Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-12
THE PLOTTERS
Butler. She certainly was far pret.
tier
A New Serial of East and West

1 Butler. She certainly was far pret-
tier.
A Favorable Comparison
She's lovely!" he exclaimed in
voluntarily.
A guarded movement at the end of
the Veranda brought him to his feet,
and in three strides he was at the
! spot whence came the sound. But
nobody was in sight, although Mig,
the half-witted Poles great dog, was
sulking around the corner of the
! house. Doubtless he had been ly-
| ing in the cool earth of the flower
beds, and his rising from there had
caused the rustic which Butler had
heard.
The man had started back toward
his seat when a sudden yelp from the
dog and n rough Get out of here,
you darned beast!' broke upon the
silence of the night. A moment later
Amos Chaplin appeared at the foot of
the steps.
IT just met Talak with that dog
of his" he explained, frowning an
grily. And I'll be blest if the an
imal didn't snap at me as I passed
him. 1 gave him a kick that he'll
not forget soon. Talak swore at me,
I guess, but I didn't wait to make
L L
shoot that brute if he didn't keep
him from under foot"
Was Mig with Talak?" Butler
questioned. IT saw the dog roam
ing around here just niw. but he was
alone"
We'll he was with his fool-master
when I met him. Amos affirmed.
The pair are inseparable. Talak
chains the dog up when he works
in the field, but at other times he
has him with him all the while un-
less l interfere, He's an awful fool.
why keep him-Talak, l mean?'
Butler asked. I can't see that he
is particularly valuable"
IF he was he wouldn't be work
ing for the wages can pay him, ="
Chaplin retorted. I keep him be-
cause he will do as 1 order and will
not try to think for himself. If 1
am boss here l don't propose to have
a farmland that knows more-or
thinks he does-than l do"
John Butler made no rejoinder.
He was no farmland, but a director
of scientific farming, hence 1t would
be foolish for him to resent the slur
he might suspect lurked in the far
mer's speech.
Perhaps Amos realized that his
words were rather indiscreet, for he
spoke again after minute or more
amIcably.
Not Too Much Money
You see, Wade hasn't any too
much money anyway, and he don't
feel like putting much of 1t into the
farm. If I owned 1T, like he does,
I'd not mind paying money out.
Surely, ne added more cautiously
''if he can afford to have an expert
like you come here, he could lire
more farmhands."
Butler spoke impetuously, You
are mistaken, Mr.. Chapin! DR.. Wade
pays me nothing. I am here for the
experience. The life in the open
air and privilege of directing things
as i please are worth much to me
at this junction. / cannot explain
but the business end of the affair is
perfectly satisfactory to both Dr.
Wade and myself"
His manner was stiff and Chaplin
replied gruffly: "Oh I know it's none
of my business! I'm only the one
that's stood by young Wade through
all these years when the place didn't
pay. But 1 don't intend to lose by
this deal"
Butler would not quarrel Just now.
Too much was at stake.
L did not fancy" he said, coldly
that DR.. Wade will let you lose. He
is not that sort of a man-as 1 hap
pen to know-being his friend"
The implied reproof had the de-
sired offset. 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 goodnight on
apparently good terms.
But the conversation had made
each secretly more antagonistic to-
ward the other than before.
Ito Be Continucd)