La Junta tribune., 1916-10-07

SATISFIED AND
SETTLED
How They Came to an
Understanding.
By WlLLETT STOCkARD.
Copyright by Frank \, Munsey Co
By WlLLETT STOCKARD.
Copyright Dy Frank a. Munsey &C

I released from prison hfter completing
a five year sentence.
| few hours after his arrival In town
| side not far from the center OF IIcil's
| Kitchen. Besides the proprietor and n
| man whom the former was ejectlng n,
| the time. there was only one man In
the place. He greeted Conleys arrival
with slight show OF surprise aud
| spoke to him.
How are all the boys up the wayY
/ he asked.
Hello. Werner Conley returned
and related bits Of Information con.
| ccrnng those whom he had left IN
| prison
Like 10 stick In ON juicy little
I Iuyf" Werner inquired. lowering his
voice slightly ana gancIng about 10
| see that no one was near them.
Heard Of old mHu Harris. haven't
I your continued Werner Hes got
more millions than you and me could
I dream We had after a dozen shots In
/ the arm. Funny old goat he Is too
| He's got bug about punching the
| clock just the same and as prompt as
| any Of his deck bands. which is some
prompt. II they work for him for Any
time Also he's got another klnk
about working straight on through
July and August, while he Iets every.
body else In his shop take from two
weeks 10 month Oh He sticks II
out without even hcsitAting till after
the first Of the next year. and then
when he gets his business started on to
another stretch. why. he takes a little
thirty day lnyotf
"And does he beat I, south them
Not hlm-that amt the old man. He
heads up north To hut he's got
planted up In Maine. and that's right
where he lives In the dead Of winter
He don't have any guide or anybody
else along with him. and he don't
allow anybody else TO come anywhere
close 10 him II he can help H. lie
camps there for month hunting and
taking care OF what lie kills. skiunIns
Il and putting away the meat and
cooking II and all that all by himself
us said. and never seeing another liv.
I Ing thing besides the animals he's
/ hunting Funny ideas some or these
I nzIrs have. ulu't they
where 30 We come Iuf" lutcfpose,l
/ Cou'rg
We're going 90 get him 90 uis irm
up there aud stow him uw1v-pui him
. iu book, sou arr. Hud make lIm l1r
/ himself although Amt counting
900 slI.E.us hlm up for uuEtlug SO
. much Hs I-m bInEWg uu swinging Dds
wife fHr. snE. Eve rr ten Thousand Ht
. the least and mIyhr as much his rwa0.
. tyfyc Harris head manager f. his
wifr.s brother. you SEQ. and think us
can hang ON fpF twenty i've without
starting either one 10 putting the cops
/ out for ~. Leave II tn me 10 make
. II plain 20 '"m that the old man WIN he
bumped ~ before anybody can get
I 20 Us"
whats the matter that Harris
| won't come across himself wit what
| we want. IN case we show II up TO him
/ that we're going 10 crUak him proper
/ II be dun'tf"
answered "in the first place We
couldn't max. bun strong enough
for him Ia think We were not blunius.
ana then even II II had to come 10
showdown. why. | doubt N he'd really
think ". meant to XIII him ana lose
our only shot Tor the money Th1rs
the Kind uf giuk he l.. lUu know he's
the stin that had a sou Ia get In wrong
some way and srt his name Ia the pl.
pcr beat up u guy nud WIS sent
away Tor little blt=und do yon think
the oh mnu would romr through with
a littl" FAN money that would have
sprung the kldf Nix=uot hlmHanI De
won't allow the kld around hls -ulm
when be- comes home"
Werner shook his head. partly 10 aI
mlration
That's him. and | wouldn't count
on n tnif from him. not just TO spt
himself out. where ia bct ou getting
lNNuAAU'lN lFhil NiA AhlHfa ht NlN uA
this framed ever since last summer.
and mad" n special trip up 10 scout
about the old mans grounds and the
country around therr. one reason I'm
frSt hep 10 this j. because ! got q
friend Of min. named Turner. an old
timer that's done fyc separate bit. and
Il living M there and making good
money 10y getting stun across the
Canadian line. and We hnppcncd 10
meet M with each other last year and
got 10 talking nbout this Harris guy
Turner knew niou, him. living no
more than thirty miles away from
there. and We got this idea. Turner
knows places ihnt We could put Harris
AWAY. nnd he couldn't bc found for 4
million years"
How many you got In on this.
conley Inquired "and who nre ,heyi'
"iiesides Turner and me and yor
we'll have Collins aud I.earlfe"