The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-15

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aeu gone mest so'newnere out tney
uiun say where. re was ths nrst
nun ,ne' wnen nt uown mere. iAt'
ue "orlu' isn IT, S'r' ninAof
| Daviu hihhie was pacRins away
watcn IN nnhu. BUSINESS was very
! presslng ne saio. ana ne must ger
Dack TO MS uesK' lie was very much
oongec 10 MISS hichlander' ana was
on,y sorry that ne had troubled her.
| When her iather shouid return 10
brewster ne wouiu De giau TO meet
MN, anu so on ana so on' 10 ana De
yond the porueres which nnaiiy blot
teu nun out Tor the Two VINO were iert
IN ,he Louis Vuinze parior.
| rs that about what you wanted me
to sayT' queried Jibbey. when the click
OF the elevator door latch told them
that MIR. kinzie was descending.
Tucker. there are times when you
are almost lovable," said the beauty
softly, with hand on JibbeyS shout
der. ..f itg
I'm glad It's what you wanted. be-
cause it's what was going to say. any
way" returned the ne'er-do-weel sober
ly, thus showing that he. too, had not
yet outlived the influence of the over
night haud-grip.
Since Brewster was full-nedged
city, It's banks closed ht three o'clock.
Ten minutes after the hour, which hap
pened also to be about the same length
of time after Stnrbuck and Smith had
reached town, Mr.. Crawford Stanton
/ got himself admitted Ivy the Janitor
at the side door OF the Brewster City
National. President Kingie was still
at his desk In his private room. and
the promoter entered unannounced.
Il thought I'd hang OF and give you
the Initial the time there was." he
said, dropping into the debtors chair
at the desk end. And then. with a
quarreisome rasp In his tone: "Are
Won getting rendy to switch agajnf"
Though his victims often cursed the
banker for his shrewd caution and his
ruthless profit-takings, no one had ever
accused him of timidity In a stand-up
encounter.
"You've taken that tone with me be-
fore, Stanton. and don't like It,, he
returned brusquely. "You may as well
keep 1t In mind that neither you, nor
the people you represent, own the
Brewster City National. or any part Of
IL, in fee simple"
"we can buy you out any minute
we think we need you" retorted Stan
ton. But never mind about that. Your
man came back from the Topaz last
night. You've let the better part Of
the day go by without saying a word.
and I've drawn the only conclusion
there Is to draw"
Kinzie frowned his impatiencc. IF
l have to do business with your people
much longer. Mr.. Stanton, I shall GER
tainly suggest that they put man In
charge out here who can control his
temper. Here Is Mr.. Richlander's let
ter"
stanton read the letter through
hastily, punctuating Its final sentence
with brittle oath.
And you've muddled over this I'll
day. Wien every hour Is worth more
10 us than your one-horse bank could
earn In a Year, ne raped out. "What
nave you done? Have you telegraphed
this sherinT
mo; and neither VIII you when !
tel you the facts. You see what Mr..
hichlander says. We had nothing to
go on unless we could identity our
man definitely, so L took the strnight'
,orwuru course anu went 10 niiss iacn'
ianuer'
S.al'oh iaugh was uerlsi'e shout.
lou neeu suaruiah' hihz,e' you
w. LUZ iuc'' ne sheereu' vi
course' ,he siri pui'eo 'he wooi over
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