Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-29
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course you do She'll tell you all there
is to tell" the, Judge explained. as
Dave came with the cigars.
4 Their mere arrival made both Wis.
itors nervous. md when the judge pre-.
scented them to Broadway he was glad
to find 1t reasonable 80 disclaim cigar
smoking entirely and light a cigarette.
Wallace had no such excuse. He had
been smoking steadily since his ar.
rival until within ten minutes. He
never felt like thinking save when he
was smoking and there would be much
hard thinking to be done this evening
But to smoke one Jonesville perfecto
would, he doubted not, end all thinking
for all time. SO he declared with
feryor that he had. already, smoked
as much that day as he was allowed to
smoke by his physician.
The Judge chuckled as he delved into
the bundle OF legal papers Sam had
brought. Then: Here 1t is It's a
long will. Take you quite little while
to read it. Better put 1t In! your
pocket and lookit over when youEg to
the hotel. And this other stun we'll &c
through later. 4,
There's some one at the door. I'll
see who 1t is: Nom 8 making lemon,
ade and Sans practicing his banjo
Hear him % ,sss3 3s 4 4. a5s24
a Broadway looked at Wallace with a
shaking head while the Judge was, from
the room. You see? Nothing but the
plant. I've got TO sell all right e az
Wallace nodded in slow affirmation
Yes, but not at their price. Didn't
you hear The plant showed . profit
last year without any advertising
Heavens, man! Think OF that! In
these days! 49, "a $sg:s n Is XII N
Broadway recalled his very pressing
needs IT cant afford to take chance
This Is IA Thursday. Pembroke said
they'd have to know BY Saturday
noon" ss M n q < .ssi Z f%5
That's q blum. !" = 4 ~ !, e
Broadway looked at him reprovinEly.
You don't seem to realize the enor;
nifty Of the offense- mean OF the
amount. It's twelve hundred thou.
sand ollars. BE 1; n "a:
II tell you to- hold OUT" 33@
But ! tell you can't afford to hold
out. ~ 4 +. h BEL $s
piano. Wallace warned. MRS. is.
is coming M VI: \ s,l.3 53s.3.s,
And indeed she entered with tray
on which there were pitcher and two
glasses Here's some nice, cold lemon.
ade, I" she explained Hospitality. Then !:
did the Judge. go to the door p.
Broadway nodded. III. +.
She dropped her voice to a loud
whisper. II put a drop Of whisky in
the Lemonade The Judge would have
a fit If he should find it out. He's such
temperance crank! But he'll not
know. He never will drink lemonade. .
jackson smiled at her with full ap:
probation OF this tribute to him. "Ill
keep your guilty secret" he said sol.
EMMY. Hs F4s$i T! " y r.
with me It's sacred" Wallace
promised her. III +. n &
She beamed on them and raised her
voice. f.'Well. II you want more just
shout out. = 4 III,
I'm liable to shout most any min.
ute. :" Broadway promised. though the
LAOu6 II EEOA}3SWeeleAeu 23lSmOu60e-ne
was intensely certain 1t was very high.
ly sweetened-was distasteful in the
last degree to him, even though there
was a little whisky. in it. II. .f 5 5es3
Mrs. Spotswood was distinctly nerv.
GUS as the judge came back, which
cheered the friends a little, for the
Judge had been distinctly nervous
when he himself had produced whisky
But an instant later they were divert,
ed from this train Of thought by the
Judges answer to his wife's inquiry u
to who was at the door. XII, IN !!
Someone to see you, Broadway
He was amazed. Someone to see
me?" . AZ. VI \. .S55S
| II thought nobody knew you were IN