The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-11
scontinued.l

9GonI1nUSQ.1
"sure. A great big, fine one, con-
siating Of sister. But she's more than
8 family she's a religion Receiving
encouragement from his employers
look OF interest, he continued: 1--WE
were wiped out by the San Francisco
earthquake and stood In the bread line
Tor awhile. We managed to save 81, GOO
from the wreck, which we divided
equally. Then we started out. to make
our fortunes. 1t was her idea
s.Yor came to Cortsz ~
Yes. Money was so easy for me
that lost all respect for it The town
rang with my knirth for awhile. was
an awful fool
rEducationf'
Now, it's my ambition to get settled
and have her with me. haven't had
& good laugh, hearty meal or q Chris
ttan impulse since left her.
tEFhat did she do with her half of
the fortune
Invested 1t wisely and went to work.
I bought little round celluIoid, disks
with mine; she bought land OF some
sort with hers. She's a newspaper wo-
msn and the best in the world-or at
leSse tine best in Seattle She wrote
that big snoRsIide story for the Review
last fall She tells 'en how to raise
eight babies on 81 a week or how to
make a gllll set of library furniture out
Of three beer kegs, a packing case and
an epIleptic icebox. She runs the Do
nestle Economy column, and she's the
sweetest the cleverest, the most stun
ming
Appleton'ss enthusiastic tribute ceas-
ed suddenly, for he saw that O'Neil
was once more deaf and that his eyes
were fixed dreamily upon the canyon
TAR ahead
On the evening OF the sixth day a
aplLntered, battered polling boat with
its Seams open swung In to- the bank
where O'Nei1's men were encaInped,
and it's three occupants staggered out
They were gaunt and stiff and heavy,
cred. Even Tom Skaters full cheeks
hung loose and habby. But the leader
whs abort and buoyant; his face was
calm, hts eyes were smiling.
YOUTH take the men on to the coal
neIds and hnash the work, = he told his
boss packer later that night Apple
ton and will start back to Cortez in
the morning when you have finished
go to Juneau and see TO the recording
Amt that my Iuck2'' murmured the
dyspeptic Me for Kyak, where there
amt store. and my gum All wet
Chew 1t, paper and all, advised Ape
pleton cheerfully.
4sOh. the good has ali gone ont of 1t
now, /" Slater explained
Meet me In Seattle on the Nth of
next month" his employer directed
The clerk of the leading hotel ID Sc
8EtIe whirled his register about as a
man deposited d theE beaten war
bag on the marble noor and leaned
over the counter to inquirer
Is Murray O'Nell here7
This question had been asked re-
Neatedly Witnin the last two hours, but
heretofore by people totally different
I'm appearance from the one who spoke
now The man behind the desk meas
ured the stranger with "A suspicious
eye before answering. He saw rag
ged. loose hung, tat person of melan-
choly countenance. who was booted to
the knee and chewing gum.
mr. O'Neil is not here
The fat man stared at his informant
accusingly. "Ain't this the 15th?" he
asked.
cit is.
'aThen he's here, all rfghtr'
.1Mr. O'Nen is not in, the clerk re-
beated. gazing fxedly over Mr.. Skaters
left shoulder
well. guess his room Will do for
me amt particular
ssHis room is occupied at present. If
you care to wait you Will hnd"-
Precisely what it was that he was to
and Tom never learned, for at that
moment the breath was driven out OF
his lungs by a tremendous whack, and
he turned to behold DR.. Stanley Gray
towering over him, an expansive smile
upon his face.
~He's around somewhere
Slater turned a resentfu1, srnoIdering
gaze upon the hotel clerk and looked
about Linn for a chair with detach-
able leg, but the object of his regard
disappeared abruptly behind the key
rack
This rat Drained party said he
hadn't come"
He arrived this morning, but we've
barely seen him"
Fl left Appleton In Juneau. He'll be
down on the next boat"
Appleton? Who's hep DR.. Gray In
quired.
ssOh, he's new member of the or
der-initfafed last month. He's learn
Ing to be sleep hater, like the rest OF
us. He's recording the right Of way"
whats In the air? None OF us
knows. We didn't even know Muir
rays whereabouts Thought he was in
Kyak until he sounded the tocsin from
New York The other boys have quit
their jobs, and I've sold my practice =
'.It's railroadg'
DR. Gray GRAINED wen, that's the
tone use when break the-nevFs that