Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-06-03
CHAPTER XVII.


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quite ~.-h s1zr. Though u azs Il
so.s Iced Q: srca r-de comforts e
The town stood prepared 70 z-c-d hio
his censsIor -ossrd i Tzz that q
cns ~hO suffers - i1digas,y rather
Than D=gs area ur-cdz-.o-
AID now. - The car crz Tied % :
pause b=tcre he No-ntz.a hcus=-
Hssguiiss c-e czrsvsns=rsi-sn6
Mesquite .ts=lf. % Ire las, 1=z- ..tten
hound. gathered rc-1d 70 TisS this
wonder. " Tr.ass Indignation AID
chzgril distilled words u pclsolo1s
import
Par .rou rsssn-i.g his Mesquite.
PIPE IL mouth. hands z pock=-s al
n.-ec and spplz-c=c AID -z-1=r -
scented he change ia, t=t=u 1n=a
tsc CHER Stranger sncse earlier zp-
p=zrznc= Z TOW had h-lp=d make
hat on= dsy memorable o=yc1d al
cthsrs Il Mesquite history charged
out o, IRE Ho1n-si- house s-c .r-er-
rupt=d he elder devil a.,n cr.=s O.
greeting and .ubilstion
The .szcs@ O: these s1sse cred % the
name q Msrropazt his compznion
~as = person named Jimmy. Mes
quite acquired this Information
through paying close attention 70 the
substance Of their communications
with the cripple More than this how
ever. II learned little Something
seemed % have been accom- lished By
the two. something that vas highly
gratifying % Seneca Thine for he vas
chuckling almost mirthfully when
lifted from the car and carried into
the hotel
What passed between the trio after
they sppesred behind that bed
chamber door Mesquite could b. 10
means guess But that Z celebration
OF come sort wss in progress vas eyi-
denced By the frequency with which
Aarrophat and Jimmy called On the
bar for more li,gic retreshnent
And toward midnight one beIated
Mesquite paused il the street outside
the Mountain house for one last curl
QUE stare at the lighted windows Of
Ar. Times quarters
He saw. clearly silhouettsd against
the glowing oblong Of the window the
Aephistophelesn profile Of Seneca
Trine, distorted with Z grimace Of the
cruslest Joy that ever heart OF man
conceived. He saw Marrophat ap-
proach mis- master with a drunken
swagger and a speech which, though
indistinguishable 10 the unseen au-
ditor. unquestionably afforded both of
the other men ample excuse for &C.
static gles Toward its conclusion
Mr.. Marrophat apparently capped the
peak OF jubilation BY fumbling in his
coat pocket and bringing forth some
thing which strongly resembled a sin
gle playing card.
Now when he had contrived TO
master his mirth. the cripple made
gesture which eloquently abolished
this card. gesture which said quite
plainly: All that is finished. The
thing has served its purpose. To
hell with it,"
Whereupon. with smart jerk OF his
wrist, Mr. Marrophat sent the card
spinning and sailing out through the
open window TO lose itself in the night.
The watcher didn't see II fall, and
though he spent an unconscionable
time searching for 1t in the deep dust