The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-31

u these opsioas Stiilsnss, tAey'fe
Surth miillaa dollars Ia so;zlsl,asiy.
Lack EN- UP Somewhere sRd then 2ur.
gct vAta.e they are. Soy l'a gcsas
tn hank Up MIR, Crawfeed Staat0G-at-
| tore ear yg sheep"
Sissy, John ho'd UP = minute y THE
eJloael broke In SootAiasiy; and stil'
linE>. more practical. elassd the .4sgca
,isar silently aad pui alS back against
IL. ''Ehts liz a. pretty Sasidea country.
bat there is seiae sors o. n ltaas, you
know" the biz Missouzian weat oa.
What's yoar Idea In go4as 10 Stan
tonTa
Il msan ~ give him twelve hears 10
which to paek his trunk and get out
az Brewster and the Tlgaanroni. II he
. HASTE disappeared BY tomorrow nlora-
| ing"
Sulllnss was signaling In durnh
Show to Baldwin. Tie had quietly
opened the door and WAS crooklns his
,lnger and making signs over his shoal-
ttler toward the corridor. Baldwin saw
/ what vas wanted, and immediately
,hot his disk cover open and turned IN
he lights.
! THAT last lot Of steel aud cemcat
vouchers WAS made nat yesterday
John" he said. slipping the rubber
hand from Il file ot papers in the desk
III Soull take time 10 sit dewn here
and rna EN- over. and pat Your name
oR en-, Ill huld Martis laag enough to
lrt him Get the checks In tonisht's
Imal III be back after q little"
! Smith dragged IN the presidents
. tg swivel chair and planted himself
/ In IL, and an instant later he was lost
/ 10 everything save,the columns Of rs-
ures on the vouchers. Stiillngs had
| lei himself cut, and when the re,oEel
followed him, the lawyer cautiously
I closed the door u the private Office,
and edged Baldwin into the corridor.
| We've mighty near 60; mailman
10 deal with In there, colonel" he
whispered, when the two were oat VI
mrshot. II Was watching his eyes
when he said that about Stanton, and
they fairly blazed. He's going 10 XIII
somebody. IL We don't hook out"
/ Baldwin was shaking his hesd du.
hinusly
Hes acting like n locoed thorough.
bred that's gone OUTLAW" he Naid. 30
yfsf '"rat'ssfa Y,i~ stire s'rrutsft' t4AHffs.l,
( Eob7"
only In the murder nerve, This
deal with the options shows That hes
NIL 10 the good on the business side.
That was the snloothest trick that's
been turned In any stage o. this dodg-
I In. fight with the big fellows. II aim.
I ply knocks kin2Ies rat-gnawing game
/ dead. II there were only somebody
who could calm Smith down 4 little
and bring him TO reason--sonebody
near enough TO him 10 dig down under
| his shell and get at the real man that
used to be there when no nrst took
hold with us
"A womani" quericd Baldwin. frowp-
ing dlsapproyal In anticipation Of what
Sullinss might be going TO suggest.
! "A woman for choice. OF course. l
was thinking OF this young woman
over ut the Horhra House; anybody
can see with half an eye that she has
n pretty good grip IN aim. Suppose
we 60 across the street and give her
an Invitation to come and do Z little
missionary work on Smith. She looks
level headed and sensible enough 10
tuke 1t The way It's meant"
Stillings was n lawyer and had 40
scrupleS, but the colonel had them In
just proportion to his Southern birth
and breeding.
! Il don't Ike to drag woman into
! It, any way or shape. Bob" he pro.
tested; aud he Hould have gone on 70
say that he had good reason to 10.
llevs that Miss Richlaudex's tshuencs
over Smith might not Id at all OF thu
meIioratlng sort, but Stiliings cut him
shrt.
There need be no dragging Ths
young woman doubtless knows the
f'usIae&s situation; she evidently
knows Smith whole lot better thar
we do. Its eAhance. and we'd better
try II, He's good for half an hour u
so with those vouchers"
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