Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-29
CHAPTER TX.

Nathaniel IettOn was taking Wnen
the door opened he ceased, and with
his two companions gazed with con-
trolled perturbation at Burning Day
light striding 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,
stridng from one to another and grip
ping their hands so heartily that Ma
thaniel Letton could not forbear to
vince Daylight flung himself into
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
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 it was amazin'."
Letton made a dry sound in his
throat Dowsett sat quietly and walt
ed, while Leon Guggenhammer strug-
gled into articulation.
you certainly have raised Cain" he
said.
Daylight's black eyes flashed in
pleasant way.
Didn't /, thought" he proclaimed.
jubilantly. And didn't we fool 'em!
, 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.
J.. I'm pullin West this afternoon on
that blamed Twentieth Century" He
tugged at his grip, got it open, and dip
, ped into 1t with both his hands. But
A 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 righ'
| there with the goods
His hands emerged clutching &
great mass of stubs. check-books, anc
brokers' receipts These he depos
II
! dipping again. he fished out the strag
glers and added them to the pile. HI
4 consulted a slip of paper. drawn from
Y his coat pocket and read aloud:
| Ten million twenty-seven THOUSAND
| and forty-two dollars and siXty-eigh
d cents is my figurin' on my expense
OF course that-alrs taken from tn
a winnings before VEAL get to figurr
| on the whack-up. Where's your fis
ures? 1t must a been a mighty bi
cleanup"
The three men looked their bepui
element at one another. The man wa
a bigger fool than they had imagiI
ed. or else he was playing a gam
which they could not divine.
Nathaniel Letton moistened his lii
and spoke up.
! 1T will take some hours yet, M
Harnish, before the full accounting ca
to be made. Mr.. Howison is at work upo
;" it now. We-ah-as you say, it h;
been a gratifying cleanup. Suppo'
BIS, we have lunch together and talk
Of over. I'll have the clerks work throus
en- the noon hour so that you will hay
wn ample time to catch your train"
It'll Dowsett and Guggenhammer mai
ed. tested q relief that was almost o
MS. vious. The situation was clearing.
ley was disconcerting. under the circul
ad- stances, to be pent in the same roo
We with this heavy-muscled, Indian-lil
Use man whom they had robbed. They
me membered unpleasantly the many ste
If les of his strength and recklessness.
ers Letton could only put him off lo
,ne enough for them to escape into the |
at Iced world outside the office door.
he would be well; and Daylight show
all the signs OF being put on.
Lis I'm real glad to hear that" he sa
his 81 don't want to miss that train, a
do, you-all have done me proud. gent