The Washington times., 1918-07-01
The PLOtterS
AlMoDERN SERIAL OF EAST AND WEST
John Butler Compares Elizabeth
With His Sister and Finds She
Measures Up to q High Standard

his thoughts.
Yet here tonight he had 0een
talking to her as II abe hslonged
TO his own world. In spite of the
fact that she was Mrs. Amos Cha
pins cousin and protegs-
What difference ala that mAks3
he argued Suppose the girl vas q
humble origin and had not had sacA
advantages a. his sister had had.
might il not Be well worth knew
Ing?
Mentally he compared her win
his sister. Surely this girl from
Nauch Chunk was quite as rsanea
In speech and bearing As was Alicia
Butler. She certainly was far prst-
tier.
A Favorable Comparison.
shes Iovelyr' he exclaimed n
voluntarily.
A guarded movement at ths enh
Of the veranda brought him 60 hi1
feet. and In three strides he was at
the spot whence eAns the sound
But nobody was IN sight. alshongh
Mig. the Aalf-wittsd PoISs great
dog. was skulkinE around the cor
nsr OF the house. Doubtleas he haa
been lying in the cool earth Of the
flower beds. and his rising from
there had caused the rustic Whish
Butler had heard.
The man had started baek tovnra
his seat when a sudden yelp from
the dog and q rough Get cut e
here. you darnsd beast!- broke upon
the silence Of the night A moment
later Amos Chaplin appeared At the
foot Of the steps.
I Just met TaIAk with that dog
Of his.'' he explained. frowning an
Eriiy. And I'll be blsst II tae ani-
nal didn't snap At ne - pAsssl
him. gave him a kick that hem
not forget soon Talak Ewors at
me. guess. but didn't wait 70
make sure. I told him the othsr
day I'd shoot that brute II hs
didn't keep him from under foot
was Mig with Talsk7'' Butler
questioned. I saw the dog roam
ing around here just now, but he
was alone"
-WSll he WAS with his.fooi.mas-
ter Then met him." Amos af-
nrmrd The pair are Inseparabls
TAlak chains the dog up when he
works IN the neId. but at other
times he has him with him all the
Whihs unless I interfere Hes an
awful fool
why keep him-Talak. I msanF'
Butler asked. 7 can't see that he
Is pArtfeSiarIy valuabla-
If he was he wouldn't be work
ing for the wages I can pay him.
Chaplin retortsd. 7 keep hfm bo-
cause he viii DO a. I ordsr ana
will not Try te think for himssG
II am boss here don't propose =
have . farmland that knows maze
or thinks he dOss-thAn I a..
John Butler made no rstoindss.
He was no fHEznhHnd. hus = dirsetor
Of scientific farming. hsnes II uoulA
Be foolish for him to resent The
siur he might suspect lurksd ln ths
farmers speech
Perhaps AmsT realised Shat NJ
words were rSt' - indiscrest. for he
spoke again after minute. m.ra
amIeaDly.
Not Too Much Money.
TOu see. wade hAsat any tee
much money anyway. aud he don't
feel like putting much Of Il into the
Arm II owned II. IKE be dosS
I'd not mind paying monsy oaG
Surely. be Addsd more oAutiously,
If he can Gnord to have a. axpSrt
like you come here. he eoald hire
more fArmhandA-
Butler spoke impetuousIy. -You
are mistaken. Mr.. ChApinI Or.
Wade pays me nothing. an here
for the experience The life IN the
open air and the privilege OF al
rsctins things as please are worth
much to me at this Juncturs. I can
not sxplain-but the business end Of
the AFFAIR IL perfectly satisfactory 70
both DR.. Wade and MYSELF
His manner was stin and Chapin
replied. grufily: ''oh. I know re
none OF my business! I'm only the
one that's stood by young wade
through all the years when the
place didn't pay. But I don't IN
tend to lose by this deal"
Butler would not quarrel lust
now. Too much was a. staka
Il DO not fancy" he said. eoony,
that Or. Wade will let you lose.
He Is not that sort OF q man-asf
happen to knov-being his friend
The implied reproOt had the de-
sired effect Chaplin dropped the
subject and after exchanging a few
remarks as to the heat OF the past
day and the likelihood OF rain to-
morrow. the pair said good-nfEht
on apparently good terms
But the conversation had maA
each secretly more antagonintH
toward the other than before
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