t without bein
able to express my feelings- But ar
sure almighty curious, and I'd like tel
rfble to know, Mr.. Letton, what you
figures OF our winning Is. Can you-a
give me rough estimate?"
Nathaniel Letton did not look e,
pealingly at his two friends, but In til
brief pause they felt that appeal pa
out from him. Dowsstt, OF stern<
| mold than the others, began TO diviu
| that the Klondiker was playing. Bs
the other two were still under u
Establishment OF his child like INN
t. cence
.Tt In extremely-er-difn Lee
e Guggenhammer began. You see, Wa,
L Valley has ductuated 90, or"
he That no estimate can possibly |
made In advance" Lection suppl
is mented.
Is Approximate 1t, approximate Il
O Daylight counselled. chearfully. "
W don't hurt II you-all are a million o,
one side or the other. The figures
"a straighten that up. But I'm that Gun
n GUS I'm just itching all over. VIII
IL dye say?"
10 why continue to play at cross pr