The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-01-04
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His Price
II Turned Out TO Be
Ills Own, Not the
Other Mans.
BY CLARISSA NACklE
BY CLARISSA NACkH


after Ire bad ma3c thi, assertion one
Of the persons who heard 4 s1id 20 the
other
"Roakea be ana make himself The
Lorl never would have made man
ike BIN
SKA LET school WHOM be was nIre
years old
There wcrl twu THINGS that Bah"ocl.
coYcled The uno WAS the most ex-
pcus!yc automobile he could buy and
tlie nashcs lhr other was Celia
Hart. o Young nlIiper Celia was q
the same here ii life is Bahaoet hai
SHE must base heen made Of different
clay
Tie got tie automobile aud Il re-
maIned Tor him 70 ct Celia Hart Il
be could. The only thing IN the way
Of his getting hen 80 FAR rs be knew
was Tim Casey Casey WIS IN Bah
cocks employ. and tilheeeb considered
that he owned every paH be hired. II
CALLED him 70 fcel that this common
workman rs he lied Casey shuuld
be In the was % bis getting anything
he wanted But Casey was FAR before
him IA Celias aifc, tlous. ana be knew
H. But u wasn't natural that this
should he So. ana he thought UP . way
TO change ~ way that only such
mau.as he would choose
For lhrcc succeeding days Skin l|ab
cock had permitted his brand new red
touring car @ crawl along The street IN
the hope II meeting Celia rs She Went
10 or from the mlliner's where she
worked.
SkiT conll always p'ci, Celia out o. 4
crowd bJ the graceful swing Of her
slender erect figure hut re emily she
had identified herself beyond an douh
by rcrchlng coral colored hat on her
abundant black hair
An at once Skln's beady little eyes
dlscerncd her First the coral hat
came into view. then Celi1's lorclg
laughing face and finally the hulking
form Of none other than Mr. Rabcock's
head truck driver who held CcliaS ell
bow In one big hand with most Often
sive air OF proprietorship.
Suddenly Skin Babcock whlrled his
machine around and dashed into an
other street
An hour later he snt Mt his desk IN
the Office Of the SElT Rabcock Truck
Ing company. At the curbstone his
red car painted impatlently. Through
the nrchway that connected the street
with the stables behind his Office his
employees were passing TO and fro.
A haze OF tobacco smoke blurred the
little room. for Skin was smoking CT.
gar after cigar In logged, persistent
way. very much MS II he knew that
when he reached the end OF certain
number OF these fragrant smokes he
would find n solution to the problem
TIM, troubled him.
All at once he flung half finished
clgnr through the window and pounded
the desk heavily with one rudgy fist.
EVERY man has his price" he said
slowly. II wonder what is Casey's
price,
Again he meditated.
"A tfuckman, ne sDorteu sNo'hiui
iy. against me, who can turn every
vote In this ward-me. with that auty
mobile. and could dress her In Ola
monds, with a fiat In Central Park
West II she wanted II. The nerve OF
Tim Casey
He rang bell sharply.
"IIas Casey come backY" he asked OF
the hoy who responded.
mo. sir
Send him here when he comes.
scowled SkiY. and he lighted another
dgnr.
By the time Tim Casey's huge bulk
darkenei the office doorway Skin Bah
cock Ind smoked himself into III OF
cod anger. tempered only by his favor
tie maxim that Every man has his
price"
That this was true TO degree In
Skifr Rabcoct's political circle account
cd for his self-con6icnce to settle the
case Of Tim Casey of hand.
you wanted meT'' erinned Tim
Casey good naturally.
ShlG frowned up at the big, hand
some young freshman. whose every
muscle was tense with strength and
vitality. Tins blue eyes sparklcd and
his white teeth sbone. Life was good
spor, 10 the hard working truck driver
II saw yon on Sixth avenue this
noon" blurtei forth Skin. This was
not the way he had intended TO open
the subject.
II guess wasn't breaking no speed !
limits" grinnei Tim. That gray
horse aIn't got the n TO cart heavy
dry goods lie ought TO be put on the
ostrich feather route
"Y0u wasn't carting that kind OF
try goods up the avenue. What do You
mean by loanns around when you
auctf TO be on your job. ehF'
Casey's back stirened and his blue
eyes narrowed.
III was noon hour" be said sharply
Where Was the truckf"
Here ~ the stable"
Seems 10 me you can re; around
rrc,ty fast when you've mind TO-"
srcwied skin. n be studied the time