Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-09

charged, Understand? You're expelled
and paid on for srerkin' like that to
The silent partner cf jack Whitmore.
the said silent partner being DlEI
Whitaker. myself"
II don't care il you're the cars
silent partner nor II you own half the
state Of Montana rerlicd Chip. Il
amt fred and you are. seer
And with tfat hc iiited nunS Whit
aker BY h!s collar and pitched him out
Of the barn most ANONYMOUSLY.
Dunk Whitaker picked himself up
and-saw me Tor the h.st time.
"Aw. charmed" said nv. This IL
Miss Wiitmole. In sure. I'm Dunk
Whitaker your fathers silent part
ner."
Looks 70 me. -Ai.. whitaker" | said.
that the more silent you keep. the
better for your person"
"Oh we'll you will have your fun.
suppose" he retorted. being one OF
those thick skinned persons who never
know when they are insulted. Come
on. Miss Whitmore. Let's YOU and me
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little piece Of my mind as 70 how tar
mel poor he's runnin' this ranch and
what rapscaliions 81 cowboys he's got
runnin' things To suit themselves
Out OF a sense Of duty to my brother
not 70 speak OF q seAsc Of duty to
Chip took Dunk Whitaker away
from there. ! walked with him 70 the
house. To get him cut OF the way OF the
indignant cowboys and away from the
very mad Chip. Dunk-~every Body
thereafter called him Dunk-seemed
10 believe that ! was made especially
for his eyes. he BEGAN from that mo-
mcnt a kind III incipieut and innocu-
GUS love making. II seemed 90 be in
the back of his mind that his partners
sister simply could not resist the op-
portunity 20 marry 60 rich a man. Ito
made his eyes bulge al me. and he
smirAed and he pulled himself up. and
be grew chesty. All the while telling
me Of his exploits ia money making
and of the fine ranch house 10 which
he would In tim lead the bride OF his
heart.
hut II last | got rid Of the obnoxious
Dunk BY turning him over To ms
brother.
While Dunk and my brother were
having their business talk. I found that
Chip and the boys had gone on some
errand out on the range. In sheer
curiosity. ! determined now 10 have a
look az the place where Chip lived.
boldly entered the clubhouse and
found the tOreman's section. There
were no end of surprisingly good
books. -~Tennyson. Kipling. Bacon. Vol
taire n Shakespeare. And while |
idly handled a Shakespeare. | found a
drawing. II was captioned: "The Old
Maids Credential." And the face Of
the old maid was-myself. IL was Z
caricature. pure and simple. And
should have been indignant. But
could not be indignant. in the light of
the fact that the drawing was surpr.s-
ingly good. | remembered, then. all
that Mrs. Bennett had told me OF her
sons artistic abilities. And now this
excellent drawing. though IL ridiculed
me. corroborated Mrs. BENEFITS
praises.
or course ! had not let my brother
now who Chip was. | had not told
him that Chip was Mr.. Claude Bennett.
the millionaire bankers son. Nor mad
! ever for a moment given Chip the
least reason even TO suspect that ]
knew who he was.
And now. as | viewed this excellent
drawing. this caricature OF the old
maid doctor" who should enter. with.
out warning. but Chip himself.
was AZ first inclined to be abashed
az his finding me there in his den
But the opportunity to chide him for
the drawing was not TO be overlooked