Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-09-07
" FRANCIS LYNDE
lCopniQh. bx Cha. Seribner', Sop.l


er reports we're still portentous, Will
liams was in fine fettle. There had
been no further interferences on the
part of the railroad people, every man
on the job was squirting for the finish,
and the successful end was now fairly
in sight.
"We1l be pouring this afternoon"
he told Smith, "and with a twenty
four-hour set for the concrete, and the
forms left In place for additional Sc
Curity, we can shut the spillway gates
and back the water into the main
ditch. Instead of being a hindrance,
then, the food-tide will help. Under
slack-water conditions, it would take
a day or two to finish filling the reser-
voir lake, but now Wen get the few
feet rise needed to fill the sluices al
most while you wait"
"You have your guards out, as we
planned?" Smith inquired.
"Twenty of the best men l could
find. They are patrolling on both
sides of the river, with instructions to
report If they see so much as a rabbit
jump up"
"Good I'm going to let Starbuck
drive me around the lake limits to
see to 1t personally that your pickets
are on the job. But, first, I'd like
| to use your phone for minute or
two," and with that Smith shut him
self up in the small field Office and
called Martin, the bookkeeper, at the
town headquarters.
The result of the brief talk with
Martin seemed satisfactory, for when
it was concluded, Smith rang off and
asked for the Hophra House. Being
given the hotel exchange, he called
the number of Miss Richlander's suite,
and the answer came promptly in her
full, 'Nroaty voice:
as that you, MontagueT
"Yes. I'm out at the dam. Moth
ing has been done yet No telegraph
ing, / mean. You understand"
Perfectly. But something is 60
ing to be done. Mr. X. has had Colonel
b. with him in the bank. 1 saw the
colonel go in while was at breakfast.
When are you coming back to town.
/ "Not for some time; have a drive
to make that will keep me out until
afternoon"
"Very well you'd better stay away
as. long as you can, and then you'd
better communicate with me before
you show yourself much in public. I'll
have Jlbbey looking out for you" T..
Smith said "good-by" and hung up
the receiver with a fresh twinge of
dissatisfaction. Every step made his
dependence upon Vera HIGHLANDER
more complete. Corona Baldwin
what would she say to this newest al
lance? Would she not say again, and
this time with greater truth, that he
was a coward of the basest sort; OF
the type that makes no scruple of hid
ing behind woman's skirts?
Between the noon-hour and the
one-o'clock HOphra House luncheon
tween two opinions, left his desk anC
the bank and crossed the street tt
the hotel He wrote his name on Q
card and let the clerk send it up. The
boy came back almost immediately
with word that Miss Richlander wa!
waiting in the mezzanine parlors.
The banker tipped the call-boy anC
went up alone. He had seen Mis-,
Richlander, once when she was drivin,
with Smith and again at the theater ii
the same company. So he knew wha
to expect when he tramped heavil,
into the parlor overlooking the street
None the less, the dazzling beauty o
the young woman who rose to shak
hands with him and call him by nam
rather took him off his feet. Davi,
Kinzie was a hopeless bachelor, fron
choice, but there are women, and won
en-.
'Do you know, Mr.. Kinzie, hav
been expecting you all day." she sal
sweetly, making him sit down besid
her on one of the flaming red monstros
tiles billed in the hotel inventories a
Louis Quinze SOFAS" my father sen
T me a note by one of your young mer
and he said that perhaps you would
that perhaps you might want to
Her rich voice was at it's fruities
and the hesitation was of exactly tn
| proper shade.
Kinzie, cold-blooded as a fish wit
Respondent debtors, felt himself SUI
denly warmed and moved to be gent
. with this gracious young woman.
"Er-yes, Miss Richlander-er-
>, disagreeable duty, you know. / wan
ed to ask about this young man, Smit
: We don't know him very well here