The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-03-26

porter seises his srs ana paIlsa hin
back.
'.Let me aiGtwsr at.- be warns6.
I~YCa and JAns keep your lervs ana
an nssnlnk..
Dick. braesd Tor most sny sEnsF.
geney. tTem crossing wits nth snsis
cclleagns OK tcrlnsr newspaper dayu
10. laying hls saassst hsan6Askmaats q
the fest ii an ca1Etscisnt delscsiltA
smiled n spite Of kimseii a the open,
Ing door admitted Brand: nrznd her.
Rad and worried. snd bert = the ~.
porter well knew. On the same mis.
sion a. himssif--so get the Reynolds
with al posalhle apssd out az tho reach
Oh tha law. But the mfllisnairs. ssek.
ting only hk own protection. nisrsAd
the parpose at Meadss witt. Flo glow
sred at the reporter. Hls look waa i
mingiing Of yindictivenesa, ccncsrn
and infinite diagust.
Good Lord, yoa here already" hs
cried. @You'il hare to clear oat while
! have word with Reynolds. There's
no time for your chatter now. . Yoa
know what's happened. Rsynoldsf-
He paAhed past the reporter ana
stood confronting Bob,
Yes. know and he knows. Brand.
Once again there's no need tor him to
leave. I've told you before that I'D
trust Meade before I would yoa. 90
either be stays or you 80, There's
your choice"
The millionaire hurled . vsnonoas
look at Dick. and turned again 10 Reg
nelds.
IAN right" hs exclaimed impatient
". You're past arguing with. Tims's
precious ana I won't attempt H. Views
got ~ hours 10 ret ready for what's
going TO happen and u we act instead
Of talk ven beat them TO IL. Thsrs's
'hsii 10 pay. You can count on that.
The thing crumhied like dust They
say the frst reports we're exaggerated,
but know the situation In that val
ley and the probability In TN be
worse"
And you eaid II would last hun.
dred years." Jane interrupted. tremu'
lously.
Brand gave her = whitening glance
The pitifui look OF the helpless girl
whom he had deiuded and caioled and
who felt now that the sacrifice OF oil
these lives were on her head and NOT
on her husbands or the miilionaire's
hs met unabashed He turned back "a
Reynolds
I'm not here to argue what | said
or what didn't say. I'm here to sci
u out OF the consequences Of wha,
has happened. They've never had
such high water In the history OF the
country and the dam would have stood
everything that was asked of II under
ordinary circumstances. Luck broks
against us. that's all. Now you two
have got to got out OF the country and
you've got to get out quick. That's
the nrst thing"
Something In the quiet look Of the
man he addressed nsttlcd Brand and
thu words that followed upset him
more.
80 you've come to run me away =
said Reynolds. Criminal arst and
fugitive afterwards. That's the only
solution you zee to II 10 ~"
"of coarss. it's the only solution
You've got to save yourself and your
wife. too. mn b. all right Ever
wheels bssn started TO offset the IN
ginsers' reports. ri handle them I'll
right. but they mustn't get hold Of you
Not now, anyway. You're not safe
Afterwards things win adjust them
selves and you can come back But
the frst big move b TO get ron away
For the fpt time since his acouaint
ance with Brand. Meade felt that b.
could honestly second one Of the mil
iionaire's arSumsnts. His words near
I " took Brand Oh his Test, fsf ~ hAl
feared more than anything else thu
conscientious scruples Of this youni
genius and their probable effect on thu
man who stood betwesn him and
safety,
brand is right this time. Bob" sale
| the reporter calmly. Il have arranget
for all that" he continued. turning 4
the millionaire. I've got their tick
eta and they can sail on the Lusitanii
at one o'clock In the morning"
well, I'm . fool, u you haven't 20
some sense after ALL no compliment
ed Then he faced quickly agaii
towards Reynolds. ''r'vs brought yo'
q letter of credit and some read,
money. where the letter Of credi
came from nobody knows and nobod.
win know. A soon 40 you get h
England. n nothing stops you. 30 4
Belgium. There's an address ON thi
letter where III communicate with yo'
at Brussels. Don't worry. Yosll sliI
through Ike an eel"
He turned again to pick.
III you've got the transDortAtiol
and sailing arranged, that's One.
want 10 get out Of here now and DON
want anyone 10 know was here n
night. Brace up. Reynolds. and yos
too, Mrs. RsynoldA Ksep your head
up and take 1t easy. That's all
guses"
He put out his hand with the lstts