The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-20
CHAPTER XVII.
The Forward lIoht,

setting up OF the OF q
pendence In Mrs. Holcomb's second
floor front. Griswold found himself en-.
tering upon a new zelda world cor
responding with gratifying fidelity TO
that p%refigured future which he had
struck out in the waking hours OF his
first night o the main-deck Of the
Belle Julie.
Wahaska. as a fortunate field for
the postgraduate cours in Expert.
mental Humanity. was all that his
fancy had pictured II. When he came
to go about the town. as he did daily
after the pleasant occupation OF re.
furnishing his study and bedroom vas
a pleasure past. he found that In some
mysterious manner his fame had pre-.
coded him. Everybody seemed to
know who he was; to be able 10 place
him as a New Yorker. as an author In
search OF health, or local color or en-.
vironment or some other technical
quality not to be found in the crowded
cities: TO be able to place him. also.
as Miss Margery Grierson's friend and
benefciary-which last. he surmised.
was his best passport to the good
graces OF his fellow.townsmen.
Coincidently he discovered that, in
the same mysterious manner, every.
body seemed TO know that he was, In
the Wahaskan phrase. "well-hxed."
Here. again. he guessed that some.
thing might be credited to Margery.
AS TO the OF conducting the
wal against inequality and the crime
OF plutocracy. the plan OF campaign
had been sufficiently indicated In that
white-hot IN OF high resolves on
the cargo-deck OF the Belle Julie. For
the propaganda. there was his book;
for the demonstration. he would put
the sacred fund into some industry
where the weight OF It would give him
the casting vote In all questions In.
volying the rights OF the workers,
With the rewriting OF the book fair.
ly begun. he was already looking about
for the practical opportunity when the
growing friendship with Edward Ray
mer promised TO offer an opening ex-
actly fulfilling the experimental re.
q%uirements. Raymer had overen
larged his plant and wac needing more
capital: and some OF Raymer's half.
condolences had led him TO suspect that
the need was, or was likely 10 become,
imperative. Grlswold waited patient.
ly; he was still waiting on the
Wednesday afternoon when Raymer
/ nai1aA btu, aV.r Vha Valanhnnn and
made the appointment for a meeting
at the house In Shawnee street.
Your pair OF minutes must have
found something to grow upon
laughed the patient waiter, when Ray
mer, finding Mrs. Holcomb's front door
open. had climbed the stair TO the
newly established literary workshop
I've had time TO smoke a pipe and
write Il complete paragraph since you
called up"
Raymer flung himself into a chair
at the desk-end and reached for a pipe
in the curiously carved rack which had
been one Of Griswold's small extrava
gances in the refurnishing.
Yes" he said; "Margery Griersor
drove up while | was unhitching. anC
! had TO stop and talk to her. Which
reminds me: she says you're giyinl
Mereside the go.by since you set W
for yourself. Are you?"
I'm not likely to-" was the sobel
rejoinder. MY debt 10 Miss GriersoI
Is a pretty big one Raymer; biggeI
than you suspect, | Imagine"
I'm glad to hear you put the deb
where It belongs, leaving her fathe.
out OF II, You don't owe him anything
not even a cup Of cold water. There
a latter-day buccaneer for you" h,
went on, warming to his subject lik,
a man with a sore into which salt ha.
: been freshly rubbed. THAT old tim
, ber-wolf wouldn't spare his bes
friend allowing that anybody coul,
be his friend by Jove! he's maxim
me sweat blood, all right"
= How In that" asked Griswold.
I've been on the edge OF telling 20
two or three times. but next TO a qui
. ter ! do hate the fellow who puts hi
fingers into a trap and then squawk
. when the trap nips him. Grierson ha
got me down and he Ia about to cut IN
throat. Griswold"
Tell me about H." said the one VIII
had been patiently waiting : o be toll,
"Grierson a year q tried to get
finger into my little pie. lie wante
to reorganize the Raymer Foundry an
= Machine works. and offered to furnis
~ the additional capital and take fft
M per cent Of the recognizable
u stock. Naturally. I couldn't see
. This spring we had the capacity lin
u In the old plant and the only thing
do was 10 enlarge, borrowed Il
he money ut Grierson's bank and did
d. My borrow was one hundred thousaI
is dollars. and there was u verbal undo
" standing that II was TO be repaid o
' Of the surplus earnings, piecemaAl