Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-06-08
CHAPTER IN-CoNTlNuED

Il hinge come OIL the BUNGALOW Iuurt"
Murray smiled. He WAS hara>Srl by
endless worries, II dozen pressing mat,
terS called Ior his instant attention,
yet he showed no trace Of ~annuyanrr.
ii so. Ill be right up unl fix it,"
"Ihe kitchen chimney has IL draft
that threatens to draw Dams suInry
out with the smoke every time i rooi
a meal, and the house is dandy This
is 4 real mans size t%ribulaliuN; so. of
course, | run to You. Simon Lcgrec is
at his tricks again.
"Logrcc.."
The girl nodded her blond head viyor-
ously.
Yes; hes stolen Mrs. st. Claire,s
slaves, and she and little EVA are OFT
III the cold"
what the deuce are you talking
about"
Gordon, of course, and the two
Gerards, Natalie and Gloria. Town
hall tonight. Come one, come ALL"
oh" ONeirs eyes frightened.
'"Therc have bccn terrible goingSs ~,
over at Hope. l went up yesterday
10 my official capacity to r%econnoi1cr
b encmy's position and to give him a
preliminary skirmish, but the great
man was sulking in his tent and sent
word by Il mental for me to bc@onc or
look out for the bloodhounds. Isn't he
the naughty thing? l don't like to be
gone refuse to git when I'm told:
so, of course, l paid my respects to
Natalie and her mother. But what do
you think l found: Mrs. st. Claire
desolated, Eva dissolved in tears and
her hair down"
will you talk scnsc?"
Just try Il little nonsense and see.
Well, the great eruption has taken
place, and the loss Of life was terrible.
Among those buried in the cindcrs arc
the dusky eyed heroine and her friend
mother. 1t seems Eva had a hand in
the overscer's exposure
: Yes, yes. It's about those coal
claims. l knew it was coming"
She told her mother of the horrid
treachery, and mother lugged the com-
plant to Gordon and placed it i'll his
lap. Result, confession and defiance
" ltii A|'til VIZ lllliIiN - u
gone
rs Gordon broke"
Hes wcltcring in money. but the
coal claims are lost. and he wants to
know what they're going to do al,umt
it. The Womcn are ruined. He mag
unanimously offers them his bounty;
but, OF course. they refuse to accept
it,
Hasn't he made any provision for
them"
Coffee and cakes thrcr times Il day.
That's all. He won't even provide
transportation, and the troupe can't
walk home. They refuse to stay there,
but they can't get away. I've cablcd
the Review. ov%crdrawing my salary
scandalouSly. and Dan is eager to help.
but the worst OF it is neither Of those
womcn knows how t. make Il living.
Natalie wants ia work. but The extent
OF he; knowledge is tho knlck of Frost,
ing Il layer cake. ana her mother never
even Scwcl on Il buttuM in all her life.
1t would make !; lovely sunday story.
and it wouldn't help Curtis Gordon
with his stockholders"
You won't write it, of course"
ooh, | suppose not. but it's madden
ing not to be able to do something.
Since there's Il law against manslaugh-
ter. the pencil is my only weapon. I'd
like to iab it clear through that ruff
fam Eliza's animated face was very
stern, her generous mouth was set
firmly.
You cam leave out the personal ele-
ment,' he told her. There's still a
big story there il you realize that it
runs back to Washington and involves
your %favoritc policy Of conservation.
Those claims belonged to Natalie and
her mother. l happen to know that
their locations We're legal and that
there was never any question of fraud
in the titles; hence they were entitled
to patents years ago. Gordon did
wrong, Of course, in refusing to obey
the orders Of the secretary of the intc-
rior even though he knew those orders
to be senseless ana contradictory, but
the women are the ones to suffer. The
government froze them out. This is
only n instance of what delay and
indecision at headquarters have done.
I'll show you others before we are
through. AS for those two You say
they want to DO something's
Its not q question of wanting.
They've got to do something-or starvc.
They would scrub kitchens if they
knew how"
why didn't they come TO me?"
DO you need Il cool and q dish.
washer?'
Murray frowned. "Our new hotel is