The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-11-03
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:. LLOYD &c, T OSBOURNE


yNNrV1V 0ernFe YOU F6T1lN III. l:fS lStio"
BrunghtDn acted ab0minabiy, and l had
TO threaten him with 4 constable before
he would so. ard attrrWacd he came back
AGAIN and tiled u clean ont the shop
with a piece Of Ind pinc, Excuse me for
hotsleing YOU with al this, but am sure
that If You win let nae bring you the
,oEs and show YOU how well the garage
is going Won viii reconsider your wish 70
cal in the note our AGENCY prospects are
very blighi. and thr sa!e Of two Jones
mobiles n e"ntecu dtlA \ spt lks for itself
| feel positive can satisf" YOU In regard
10 eyer, thing if YOU viii only be 50 very
Kind az to let me come and 50 over the
figures Res"actluN yours,
'"'IC'HOR DAGGANCOURT.
"tnd I'm u write him illat!' asked
I'll" lnuIattn ":S;Ers alive, Mars
Hrnu h.nn. hat in ,he nan,c Of .oua
ness ID YOU ~aNt me 10 dp that for"
"Be'au*c i!iink ! kn"" "h"tS tie
nlntt4r with MI l'arrlIy. may ~
wrong. hut believe the whole scheme
is simply 70 yrt me out OF my JOB
That's why put in the lead pipe ana
all that and mind yon, stick to it. Vic
tor, for al you're WORTH
"nlt WHY should l'arelly do that?
Excuse me MarSe Rroughton but you
are all off. might rs well send him
q picture post card Of the Masonic
buildin. as this here letter"
Victor. its like this: | have got holl
of 4 little Piece Of a bic s"cret-Some-
thing extraordinary, ineXp,icable, In
volving the best friend have in the
world and | am on my honor to him to
keep my mouth shut If it wasn't for
that promise ia tell You everything.
You Get that letter off to Farelly as
quick as You can"
1T amt Il bit of use. sir, Really
and truly. Marse Broughton, it amt
Bit Of use
"Do it to oblige me. anyhow"
"All rimht Marse Broughton: though
couldn't you cut out some of the hum
Bile pie!"
Not bite of 1t. You write 1t just
the way it is and then leave II ut his
house tonight"
The next morning Matt treated him
self to the luxury Of getting up late
so hate. indeed. that DnggancOurt had
already gone. leaving no message. But
he returned soon with the tidings that
the letter had been miracuonsly sue
cessful. Yea old Farelly. after a pre-
tense of examining the books. hnd pro-
feSsed himself entirely satisfied the
notes were not to be called In: every
thing was to 90 on AZ before: the
garage WAS Snved.
What clinrhed II was when ! said
I'd have to find another boarding
place" added nagganrourt, with a
puckcred grin: said was afraid to
stop where you was. may the Lord
forgive me For Gods sake. get away
from here Marsc Brouchton. or worse
may come Of Il Get away quick, and
here's $50 drew nj the bank"
Matt pushed the money back. mo.
no. Victor" he exclaimed: I'm going
to stick it ont. am going to stay in
ManaSwan If it rains Wildcats
AfInr losing two more positions
through the Vaccinations 1T his mys-
terimls foes Matt succeeded in getting
job on the wAter front Rnt what lie
had not re'koned on was the overmas-
tering crushing fatigue that made 1t
tr,,tN.kx4..stN1. - 4
toned to severe and prolonged manual
labor hrs little chance on the decks.
Matt. working one day and often recu-
perating for two. eSerted every nerve to
nni less killing employment Sullivan,
the boss stevedore. told him the Noun.
tain View quarry WAS to be opened up
with forty HungarianS and that he Ind
recommended Matt for gang foreman
Of the place You're to drive out on
Sunday morning and TALK It over" said
Sullivan.
The place wis a lonely one. and
Matt. seeming trouble. took Dacgan.
court. an auto, two mechanics and a
shotgun for each. The quarry was
deserted, but they found highway.
mans mask on the ground and hurried
away as fast as the auto tow wagon
could go. The plot. whatever II was
bad failed when the unknown con.
spirators saw Matt aud bis armed com.
panions. Miles away Matt and his
friends stopped for luncheon. Soon
Chris, riding beside her father, came