The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-01
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By
Francis Lynde
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Copyright. 1914 BY
Charles Srribnsr'a Sons

quick reply. Il have no property
IN Mirapoiis am merely a squat.
ter on government land. Ike every
one else In the Nlquoia valley"
For heavens sake" the pro.
motcr burst out What's got into
your Don't you 20 around trying
TO stand that corpse on It's feet
It's a dead one. ! tell you The Cor.
onida titles are all right
There are no Coronida titles.
You have known IL all along, and |
know it-now. have II straight
from the bureau OF statistics. The
nearest boundary OF the old Span.
ish grant f. lAtlgo Peak. ten miles
south OF Chigringo The depart.
ment knows this aud IL prepared to
prove #. And IN the very begin.
ming you and your associates were
warned that you could not acquire
homestead or other rights In the
Niquoia
Let 1t co." snapped the gray.
eyed king OF the pack We've got
20 get out alive and we're gong 10
gc, out alive What's your price,"
4 have answered that question
once. but ri make Il a little palmer
n you wish. II IL beyond your
reach II you should turn your
money coming soul into cash you
couldn't pay =, this time. MIR Cort.
wright"
That's guff boy play-rant.
ing You want something is II
that damned MaAsingale business
AGAIN."
= was coming to that" said
nroulllard quietly You must
notify your associates that the
Little Susan deal ia OF There
viii be o closed meeting Of the di.
rcciors here In this room tomorrow
evening al eight O'Clock. and -'
Who calls ~" interrupted the
yrant
The president
President nothing was the
Hnorting comment
Hrouiilard shook his head
You are stubborniy hard 10 con
vince. Mr. Corterlght. hut m try
one more time You will come
here tomorrow evening. with voui
coufcdcraies IN the deal. prepared
t. take the money 500 have ACTUALLY
spent ln bettormen.s and prepared
to release the sock n you .aii "a
do 40 you viii Est nothing IL that
explicit enough"
Mr. Cartwright sat back in his
chair One little wire word "a
Washington fixes YOU for good and
all. - he said. ~ | say the word
you'll stay on your job just az ions
an {, viii take another man to get
her" 10 supcrsede you"
Brouillard laughed.
4 have asked you TO do certain
thing tomorrow night. ~ you don't
do Il the Spotlight will print. on
the following morning. letter
from the foreman OF land statistics
When that letter IL printed every
body in Mirapol!s will know that
you and your accomplices are plain
sSindlers. amen1ble TO the crimlnal
Law. and from that moment there
viii never be another rcal.estnts
transfer in Niquoia valley"
The promoter rose slowly out oil
his chair
"Broulliard.' he grated huskiIy
does this mean that you're break
ms With US. once for alif"
IT means more than that. II
means that ] have reached a point
at which I am ashamed TO admit
that there was ever anything e
break
Then III take a hand" snarlcd
the iyrant az bay. "Ill spend q
million dollars. 4 | have 10. black
listing you from one end OF this
country to the other. III Fix it SO
you'll never build anything bigger
than hog pen again as long as
you live III publish your record
wherever there is a newspaper "a
print H." lie pounded on the desk
with HIS fist-'1'il do it--money
can do IT. More than that. you II