The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-09-05


And we've got to get II In q hurry. too.
because the new trial is coming On
In less than q month. Have you got
any money!"
didn't have enough 10 be worth
| mentioning. He drew q pink pad 10
him. wrote out an order on the cash
| Ter for $50 and handed II to Lac.
Get up there right away" he said
You can get a train every hour on
| the even hour Here are some report
forms Write full report OF your do
| ings every day and mail IL every even
| ing. Don't forget to make your re-
| port cover all your time"
| That was how | entered this bust
| ness ! had been accustomed to see
! ing things move with businssslike ex-
| pediency in other Offices. but this beat
| all records. Thirty minutes before |
had entered the office inQuring for
| the chief / had net seen the chief,
had not been questioned; but here |
was handed $50, sent out on what
seemed to me like a complicated case
of detective work, and being calmly
told to get q full confession from a
man knew no more about than about
| Adam
They are Just trying me out to see
| how I act" l thought, as l took the
money order So l said: "All right.
When shall report here again."
I'VE will let you know" was the
answer
caught three O'Clock train on the
New York Central and took q seat in
the smoking car. Across the aisle
lolled tall, lanky, good-natured young
fellow whose ticket, stuck in the seat
in front of him, showed that he was
going to Peeksville, my destination
On the chance that he lived in the
town, or knew something about It, l
took /out my pipe, stuffed it, and be-
| gan to search, ostentatiously, for the
| matches | pretended not to have. |
drew his attention first, then said:
you don't happen to have an extra
match, do your"
Sure" he said, and began to dig.
! l crossed over and sat down beside
him. AS l accepted the match and
prepared to light my pipe l stuck my
ticket in the seat before us, where he
could not fail to see it.
Going to Peeksville, too?" he said,
genially.
Yes" I said, putting away. you
going there"
Yep" he said. 81 live there. You
don't live there, do your"
NO" I answered.
Thought not" said my friend 81
| &.
a mighty nice little place" He looked
me over. l was prosperous looking.
Say" he said, IF you're thinking
Of buying place up there you want
to see Donlin by all means He's the
agent for the best real estate bargains
in town. I'm a friend OF his, and !
know he's right"
Donlin was the man / was after ]
pretended to misunderstood the name
who? Donaldson'?"
'Donlin," he corrected. Harry
Donlin. I'll introduce you to him ii
you wish when we get up there"
l did my best TO get on a friendly
basis with my good natured young
friend, and by the time We neared our
destination knew that his name was
Daley, he knew that mine was Cor.
nell, and We were getting along SC
we'll that when We stepped from the
train we walked straight across the
street to have friendly glass of beer
In the barroom We ran into q short
heavy set man, with q nervous
twitching mouth. and restless eyes
He was one of the most worried look
ing men I have ever seen.
"Ah, hello, Harry!" bawled Daley
"Say, Harry, want to introduce you
to an old friend of mine from Chicago
Mr.. Cornell, like to have you meet Mr.
} Donlin. Mr.. Donlin's an old pal OF
mine, too"
: Mr.. Donlin's expression relaxed q
little when he heard that I was car
ously a relief to him to hear that
was known by one Of his pals" ant
he showed it by greeting me in &
hearty manner, and by insisting OF
, buying drinks. I told him that
might be interested in a house IL
Peeksville. and he began to treat NE
J with considerable Difference When
l left him for the evening we had mad,
= an appointment for ten o'clock mex
D morning to make tour Of inspection
Of the desirable houses for sale IL
! | Peeksville.
4 We drove through the town ant
: looked at half o dozen little houses.
q was not particularly impressed witt
|. any of them, or at least pretended no
: to be. There was one that told Don
9 lin might do-if I decided that tn,
q town was to my liking.
q For the next two days he spen
L about half Of his time and some Of hi
D money proving to me that he was
good fellow, and that the town wa
full Of good fellows. On the secon,
r day he was calling me by my frs
:. name, and / was reciprocating. III
9 was an easy-going, not over-brillian
1 Irishman, who apparently was afrai
ever to become entirely sober, an