The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-07-13


stage frsas Hrrwssef--hasi added III
iaaGence; and since the hstss sTwsghs
people with Tfraa-linsd rreastscoks
there was d fieid for The enthusiastic
retll-estase prMnoters whose OsHces
Elied all the odd corneFs In the Ho
phiv House block.
Ia one u those Fees. on the morn.
ing following Smiths hrst dinner u,
Hiiicrest. q rather earstie eaiioqay
was 10 progress between the man
whose name appeared In Eilt lettering
on the front windows and enc Of his
unctticiai assistants. Crawford Stan
ton. be OF the window name, was a
| naan al many personalities. To sum-
mer visitors with money 10 Unrest. be
was the genial promoter, ard II there
were Suggestions OF Iron hardness In
the sharp jaw and In the smoothly
shaven face aud fiinty eyes. there was
also a pleasant reminder Of Eastern
business methods and alertness In the
promoters manner. Bur IAnterhy,
tiltsng uneasiiy In The 'confdenstal'
chair at the desk-end. knew another
and more biting side OF MIR. Stanton.
as hired man viii.
Good heaven! do you sit there and
tell me that the three Of them lie, that
hobo Of Williams push them OF the
map? And do you say all this hap
pened the day before yesterday. how
does II come that you are Just now re-
porting itr''
The hard.faeed henchman In the
fitting chair made such explanations
us he could.
"Boogerfeld and his two partners we
been hldin' cut somewhere: I allow
they was plumb ashamed TO come In
and tell how they'd ies one man run
EN- off"
"What do you know about this Eel.
low SMITH Who Is he, and where
did he come froms"
Lanterby told all that was known
Of Smith, and had no difficulty In com.
pressing II into single sentence. Stan,
ton leaned back In his chair and tho
lids OF the finty eyes narrowed
thoughtfuly.
There's lot more TO II than that"
he said !ncisiveiy at the end Of the
reflective pause. Then he added a
curt order: MAKE II your job to fnd
out"
Lanserby moved unensffy I'm his In.
secure seat. bu, before he could speak
his employer went on again changing
the topic abruptly, but still keeping
within the fauitfinding boundaries.
what sort Of screw has gone
loose In your deal with the railroad
menf Williams got two cars Of &C.
ment and one Of steel the day before
yesterday three hours after the stun
came In from the East"
Again Lanterby tried to explain.
"Dougherty. the yardmaster, took
the bank roll I slipped him, all RICH,
enough, and promised TO help out. But
he's scared Of Maxwell"
Maxwell Is a thick headed ass T..
exploded the faultflnder, "IIis .estire
railroad outfit. from Presidasit Brew.
ster down. Is lined up oa"the other side
Of the fight. But so on with your
dickering. Jerk nougherty into line,
Now 50 out and find Shaw. ! wan,
HIN, and want him RICH. now"
The hard-faccd man who looked az
II he might be II broken-down gambler.
unto.nted his leg.hold upon the tilted
chair and went out and few minutes
later another Of Stanton's payroll men
drIttcd In. He was young fellow
with sleepy eyes and cigarette stains
on bis fingers, and he would have
passed for railroad clerk out OF
Job. which was what he really was
"Well?' snapped Stanton when the
incomer had taken the chair lately ~.
Gated BY Lanterby.
Il Swallowed the colonel. M you told
me to-" said the young man. HE went
up TO Red Butte to see II he couldn't
rope In some OF the oid-umers on his
ditch project He was trying to sell
some treasury stock. His onehorse
company Is about ont Of money.
Micklc. a clerk Ia Kinzie's bank. tells
me that the ditch compaIy's balance X
drawn down TO few thousand dollars,
with no more coming In"
did the colonel succeed In making
q raise In Red Euttey''
Nary" said the spy nonchalantly.
"nraSe. the banker ny there, WAS his
one best bot; but | got a man know
7-'vc Drake q roiater snd'hc curled
uf Ike hedgehog when you poke It
with a sharp stick
That's better. TIE colonel came
back yesterday. didn't NT'
Yesterday afternoon. His wife and
daughter met him, and told ham some
thing or other that made him drive UP
to the dam
\ The plot which Eastern eapi-