The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-02-10
CHAPTER xxll--continued.

THE Federated Iron Workers. |
suppose"
Not In a thousand years! They
are only the means 10 an end" The
fitting chair squeaked again, and he
went on: III I'm going to show you
to knock down a door or two first.
II | 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 H." said Raymer eagerly.
II will; but first I'll have 10 break
over into the personalities. Have you
made up your mind hat 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 bin n man in
the dark" he chuckled. But II you're
In earnest I'll tell you the straightfor.
ward truth: ] don't know"
you mean that Margery Grierson
doesn't measure up 20 the require.
ments OF the Wahaskan Four Hun.
dred?" There was satirical scorn in
the observation. but Raymer did not
perceive II.
"Oh. | don't know as you would put
II quite that BADLY" he protested.
But you see. when II 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
ave that-happily. In all probability
she isn't living. And there you are.
Yet | won't deny that there are times
when I'm tempted 10 shut my eyes
and take the high dive. anyway-at
the risk OF splashing a lot OF good
people who would doubtless be prop
erly sCandalized."
BY this time Griswold was gripping
the arms OF his chair sayagely and
otherwise trying 10 hold himself
down; but this Raymer could not
know.
" 'of' A'aNbH NN utlltAt lnht II
rests wholly with you, | suppose?"
came from the fitting chair after a
little pause Miss Grierson is only
waiting for you to speak,"
That's a horrible question 10 ask a
man, Kenneth-even in the dark. II
say yes TO II, II can't sound any other
way than boas,ful and-and caddish
Yet ! honestly believe that Oh.
hang II all! can't you see how lmpos.
sible you're making Il, old mani"
mot impossible; only a trlae din.
cult" was the qualifying r~ejoinder. 1T
is easier from this on. That is the
peaceful way out OF the shop trouble
Tor you. Raymer. When you can 20 70
Jasper Grierson and tell him you are
going 10 marry his daughter. the trou.
Bile will be- as good as cured This
labor trouble that Ia threaten.
ing TO smash you is Jasper Griersan's
reply 70 the move you made when
you let me In and choked him on. lie
Is reaching for you"
Raymer held his peace and the at.
mosphere OF the room grew pungeni
with tobacco smoke.
I'm feeling a 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
n he did and be damned II he didn't
You have succeeded in fixing 1t so that
I can't ask Margery Grlerson TO be my
wife. however much I'd like to-"
THAT liant the point" insisted Girls
void half savagely. How you may
feel about II. or what your people may
say. II purely secondary. The thing "a
be considered rs. what Will happen "a
Miss Grierson?"
"Why see here. old man; II you
were Madge's brother, YOU couldn't be
putting the screws on any harder!
what's got into you tonight?"
Griswold was inexorable,
"h'ss Grisrson hasn't any brother