The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-19

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LGEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

Frazier. @SoId for more money than you ever saw"
 .Then it worked chuckled the man ''Wallingford bought it, of course?"
 eWallingford?'' P repeated Frazier, be ginning to feel the approach of pain Do you know him 2''
 sNever saw him before today.'' re- piled the stableman truthfully. ~He's a regular fellow, though. Gave bunch of US $1o apiece to come up Mers and knock your handle, so he could buy it for his price. He said it was 8 great stunt. He was wiling to pay a hundred thousand for it. How much did he give your
 That's my affair!,' snapped Frazier. with 2 hollow paleness in the pit of his stomach
 He had ample time to suffer before Hoodoo Mann came back again. walk ing thoughtfulIy and with knitted brows He was going on past when the sorrowing and repentant Frazier hailed him.
 Hello. MT. Carsonl':: he called. s'Did you find WaIlingfordF F'
 "Yes, confound him. replied the i'm personator of Carson 'sThe man must have paid you a foolish price for your patent. He knows he has einch and won't let go. offered him fifty thou sand, and I'd have made it seventy five, but he gave ne to understand he wouldn't sell at any price. 7
 t'SeEenty-fve thousandgs faintly breathed William Harrison Frazier through his whiskers when 8 desper- ate hope possessed him. seWould you pay me thatT'
 The change in the russet brown face of the brisk manufactures was remark able He was all eagerness uowi 'Is there chance you can get it for meg'' he demanded.
 .tI'll get it or I'll have that man Wal lIngford jailed for false pretensesF' MT. Frazier violently announced ssT can prove that he paid men to run down my invention so I'd take less money. That's swindling. By jinks. Mir. Carson. leave 1t to me ana I'll get you that patent
 You haven't assigned it yet7 warn ed the manufacturer.
 tsNct meI'' scorned Mir Frazier sI'm too old a bird for that I ain't paid in full yet. I only signed contract to assign the patent on the payment of so much money
 Then here's what I'll do,'' 11nmsdi- ately offered the busting person from Carson. I'm q prompt acting man, and I'll give you i've thousand cash. right now, advance payment. Give me receipt for 1t, as five thousand held in trust until you deliver me that Wal Hngford contract and the assignment of your patent, upon which I'll pay you the other seventy thousand Here's your money
 He took from between tue butto1g Of his shirt a flat canvas covered packet
 
 lonesome bills. He aazed on the mon ey with g trace Of sadness.
 tsTH write you the receipt Eieht away offered Mr Frazier haati1y.
 .tAn right agreed Hoodoo Mann re- | IuctantIy. His eyes br1ghtened as he suddenly made up his mind. 'T'm afraid i've thousand will leave me | little short of ready money. Suppose we make it four thousand i've hun l dred,'' and he hurried five hundred back into his pocket. He seemed bet i ter pleased with his bargain after that William Harrison Frazter found | Wallingford in smiling contemplation ] of BIackie,s energetic attempts to get back his $500, and, never being ayerse l to picking up an honest penny while l he could, he edged in and oaEered to 6et $10 that he could pick out the ace l of hearts.
 Blackie, at the bare sight of him, put up both paws and howled like hound 1 "Game's closed,'' he thereupon an nounced and. putting away his cards, folded his little table.
 "Come on; be a sport,'' chided Fra zier, but Blackie displayed his teeth feroclously. and, laughing, Frazier turned to WaHingford, for whom he was ready, word and deed.
 .aThat deals on," he bIuateringly stated. q want you to come right over to my booth, give me my contract and take your thousand dollars" ] WaIlingford took a contemplatiEe pun 1 of his big black cigar and looked MT Frazier over coldly. .sWhat's the mat i ter with that money2' 2'' he demanded q made it myself, and I know it's good''
 sYou swindled me. You got me to take that money under false pre- tenses.''
 WaIlingford looked at him in amaze ment. t'That beats my high notchr he acknowledged. sspve heard of ob- taining money that way, but never of paying it out under false pretenses.
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