The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-09-25

Yes. l have. Jest walk in, Green
brlar. and rest your hat on the hall
table. Set down in the parlor. How's
all your folks?"
MY oldest girls got a beau-only
complaint I've got to grumble at.
bein' it's one can't be cured. tell
Luanna May she can't take and git
married 'thout she up and finds me q
wife"
You don't say! That sure would
leave you in bad fix" and Wealthys
energetic mind Immediately began to
list the unmarried women OF the
valley in his behalf
She could not give proper time to
tho subject, however. for Greenbriar
was the constable OF samantha, and
at that precise moment Moses was
sitting In the woodshcd with a long
sought bag immovably fixed on his
head, while her father was likely to
return in an hour with guest whose
presence In her house Wealthy would
find 1t hard to explain. She was
neither quick nor versatile, but she
would not allow official integrity to
endanger her beloved patient. Green
briar was rumbling along, steady as
night train, when she became con-
scious of his discourse again.
Yes, as | was tellin' you bit ago
l was jest In the middle OF haydn
when it happened"
He laughed big mirthless guffaw,
squeezing himself into tho horsehair
rocker instead OF the straight backed
chair from which he was always slid
ing Off. Wealthy relaxed not a sin
gle muscle. Her heart was following
the skin that might by this time be
turned homeward to the grip of des-
hn Ipr n o. m ha
ricade her fortress.
Amt you caught that man yit?"
she snapped reproachfully.
II was jest tellin' you how busy
haydn | was. | had wonderful
crop this year and II looked like rain
all that week. Good thing l waited,
though. because by the end of the
week everybody else was through
and folks gethered in town and
talked IL over and got n lot of clues.
Then started out: that was Monday
week. The roam boss fell lame first
mOrn!n' ana | had to go back after
the sorrol span. Now, I'm the sort
o man that don't take fire and blow
myself AL out the first thing, but
when | do get on job It's done
thorough; you can bet your boots
on that. heard about the cap'n
ana his posse settin' out to hunt
the robber and givin' up. Well, that
amt me, or course the capn is up
in years, and layin' out nights Is
ruther hard on him. but | certainly
did go at 1t thorough, | talked with
everybody that come in and found
out all about the young man fore
ever l set out. II was curious
thing, but I'd never set eyes on him
myself, not hayln' any business with
a bank AZ this time a. year. He
como there only this spring and he
was mighty taking young Teller
and 1t 'pcarcd like he near about
took the town as well as the bank
money. lie took quite Il shine 10
orcOtt's daughter-you know Orcott
and his wife is in California this
summer-the president of tho bank,
"Wcll, Joe Shalcr has been hangin'
round her-he's the tcler-ever since
they was little Youngsters together.
Course IL broke Joe up pretty bad
when this Teller come with his fine
cut clothes ana his city ways and
the girl took 10 him: now Joe is jest
IN high clover. And the girl-well,
she don't say nothin'. Seems her and
Joe was out buggy-ridln' the after
noon OF the robbery. Well that amt
what | started in to tell; 1t was about
the way | set out to track the robber.
What do YOU think | done? Not to
set off on a trot without KNOWN
which mal il. went nor nothin'-I
jest stayed round town that week and
talked TO the farmers as they come
in. Met up with men | hadn't seen
in twenty year. | found out from
them which way he went. ] could
almost "a made map OF his road.
Then | set out to track him every
step OF the way and I've done 1t. I've
tracked him every step OF the way
as far as this. Wealthy. right up ia
Your door. suppose III dnd out
whore be won't ai.eF this. but nobody
asese g seen ~, slsas q that ma.