The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-01-30


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Must "a been taking thirty winks,"
he explained. "Been up nights a good
deal"
"What doing?" demanded the Scots
man harshly.
In a hurried attempt to divert the
anger Of Macdonald, his assistant
made a mistake. "Say, Mac! Who
do you think came up on the boat
with me? l wondered if you knew.
Meteetse and her kid"
He stopped. The big man was glar-
ing savagely at him. But Macdonald
said nothing. He waited, and under
the cOmpulsiOn Of his forceful silence
Wally stumbled on helplessly.
"-They got off here. Course
didn't know whether you'd sent for
her or not, 50 I stopped and kinder
gave her the glad hand just to size
things up"
eyes"
"She had the address of Miss O'Neill,
that Irish girl staying at the Pagets'
the one that came in"
go on" snapped his chief.
$50 I directed her how she could
get there and
Waliy found himself lifted from the
chair and hammered down Into ii
again. His soft flesh quaked like q
Jelly. ~ ne stared I0p-eyed at the
furious face above him, the fat chin
Of the little man dropped.
My God, Mac. don't do that" ne
whined.
Macdonald wheeled abruptly away,
crossed the room in long strides, and
came back.
"What'S the use?" he said aloud.
"YOu're nothing but q spineIess put
terer. Haven't you enough sense even
to give me Il chance to decide for
myself? Why didn't you keep the
woman with you till you could send
for me, you daft mOnkeyT"
: eff had known"
"'D'ye think you've got sense enough
TO take a plain, straight message as
far as the hotel? Because if you have
I've got one to send"
Wally caressed tenderly his bruised
flesh. He had a childlike desire tC
weep, bat he was afraid Macdonald
would kick him out of the Office.
"'COurse I'll do whatever you say
Mac" he answered humbly.
The Scotch Canadian brushed the
swivel chair and its occupant to one
side. drew up another chair in front
of the desk, and faced Selfridge
squarely. The eyes that blazed at the
little man We're the grimmest he haj
ever looked into.
$50 to the hotel and see this man
Elliot alone. Tell him he's gone toe
far-butted into my affairs once toe
! often. There's not q man alive ID
stand it from. My orders are for hin
to get out on the next boat. If he's
here after that, I'll kill him on sight
The color ebbed out of the ford
3 face of Wally. He mOistened his lips
to speak. Heavens, Mac, you can't
do that. He'll go out and report"
"Let him say what he likes. Put this
to him straight: that he and l can't
stay in this tOwn-and both of Us
live"
Wally had Tapped up too many high
balls in the past ten years to relish
/ this kind of mission. His nerve was
/ gone. He had not the punch any more
/ Yet Mac was always expecting him 10
help out with his rough stuff, he re-
/ Elected fretfully. Take this message,
! now. There was no sense in it. Self
ridge plucked up his courage to say so
''That won't buy US anything but
trouble, Mac. In the old days you
could put over"
The little man never guessed how
close he came to being flung through
| the transOm over the door, but his in
stinct warned him to stop. His OBJ
| lection died away in a humble.
! 90 course I'll do whatever you say
he added a second time.
"See you do" advised his chief, an
I ugly look in his eyes. "Tell him he
/ gets till the next boat. If he's here
after that, he'd better go heeled, for
I Pll shoot on sight wherever we meet"
| Selfridge went on his errand with
/ tagging feet. He found Elliot sitting
modify alone on the porch of the
! hotel.
, In Gordon's pocket there was a note
to Macdonald explaining that he had
nothing to do with the coming of Me-
teetse. He had expected to send 1t by
the hotel porter that evening. but the
. curt order to leave town filed him
with a chill anger. The dictator of