The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-03-28

ger Dramatically IF | thought they
would wouldn't send you down
there
THANK you"
you are young, ambitious-four
thousand a year isn't hanging from ey-
cry telegraph pole; 1t is almost twice
what they are paying me"
You're not getting shot at"
mo man, Henry, knows the hour Of
his death. No mar in the high coun-
try knows when he is to be made IA
tnrget-that YOU well understand. Men
are shot down In this country that
have no moro idea Of getting killed
than | have-or you have"
"Don't include me-. | have a pretty
good idea Of getting killed right
~away-the minute 1 take this job"
1--WE have temporized with this Gala
basas outfit long enough" declared JET
fries. dropping his mask at last. Deaf
~Sandusky, Logan and that squint-eycd
thief, Dave SasSoOn-all hOld-up men,
every one of them. Henry, I'm put
ting YOU in on thar job because you've
got nerve. because YOU can shoot, be-
cause | don't think they can get you
and paying YOU n whaling big salary to
s~traighten things ont along the Span
ish Sinks. DO you know, Henry
Jeffrics leaned forward and lowered
his tone. Master of the art OF persuad-
inc and convincing, of hammering ana
pounding. Of swaying the doubling and
deciding the undecided, the Stronghold
mountain man looked his best as he
held the Younger man under his spell.
DO YOU know he repeated, Il suspect
that Morgan's Gap bunch are really be-
hind and beneath a lot Of this devil
try around Calabasas? You take Gale
MECHANICALLY, he trains with Dave
Sa~Soon; take his uncle, Duke-Sas-
soon never is in trouble but what
Duke win help him.out." Jeffries eX-
ploded with a slight but forcible exple-
tive. "NYas there ever a thief or a
robber driven into Morgan's gap that
didn't find sympathy and shelter with
some of the MorEans? | believe they
are in every game pulled on the Thief
river stages
AS bad as that?'
Jeffries turned to his desk. "Ask
John Lefeyer.'
De Spain had q long talk with John.
But John was a poor adviser. He adj
vised no one on any subject. He whis-
tied, he hummed a tune. He extended
his arm, at times, suddenly, as if or
the brink of q positive assertion. He
decided nothing. and asserted nothing.
But concerning the Morgans and their
friends, he did abandon his habitual
r~eticence. "Itustlers, thieves, robbers,
coiners. outlaws!' he exclaimed ener-
g~etically.
as this because they got your money
today, Johni' asked De Spain.
"Never mind my money. I've got a
new job with nothing to do, and plenty
Of cash"
De Spain asked what the job was.
ION the stages" ammo need Lefever.
Il am now general superintendent Of
the Thief River line"
what does that mean?"
at means that / am to be your as
%sistant.'
I'm not going to take that job,
john
Lefever took off his hat and twirled
it skillfully on n hand, humming
softly the while.
II believe you'd better change your
mind, Henry, and stay with us
NO" returned De Spain medita-
lively, "Im not going TO stay. I've
had glory enough out of this town for
a while" He picked up his hat, poked
the crown dlscontentedly, and, rising
with a loss of ainiability in his fea-
lures and manner, walked out of the
ROOM.
The late sun IA streaming down
the full length Of Main street. The
street was still filled with loiterers
who had spent the day at the fair, and
fingered now in town In the vague hope
of seeing q brawl or q fight before
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from the Spanish
Sinks, and gunner and gamblers from
Calabasas and Morgan's gap. The
Morgans themselves and their follow.
ing were out to the last retainer.