The Washington times., 1915-12-14
Copyright, 1915, by The Star Co.
.. foreign rights reserved.)
(Continued from Yesterday

occupation was so duh that 1t almost
drove him to tears. BY way OF reheI'
he was driven to all sorts OF expedients.
including a roll call. the adoption OF red
hatbands to distinguish workmen from
visitors. and even. upon the NTH day.
the inauguration of fire drill. this last
being very much to the annoyance or
Toad" Jessup. Suddenly Toad broke
his paralysis and rushed over to the
bank where Hen Hant. presumably dig
.kins carefully about a particularly nne
specimen of blue rock with hand
lrowel, was expounding his theory OF
purged from the land.
Its blamed foolishness! Toad
yel.eu at HIM.
I'm a-talkin' about" retorted Hen, pa
tronizingly.
II understand you're talkin, again
don't I?' .dema ndcd Toad: The ias
that'd be the las time, didn't I? Well
A chunk Of blue rock knocked Of his ,s
hf wniins; with sn;otssr snd larger piece
fred" repeated Toad" You got
three full days an six hours s,, comm Mnm g,p aG
YOU less thirty r;ns esnss' or GT III slam ann this
dornick clean through yon! Git!'
Hen considered the matter! matte! boa boa a,nw one
Srsver Srist ,tTsshe tsen for ne Who
sat before a little kitchen table at the
front Of the lot. writing letters ano
casting up long strings of figures. pre-.
Eurabiy the weights and :neasuTes i OF
priceless blue rock. keeping a watchiui
eve on everything, and generally looS-
Ing the part ..,
Waiiingford. who knew men as stu-
ticr and the hope. and smiled. Wait
lust lust a minute" he said, here con"s
Toad with your time. ., .sr.a"
That was the end lien was h'"u'
wallingford. inspecting the new par
which had come that day to replare
th. broken one of his machine. felt
the touch of a friendly hand upon ms
shoulder. and looked up to hna
Blackie pointing sloomily up the 5,, rosd.
waliingford arose with moss
cbeerfmi smile. None of the three,
Blackie." he returned placidi! m.
Isn't pinch: IT'S compromase Snfdr tham 's ex,
pected. Here's where l win tha' 'a'e
fob pendant"
an attitude Of great dignity. as Jonas
word. thrust a folded paper Into wa
Vow i've served it according the
law in such cases made an provideo
fur" declared the gaunt one In oass
voice so surprisingly deep that 1t
seemed to make the ground trembie'
THAT there's an injunction restrainin
you from diggin' any more OF tnis
here" bluestone, or remoVin any NOR
Of it from this here field until the
case of Sauibble against Wallingford.
now pending in the Squawmus count
court, Is settled. dismissed. and the
costs paid: an this here other papers
notice O. the aforesaid ,sud SUIT .,otese hese
document. and his official mission
concluded, he mopped his brow with
Flaming yellow handkerchief when
gave an extra 5aundice to his aiready
se%P.esssGIfp seIf asaH ahn by sG ada
ing: "Fine CROWN weather were
havin'. amt it?"
TT grows splendidly." admitted Wal
sngford. What's this suit about any
how?'' ~ ,
About a dog-eone .swindle" inter
tected Jonas, unable longer to remain
silent under his wrongs. Bought my
iithographt stone mine under false pre-
tense" w
Il never said it was lithograph stone;
and I'm not saying so now" declared
wallingford, for whom the law had no
nets of fine-enough mesh;
1oGss MS' E9T ETbass Mss tes eso the ieF pont You
bought that land as ies' plain land. at a
rey'iar land price. I got a lawyer over
In Squawmus tells me he KIN make
case O. general swindlin, out that.
especially before a good honest farmer
Jury. me helm a reglar citizen here. an
you a blamed stranger. an slick look
In one at that. So now you see where
YES, see" admitted wsllingford.
apparently much crushed. What would
you suggest that do about it?'
There amt but one thing for you 70
DO" replied Jonas. eagerly. You'll have
your two hundred and twenty-five dol,
lars. Gr me back my bill o saie' and
Blackie walked entirely around Mr..
foot and from all angles with the eve
Of connoisseur Most complete and
perfect specimen OF Squawmus County,
Jimmy he announced. Want me to
do anything with it?"
Not unless he refuses to get OF my
property" returned Wallingford. start
ing to move away.
You're a blame swindler" shriehed
Jonas.
The bass voice at this point shook IT.
self into the conversation with a word
of friendly advice. Comm to pus-
sonal quarrel amt a-gonna smooth out
matters none. gentlemen 1t said; an
moreover, as a representative Of tho
law I'm boun' to prevent II. On the
other hand. Jonas. II this here gentle
man orders you off his property, you
got to 80. That's the law in such ca9ei
made an provided"
III he tries TO throw me off it'll "nl,.
make my suit thatl much stronger,
Jonas replied, being perfectly willing ia
be thrown off bodily II by that means
he could regain his valuable lithoSrapn
stone mine.
1T may lose the suit" admitted Wal
lingford. with a wink at Blsckie. but l
will not be bullyragged If he had come
at me with an offer of a compromise
might have considered II: but now ]
shall fight. I don't believe the farmers
OF Squawmus County love Jonas Spuib-
BILE so well that they'd give him an .un-
fair advantage. even OF decehtly
dressed stranger"
Jonas WINGED at that painful trdth.
The gaunt stranger surveyed the i'm
prcssive looking Wallngford with ad-
miration. and gauged correctly MS
neaven-born ability to make friends
where he chose: an6 the truth burst
you bet they don't" he agreed. They
all got it in for Jones, because he's
SO slick himself" Jonas WINGED again
We'll. I'm willin to hear what Mr..
wallingford has to offer" ventured
Jonas, after waiting slightly more
than reasona BILE time for Wallingford to
speak first.
"Oh, confound it," snapped Wslling,
ford as one driven against his will. 81
suppose I'll be compelled in the end 10
Let Mr. SOnibble in on at least a nor