The Press., 1915-04-21
SATISFIED AND
 SETTLED How They Came to an
 Understanding. . By WILLETT STOCKARD. Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.
By wILLETT STOCKARD.

OOutcy udu COLue uOLue, udtIuB Dsscu released from prison after completing Ave year sentence.
 A few hours after his arrival in town he entered Il squalid place on the west side not far from the center of Hell's Kitchen. Besides the proprietor and a man whom the former was ejecting at the time, there was only one man in the place. He greeted Conley's arrival with slight show of surprise and spoke to him.
 "How are all the boys up the wayr' he asked.
 Hello, Wernerr' Conley returned and related bits of information con, cerning those whom he had left in prison.
 Hike to stick in on a juicy little layr' Werner inquired, lowering his voice slightly and glancing about to see that no one was near them.
 Heard of old man Harris, haven't your continued Werner. He's got more millions than you and me could dream we had after a dozen shots in the arm. Funny old goat he is too. He's got bug about punching the clock just the same and as prompt as any of his deck hands, which is some prompt, if they work for him for any time. Also he's got another kink about working straight on through July and August, while he lets every
 body else in his shop take from two
 weeks to month off. He sticks it out without even hesitating till after the first of the next year, and then when he gets his business started on to another stretch, why. he takes a little thirty day layoff.
 And does he beat 1t south then? Not him-that ain't the old man. He heads up north to a hut he's got planted up in Maine, and that's right where he lives in the dead of winter. He don't have any guide or anybody else along with him, and he don't allow anybody else to come anywhere close to him if he can help 1t. He camps there for a month, hunting and taking care of what he kills. skinning 1t and putting away the meat and cooking it and all that all by himself, as I said. and never seeing another liv- ing thing besides the animals he's hunting Funny ideas some of these gazigs have, ain't they?'
 "where do we come in?" interposed Conley.
 Were going to get him at his drum up there and stow him away-put him in hook. you see, and make him pay himself out-although I ain't counting on sticking him up for anything so much as I'm banking on swinging his wife for, say. five or ten thousand at the least and maybe as much as twen- ty-five. Harris head manager is his wife's brother. you see, and I think we can hang 'em for twenty-five without starting either one to putting the cops out for us. Leave it to me to make it plain to 'em that the old man will be bumped off before anybody can get to us."
 'What's the matter that Harris won't come across himself wit what we want, in case we show it up to him that we're going to croak him proper if he don't?"
 "You don't know Harris" Werner answered. ''In the first place, we couldn't make a bluff strong enough | for him to think we were not bluffing, and then even if it had to come to a | showdown, why, doubt if he'd really | think we meant to kill him and lose our only shot for the money. That's | the kind of gink he is. You know, he's I the stiff that had a son to get in wrong some way and get his name in the pa pers-beat up a guy and was sent away for little bit-and do you think | the old man would come through with | a little fall money that would have sprung the kid? Nix-not him-and he | won't allow the kid around his snare | when he comes home."
 Werner shook his head, partly in ad- | mlration.
 That's him, and I wouldn't count | on inf from him, not just to get | himself out, where I'd bet on getting thousands from his dame. I've had all | this framed ever since last summer, and I made special trip up to scout | about the old mans grounds and the | country around there. One reason I'm l first hep to this is because got a | friend of mine named Turner, an old | timer that's done five separate bits and | is living up there and making good | money by getting stuff across the | Canadian line, and we happened to | meet up with each other last year And | got to talking about this Harris guy. Turner knew about him, living no more than thirty miles away from there, and we got this idea. Turner | knows places that we could put Harris | away, and he couldn't be found for a | million years"
 How many you got in on this."
 Snley inquired, ,s"and who are they?"
 Besides Turner and me and you wen have Collins and George"
 The following morning the four were upon the train. Werner and Collins in | one car. Conley and George in another. They had bought their tickets sepa- fately. Neither pair saw the other aft CT the train started. s<..,.
 They arrived at different hours, but ! later met at the spot agreed upon. a place a mile from town, where they | were met by Turner and his sleigh.
 It was decided that they should | sneak upon the lodge which Harris oc- cupied and make him prisoner while still in bed. Then they were to take him away to the place among the hills that had been prepared by Turner.
 He was to be kept here in case he refused to agree to the terms offered, while Werner was to return to the city and have the demands pre- sented to Mrs. Harris and her brother. Two days later the five had gone from Turner's place to the retreat he had made In the hills and from there had advanced upon the little house Harris himself had built of logs.
 They took up their position near a