The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-01-23


time. After Joey's bust up. centennial
year. who comes along and offers him
. stake but old Colonel Grand. That's
where Joey made his mistake. The
old Jay took the money and started
all over again with"
The Man Who Served His Time.
David started to his feet. why,
I lent him the money three years ago
to get on his feet again"
Sure you did. l haven't come to
that yet. l said he took . couple Of
thousand from the colonel. That was
before you came into It. and he was 20
ashamed Of 1t he never told you.
Well. out they go on the road again.
with him ~ the clown. Ruby a. the
eolumbine, Casey a. harlequin and Q
guy named Smith ~ pantaloon. Well.
what does the colonel do. aftsr the
show gets to going swell. but drop In
occasionally. Just A. he did to Van
slys's circus. and proceed before long
to make love to Ruby. Soon a. Joey
dnds out his game. he up and takes
. fall out Of him. Right then Joey
writes to you for help You fork over
proper like. a. you should. and he
pays back what he owes Grand. 80
he got rid Of the devil for more than
forty days. That's about the time I
goes to the pen I carelessly lets my.
self get nabbed. actin on Ernie's I'D.
vice. He's Q slick kid, that boy is.
So goes to the PEN Just to keep from
KILN Bob Grand.
You deliberately put yourself in
prison?" cried David.
Just to postpone the hangin, kid,
that's all There1l be . rope around
my guzzls some time. Davy. just a.
sure a. you're sittin' there" said Art
full Dick. and, Notwithstanding his
careless laugh. perceptible CLEAN Of
terror showed in his eyes. But I'm
wandering again. When 1 was up to
Sing Sing tumbled to what was on
Brad's mind. He thinks she's trun him
down for Grand. He said he'd made
up his mind to kill her and Grand
a. soon As he got out. You can tell
by a convict's looks whether hes bluff.
in or not"
And you say he's out. Dick. we
must do something"
"Sit down, Davy. You can't get a
train till tomorrow. Besides. there's
time enough. The first thing l does
after leaves the coop was to hustle
down to see Joey. put him on to
Brad's bad talk. and he promised to
keep q sharp lookout for him At that
time Mrs. Braddock was livin' in Lon
don, but Joey didn't know It. 1t
seems that while she wouldn't take
money from the old man she appealed
to him to help her in gettin' what was
due her from the sale of the show.
She went to Europe q couple of months
after she left the show. q school
friend putin up for her. under
stand. When she got the dough out
of old Bob Grand she puts Christine
in q school some'eres and"
Thank God and you, Dick, for this
news" cried David fervently. Go on"
We'll. about six months ago her
stepmother up and dies. The old man
promptly sends for her to come back
and cheer his declinin' years, as the
novel writer's say. Ernie's seen Chris
tine nearly every day for three
months. but she amt seen him. Poor
devil. banged him up for life"
1T was an accident. Dick Don't
take it"
mix. 1t amt no accident when you
kick a four-year-old kid down flight
of stairs. Well, anyhow. he and Ruby
write me that Tom Braddock is in
New York and actin terribly ugly.
He's layin' for Bob Grand. As luck
would have it. the colonel Is on at
tendin' the races along the spring cir
cult, and Ernie says he won't be back
in New York for three or four DAYS.
Mrs. Braddock has got her father
down south some'eres. but the serv.
ants are expectin 'em back this
week"