The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-07-19

ciaiinri SMITH, roughly What scy
goes Tor mip,ac anyhow. aaui ! s,y
The gsnt will cat nhem words ar
shoot And he's got to do 1t ia nnci
quick"
Then. ~ Conroy hositatcd WihrN
thought Of thc text. AN that . man
hath will he give for his life
Il lid" he said. The zeal vas al
wight"
VERY we'll" sad smith without
lowcring his gun. Now play your
hand out"
Ti.r, was nothing to follow but th'
showdown. and Wilcox had nothins g.
say whom jones siowri four iccs .Ln 1
took the pot But Conroy said:
Now put away .lrit gun and l't ,u5
" iile housn. IN So that you nsy'r
sct in here again. Ii 1t wIrnt tor TO
repu-aA.on Of the place. I'd land YOU in
| lail.
That's all right" said smith. with d
nasty laugh. rive got my own rcpi,e-
tion to look after and no such pup -
this one is going 20 talk about me-"
But he pat up the WEAPON and he
md Jones oasllcd in and left tlle rrr,I.
tl.nsang a curse hack from the door n
Wilcox, who sat bock in his CHAR. very
l x.~t,s i.
aNogether fool.
He paid little att nt&on to Ccnroy's
profuI~e apologies and hardly seemed %
hear him explain that ne dar-i MT
call .n the po.ice or draw weapon
himself since the publicity of a shoot
ing scrApe would ruin his business
But when Darlington, who had sat
in slence through the whole trouble.
arose and taking his arm lei hiu
away from the place he looked up ut
The sky with a dsepcr appreciation If
the Joy Of bNing alive than he remsm-
bored ever to have fHlt before. And
he was grateful to Carrngton fnr say
ing very Little as they walked 70 their
hotd
Next morning. however. when they
mat at breakfast, he Wa. strongly ll-
clinad t. blame Darlington for having |
introduced him. and thut astitut. young /
man listened to his rcp-oaahes without |
a VOID Of reDiy. When he hal quite |
finished Carring:nn SAID:
YOU are entirely right. M,re -
tinn you realize. Tor you don't sam
u soe what q, that Conroy Wa Ia
with those Two yaps. I wouldut AIre
believed i of him. tor he always p,s -
al straight before and never would
have taken you there # | had pulled a
gun myself only that smith had ,he
drop on you and would have fll>'d ,;
a motion. but as It Is we got OF v.ry
wall without any killing Did thcy 1T
Ill your pile?"
No s4ii WilcoX, to whom trc
,.lhr's explanation seemed pl lusibl,.
I've got couple of hurdrai lArt.
And 1t isnt the money care about
- much. 1t came easy AID weiyt
luick. But l would Al4e u ~ square
With that outfi. 1t was hnnIIiatins"
Sure Was said Oarr4ngton. "ani
"a like to do dirt TO the crowd my
'wn self | feel that | am coinpr,- /
Missed. We can do 1t. too. IL you are ,
anne 20 fight the devil with fire. i l
ont bahiava We can got square with 1
mtth. for Conroy viii keep him OFT I
t the way for a while, put We caa
ct at Conroy and make 4 monkey Of
i'm and get YOUR moncy back =. wsll.''
How asked WlicoA doubtf,Liy. .
We'll. he won't suspeot M. for q
ever had any trouDls with MIN. hut y
e can 80 back 10 his plac- ,oyet!l.- =,
nd you can pretend 10 baiiave that =,
was honest about it. Tnan We can
1t him into Il three handed sane ana =.
D him up"
Nothing doing" said WHOM. de-
dsdly. After last night wouldnt -
asst his play. | believe die !. d, crooE- >,
| as Smith"
Sure lac is es.Id Ctrrin,l,n aager- q,
But if We play together we can do
m"
Doubtful" said WILCOX. More -
tely he would"
No" ibsten.'' said Darlington. :.
Ven sit IN tosetltqr and III 20 ernoi,e -
the first round. Then III .,,t back
I'd ptl'e off his cards. Didn't yol -.
'tlce how he held tltan las. n ,ght?"
Wilcox had n0ticed ard hlI won,
red at IT, Cor there was no question
81 the gambler had been .lu,iously A.,
reless for a professional in the way .
held his hand 50 ahat N-en-eyad
server sitting a Httis tack of MIN
uld see what ne held. M,neover. =.
.rrington.' etrnestness wa, impress
e.
DO
lie thouglt II over Cor some mlnut.,9 .