Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-17

door silently and put his back against
it. This Is pretty sudden country,
but there is some sort of limit, you
know" the big Missourian went on.
whats your idea in going to STAN
ton?"
Il mean to give him twelve hours in
which to pack his trunk and get out
of Brewster and the Timanyoni. If he
hasn't disappeared by tomorrow morn
ing"
Stillings was signaling in dumb
show to Baldwin. He had quietly
opened the door and was crooking his
finger and making signs over his shOul-
der toward the corridor. Baldwin saw
what was wanted, and Immediately
shot his desk cover open and turned on
the lights.
'That last lot of steel and cement
vouchers was made out yesterday,
john" he said, slipping the rubber
IF you'll take time to sit down here
and run 'em over, and put your name
on 'em, I'll hold Martin long enough to
let him get the checks in tonights
mail. I'll be back after little"
Smith dragged up the presidents
big swivel chair and planted himself
in it, and an instant later he was lost
to everything save the columns of fig
ures on the vouchers. Stillings had
let himself out, and when the colonel
followed him, the lawyer cautiously
closed the door of the private office,
and edged Baldwin into the corridor.
"We've mighty near got madman
to deal with in there, colonel" he
whispered, when the two were out of
earshOt. 81 was watching his eyes
when he said that about Stanton, and
they fairly blazed. He's going to kill
somebody, if we don't look out"
Baldwin was shaking his head du-
biOusly.
He's acting like a locoed thorough
bred that's gone outlaw" he said. DO
you reckon he's sure-enough crazy,
Bob?"
"OnIy in the murder nerve. This
deal with the options shows that he's
all to the good on the business side.
That was the smoothest trick that's
been turned in any stage of this dOdg-
ing fight with the big fellows. 1t SIM
ply knocks Kinzie's rat-gnawing game
dead. If there were only somebody
who could calm Smith down a little
and bring him to somebody
near enough to him to dig down under
his shell and get at the real man that
used to be there when he first took
hold with us"
"A womanY queried Baldwin, frown
ling disapproval in anticipation of what
Sdllings might be going to suggest.
"a woman for choice, of course.
was thinking of this young woman
over at the Hophra House; anybod!
can see with half an eye that she ha:
a pretty good grip on him. Suppose
we go across the street and give he
an invitation to come and do a little
missionary work on Smith. She look
level-headed and sensible enough t.
take it the way it's meant"
Stillings was a lawyer and had NJ
scruples, but the colonel had them il
just proportion to his Southern brit
and breeding.
81 don't like to drag woman int,
it, any way or shape, Bob" he pro
tested; and he would have gone on t
say that he had good reason to be
lieve that Miss Richlander's influenc
over Smith might not be at all of tn
meliorating sort, but Stillings cut hir
short.
'There need be no dragging TIL
young woman doubtless knows tn
business situation; she evidentl
knows Smith a whole lot better tha
we do. It's chance, and we'd bette
try it. He's good for half an hour Q
so with those vouchers"
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