Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-01

| c0pperin' anybody else bet III m
says Frisco, say Frisco, too.
II never was strck on that Seattle
idea nohow Now, reckon tina
settles the mater even accordn' Il
your tell. son. Be good We're al
tryin' to help you find your girl"
Murterng under his breath, Homel
seized his bag and Sheldon and ] fol
lowed the others out of the car 10 tn
depot platform, as the train sighed t
stop. There was very large I'M
answered question in Colonel Macs
eyes. which he managed to voice IL
the end passage of the car.
What happened last night
Glace?"
I'VE got wise TO the fact that fht
Greek s tip was plant" ! responded
Lucille came up after the folks wenl
to bed"
Sheldon whistied softly, ther
chuckled.
False steer. eh?" he remarked
We'll. my Lord, that girls corker
It's lucky she got wise"
Reich, who preceded the colonel
turned his head but refrained from
speech until he had reached the plat
form when he spoke directly to lu
ellie.
80 you're the one who advised
this jaunt 10 Frisco are you! | might
have known it, Trust woman ia
ball things up. What's there in II to
you?'
Satisfaction, | hope" she made
answer "The satisfaction OF seeing
Justice done, Mr. Reich
Reich snorted.
1--WE a notion to go II alone and
keep on to Seattle" he growled,
glancing back at the car We had left
AND I'VE notion you won't, y
flared Sheldon. And I've another
that you'll cut out this here actin like
an unlocked cub. I'm gettin' a new
line on your makeup, my boy, an |
don't like 1t.
lyon might have sense enough TO
see that we're all dom everything we
kin to help you an find Lilly. an to
jump in an help stead of beefin'
around like you do.
Dang me if | amt kinder glad
Lilly didn't get htehed up to you no
matter what's happened, Now shut
up an come along. I'm runnin' this
show AS it happens. Get that under
your hat"
! felt like shaking the old mans
hanc, and telling him | agreed most
fully with him. Reich's actions were
becoming rather CALLING even to me
and threatening To kill the natural
sympathy by which had at first
sought to excuse them.
This last flare up of his, even
though it brought a sort OF ultmatum
from Sheldon at the same time serv
ed also to yet further strain the sit
noiion at time when Heaven knows
we should have all been acting in
concert TO the common end.
! felt that | was in accord with
Sheldon in thinking Lilly Lawton was
lucky to have escaped marriage with
the erratic Reich.
! left him under the escort of Shell.
don and Joined myself to Dual and
MISS FOOte. and we made orr way TO
the waitine-room. whore under Semi's
arranged for our reserva.
lions on the limited, then nearly due.
confess felt much better when
1t came in and we took our sections
and rumbled away toward the west.
AT least felt that anything Homer
might do from now on would consist
or nothing more overt than words.
which while they might be unpeas.
ant, could In no way initiate AGAINST
the final end Of our trip.
However. he didn't even go that far.
but contentcd himself with sulkinp In
the buffet all afternoon.
sheldon and | kept him company
part OF the time as The buffet seemed
10 rather appeal to the colonel. Dual
evidently had work of his own pecu-
liar nature to attend to Az he evnced
4 desire TO be alone. and Lucille re-.
tired to the parlor at the rear of the
train and read book
We met again al dinner and after
It was ended suggested to her that
We 90 ont on the rear platform and
have a chat
She assented readily enough in her
frank. almost b0yish way, with the re.
suit that we presently found ourselves
In couple of chairs look.
ng hack along the twilight blurred !
rack.
For some time the conversation was
spoke Of the vast
stretch Of sage grown, barren country
across which we were flyinp, and |
Lucille compared 1t to the desolstion
II a blighted life
The remark brought me up stand.
ne so to speak, and shot her a
witt glimpse under cover Of tbs
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