Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-26
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am en- artist to make this %, CID penny;sGusszer
watch me work him to buy the other haifS"
BE careful. Jimmy" cautioned Blackie.
don't swell yourself all up till you get your
the county line with IT,"
WallinRford confidently. though now he was
frowninR; but II worries me stif to think
another pRer % game e~S as Tong long as iiSes s' Oi@S
I'd rather be a piker at two thousand q
ddSy than real sport at a loss." comforted
What more he might have said was
moment arose in the mime" and walking
directing an emerRency movement with Great
vigor and decisiveness
Tear some O. them blanks out'n the fence
they came up. Never mind the damages. We
tS @ al run down and tRan
up them stones. It's a-goana rain inside o.
enough TO know what that kline of black
The sheriffs voice, booming easily eboth
over and under roll of thunder, at that
moment nome called across the field to WallingfOrd
Go get 1t quick" urged Blackie 'T
jeans and the e paddock % oiamped d on t." IN my
:, Ills @hls dears. II he really had any. were al
car for Mr.. soSibbie s thrust e the money a. into
Wallingfords hands as soon as he was near
Count IT. ordered Jonas in a voice posi-
lively saueaky with excitement: You'll find
some M Of It's % i{tie 3usty an ie moey. meb6e
but its good money. | got some more Of It
sand Just like it. that III give S' You. solid
SpoGptt cash right s this minute. for the other
Make It eight thousand and I'll 20 you"
Wsllingtord offered, That's my last wordi
To his immense surprise Jonas Immediately
Now si me back my bill O. sale an we
don't need any more DOCUMENTS. 'ceptin' ies,
tStsn. Il Trl'' null and vOid' aorOS' the face OF
business" Invited WaiiinEford as one in. a
daEs and led the y way into the car where he
loose Just about one minute before the
tSs% 3 II aT.l .s
The door, Injected himself into the nice ,dry
,%Weii: ! tole sm So declared load:
stone w.9 Sp now it's Tasn sGs las
ana SEhsd reSaSsf S the fSrem sNTrUwTy
You'd thaf hate there to Il esTs saS
Toad you meanr' inquired Wsllingford.
Al once WSiiinEfcrd told isHsts 5in: POSSIBLY
the e sl5 5da's tS As bT3Hs6hs We've sold back
MtS iHs|Ssnsy Hdy o i think ri les Eisht along
vow 90, reckon, WON'T SSf SopS" gSS@"'n"n any place
Blackie looked at Wallingford, and md.
tonste smile With which he Was resa9di@s es
Toad proceeded to hire young Mr. Jessup
Don't fool the boy that way, Blac6ie."
demonstrated Wallingford. "Hs father
HE wouldn't, ehrT retorted Toad and.
opening the door of the car. he shrilied out
into the rain; Hey. you Paw. come hereI'
This time the tone was peremptory. The
elder Jessup hesitated moment and then
came plodding stolidly across the rain.
INQUIRED
head protruding forward. and utterly OBJ
were running down the back Of his neck. En''n
TIN a-goin' away with Mr.. Wallingford and
neSsa wss got pu }0S Sar srRs for s
Well" said the elder Jessup reaectively.
is y6u1i had do oTteT Ts, be good job and reckon
''Wen. we got him." declared Blackie. al
most most embarrassed by the suddenness with
msnently 10 them. Hes ours and now 1 sup.
pose Wen have TO take care of him"
laughed Waiiingord I'm glad You signed
hi him on. This towns been good to me; and,
sisnty ss ned Ris pss BIT of
"You win." he confessed; 'and You win run
ming easy. ahead by seven lengths of day
I'd still. bet my life against three cents
worth of tripe that nobody could skin Jonas
thousand we get back for the pretty Warden
shot" ''"S
You'll go broke picking long shots some
day. commented Wallingford drSly, changing
his coat for a macintosh and hunting out
his "sheker" hat The rains Stacking up
cheerful looseH and If this car isn't standing
IN thfee or -FOUR feet OF water I'm going 70
screw this attachment in place and wen
hike right on TO that good town they tell us
about where there's real hotel"
They smoked a contemplative cigar while
they waited for the rain to die down. Be-
1ore II had quite ceased Jonas sauibble was,
sides his friend. the sheriff. was a tall man
T6is Is Mr avg %aknSforS kfllofS Mr. picksr.on
introduced Jonas. rubbing his hands togeths1
aaS srinnipf grin 9f pH5is Ssght AL
the International Lithograph Stone Company.
He was here last spring lookin' at my stonA
an as soon as I seen the address on that
an Mr.. Dickerson come right on. had him
hid in the hotel ever since last night"
let me come out" laughed Mr.. Diekerson.
who wore queer little tufts OF curly red
compliment you on the care you've taken in
mining and packing the rock Mr.. Waling-
ford. OF course. this isn't high-grade iitho-
graph stone. but it's the best / could find In
the three months trip which / have iust
ended, and it's a very good sort for variety
posit 20 be worth In the nefgbborhood S
nifty thousand dollars"
Let me shake you by the hand again
MT piess1soh: SAID Blaeltie with gurgiinE
enthusiasn. Let me shake you by both
hands: you're pleasant stranger and
welcome stranger! You must come in and
have pipe and glass of grog with me
while my friend. Jimmy sits on the Wet star
and mourns. ]. Rufus. III trouble YOU foS
sesrsb sesE, ro1 PENDANT again. and also for my
WSningford slowly unfastened thos.
~ sIueies ei OF adornment and passed them over
for 1hstSe hstnsie WITH VIII a sigh That's what Est
'0r oeins piker'" he said