Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-18
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Assassins.
now about those claim jumpers: ] SUP
pose Eou didn't know any Of them by
; namet'
40"
"Gorry says you gave them the time
Of their lives, BY George 7 wish Il
! been there to see - and the colonp
slapped his Leg and laughed Did
they look like the real thng--sure
enough prospectorsP
They looked Hike bunch OF hire
a~sa>~in~.9 said Smith, With grit
It's some more Of the interference
Isn't it?7
The coloners square jaw settled into
the fighting angle.
How much do you know about this
business mix-up OF ours, SMITH" h.
asked
"All that Williams could tell me IN
little heart.to-heart talk we had the
other day"
You agreed with him that there
was a foIeraby big niger in the wood
pile didn't yon?o
81 had already gathered that much
from The camp gossip
"WeiL its so. We're Just about as
helpless rs Il bunch of cattle in q sink.
ha.ea was the ranehman presidents
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- nm = ~ WI u "ii'is to' s'u -
l'i'' u' 'iie ''7ii1 % YOUR ives
i'i7 'loaeF YOU mean IN Saving
our investment
ON. no; not at all IN cinching the
other fellows Smith put in genlally.
Colonel Dexter Baldwin lifted MS
SoIi hat and ran his fingers through
aiS sf1zzied mar.
SAY Smith; You mustn't forget
that I'm from Missouri he said half
/ 4Gizzieallr
"liQt | shouldn't think you'd nerd
70 be Shown in this particular in
stance" was the smiling rejoindcr.
The chance 10 sell you people water
from Your own dam isn't the only
thing or the main thing in this case.
They are obliged 10 have this dam site
! or. at least one as high up the river
ds this in order to get tho water over
10 their newly alienated grant In the
western half of the park"
you've got 1t straight" said the
colonel.
Very good Then they're simply
obliged to have your dam, or Don't
you see the alternative now, colouelf'
Heavens to Betsy :" exclaimed the
breeder Of fine horses, bringing his fist
down upou Williams desk with a crash
shat made the Ink bottles dance. And
then; what lot OF fence-posts we
archie whole kit and bilin' OF u.s.
If they get the dam, they sell water 10
lis; If they don't get it, We sell 1t to
them -
THAT'S IT, exactly Smith put in
quietly. And should shy that your
stake in The game is worth the stifrest
fight you can make 20 save ii. Don't
you agree with me?"
Great Jehu | should say so!'
calculated the amateur trust fighter.
Then he broke down the barriers mas
terfully, THAI settles it, Smith. You
can't wiggle out OF It now. no way or
shape. You've got TO come over into
Macedonia and help us. Williams tells
me you refused him, but you can't re-
i fuse me"
II Smith hesitated, it was only partly
on his own account. He was thinking
again Of the young woman with the
+ honest eyes when he said DO you
know why | turned williams down
when he spoke to mo the other day."
Colonel Dexter Baldwin had his
faults, ike other men, but they were
not those OF indirection.
Il reckon I do know. son. he ssld,