Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-10-16
CHAPTER xxIi-continued.

THE Federated Iron Workers,
suppose"
Not in a thousand years, They
are only the means to an end" The
fitting chair squeaked again, and he
went on: If I'm going to show you
how you can dodge this fight, I'll have
to knock down a door or two first
If / blunder In where, I'm not wanted,
you can kick me out. There is one
way in which you can cure all this
trouble-sickness without resorting to
surgery and blood-letting-"
Name it," said Raymer eagerly.
81 will; but first I'll have to break
over into the personalities. Have you
made up your mind that you are going
to marry Margery Grierson?"
Raymer laughed silently. leaning his
head back on the cushion of the lazy
chair until his cigar stood upright.
That's a nice way to biff a man in
the dark" he chuckled. But if you're
in earnest I'll tell you the straightfor-
ward truth: / don't know"
You mean that Margery Grierson
doesn't measure up to the require
ments of the Wahaskan Four Hun
dred?" There was satirical scorn in
the observation. but Raymer did not
perceive it.
"Oh, l don't know as you would put
it quite that BADLY" he protested
But you see, when 1t comes to mar
rying and settling down and raising a
family, you have to look at all sides of
the thing The father. as we all know,
is a cold-blooded old werewolf; the
mother nobody knows anything about
save that-happily. in all probability
ho m vi
Yet l won't deny that there are times
when I'm tempted to shut my eyes
and take the high dive. anyway-at
the risk of splashing lot of good
people who would doubtless be prop
erly scandalized.''
BY this time Griswold was gripping
the arms of his chair savageIy and
otherwise trying to hold himself
down: but this Raymer could not
know.
You have reason to believe that 1t
rests wholly with you. l suppose?"
came from the fitting chair after a
little pause, Miss Grierson is only
waiting for you to speak,"
That's horrible question to ask a
man, Kenneth-even In the dark. If
i say yes to 1T. 1t can't sound any other
way than boastful and-and caddish.
Yet l honestly believe that Oh.
hang it all! can't you see how impos-
sible you're making 1t, old MANI"
Not impossible: only trifie diff
cult" was the qualifying rejoinder. ct
is easier from this on. That is the
peaceful way out of the shop trouble
for you. Raymer. When you can go to
Jasper Grierson and tell him you are
going to marry his daughter, the trou-
BILE will be as good as cured This
labor trouble that is threaten
ing to smash you is Jasper Grierson,s
reply to the move you made when
you let me in and choked him of. He
is reaching for you"
Raymer held his peace and the at
,mosphere of the room grew pungent
with tobacco smoke.
I'm feeling good bit like a yellow
dog. Kenneth" he said. at length
."After what I've admitted and what
you've said. I'm left in the position OF
the poor devil who would be damned
IL he did and be damned IL he didn't
You have succeeded in fixing it so thai
i can't ask Margery Grierson to be my
wife, however much I'd like to-"
That isn't the point" insisted Girls
void half savagely. How you may
feel about it. or what your people ma,
say. is purely secondary. The thing t.
be considered is. what will happen tt
Miss Grierson?"
Why. see here. old man; If yol
were Madge's brother. you couldn't b,
putting the screws on any harder
What's got into you tonight7"
Griswold was memorable.
Miss Grfcrson hasn't any brother