Marble Hill press., 1917-08-30


Of those options, Stiliings; Sey'rs
worth a million dollars 60 somebody.
Lick 'em up somewhere and ttsn for
get where they arr, Now Ii going
TO hunt NJ Mr., Crawford STAN n-he-
fore eat ar Sleep"
Easy. John. hold m a mlnut. 90 the
colonel broke In soothlngly; and Still
ilngs. more practical, closed the ofiicr
door silently and put his back against
10. This Is n pretty sudden 81 atry
hut there i some snrt ot limit, yuu
know" the hig Missourian went on.
What's your Idea In going to Stan
tony"
4 mean tn give him twelve hours In
which ,n pack his trunk and set out
~ brewster aud the TlmaryoUi. u he
hasn't disappeared by tomorrow morn.
inr
SlllInFs was signaling IN dumh
show tn Baldwin. lie had quietly
np,u,d the door aud was ctooNins his
nus.r and making signs over bis shout
d,g toward the corridor. baldwin saw
what was wanted. and Immediately
SHOT hls desk cover op,n aud turned 90
the lights
THAT last lot ~ steel ari cement
vouchers wns made out yesterday,
iuhn." lr said. slipping the rubber
huni from illr ~ papers IN The desk
~ youli take time to ~ down her"
and run 'cm over. and put your name
% 'sil. III hnli Martin ioas enough 10
i"t him get the checks In tnHlshts
mail. III b. back after a little"
Smith dragged W the presidents
t.. swivel chair and planted himself
Ia IL. and hn instant later b. was lost
20 everything save the columns Of ns
urcs on the vouchers Siillings had
.ci himself out. and when the c,lnnci
followed hln. the lawyer cautiously
closed the door of the pri,at" aficc
and edged baldwin into the corridor
"We'Nr mighty near got madmAn
TO deal with In there. colonel" he
whispered. when the two we're cut ~
carshot. II was watching his eyes
when he said that about stanton. aud
ih,y fairly hlagcd Hes going to kill
somebody. u wc ioni lo0k out"
BALDWIN was shaking his head du.
!.uGSly.
Hes acting like a locoed thorough
hF,i that's gone OUTLAW. h. said "pu
500 reckon he's surc-ruuugh crazy
nueP"
only in the murder nerve This
i'll with the option. shows hat hos
lI 20 the good on the business side
HAT was the sirHU'h,st 'r..k 'ha'
Hy,n 'gra.I 10 any stage 20 iais . .ie.
us alhi With the h.c fellows Il sm-
pIg knocks klu.I..s Taf rHaulus game
',aI. II th.-a we're ualy sHuUh.sIF
q. lH could calm Smith daHn q l"fe
auI hGas hIn - reason sonnet ..it
near enough TO h.w o. dig down uulrr
his shell end g,i at ihe real man that
used 60 be- there when be nfyt touG
hold with us"
n woman" queriri ilaldula. froWa-
lne disappro'al Ia Anticipation 4 what
S;IIlnEs might be- gr.us 10 suggest
- vo~au fog choice u! rugrar. |
was thinking ~ thi. yuuug woman
over ai the Hophra House. saybniy
can see with half an eye that she has
pretty good strip on him. S4pp1se
We go across ~" street and gINr her
an invitation 10 come and DO 4 little
M SSionAry work on Smith She looks
, icvrl.headci and sensible enough TO
/ take it the way ii's meant"
Sullings was lawyer and had 10
+ scruplcs. hat the colonel had them Ia
I Just proportion 10 his southern birth
/ and breeding.
/ Il don't Ike 20 DRAG n woman into
it. any way or shape. BOB" he pro
tested: and he would have gone 90 a.
say that he had good reason 10 tc.
ncye that Miss Riohlnndcr's influence
over Smith might not be- nj all Of IN.
melioraunS sort. but Stlll!nrs Gu, hJu
| short.
There need be no dragging The
young woman doubtless knows the
business situation: she evidently
knows Smith whole 10, better than
we do. It's chance. and we'd better
try II. He's good for half an hour O,
80 with those vouchers"
tTO re COSTIStgDl
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