The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-11-21
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IN AOh0ANC Va CvCAy
Good afternoon, Mr.. Dempton,
said the rancher pleasantly. "Ther,
} Is no conspiracy on our part.
merely wish to ask you few o.
tions. even to give you chance
out of this mess skin-whole. Sit
The senorita will be here in a,
ment."
The door opened and Teresa c.
in. She nodded brightly at Stanwa.
bestowed look upon Vidal which
plunged him into an ecstasy of delight
and with no word to Dempton went to
Stanway's side.
"Have I kept you walting7" she
asked.
mo. / came In just a second be-
fore you" He drew out a chair for
her and turned to Vidal. "Vidal, we
have few words to say to Mr.. Demp-
ton. Will you wait in the patio7 I
shall call you when we want you"
"Dempton," Stairway went on, what
passed between you and the Senior de
la Guerra last night?"
'He sent for me to make a change
in his WILL" said Dempton glibly. "He
gave no reasons for what he was do
ing, although he must have noted my
surprise"
did you know that he has been
engaged during several years on his
memoirs7"
Dempton, lawyer trained to ask
just such questions as that. looked at
Stairway quickly, suspiciously. He
hesitated moment before answering.
II have heard him speak Of It."
Stairway smiled at the girl, which
she returned, and Dempton, plainly
puzzled, watched them closely.
"The law is rather severe In the
punishment 1t metes out to kidnapers,
is it not. Mr.. DemptonT
'Yes."
"There is what you men Of the law
term an accessory before the fact?"
Certainly" snapped the lawyer.
"But If you care to consult me In a |
legal capacity"
for Mr.. Branson of Branson & How.
ard TO advise u.s..
Dempton's tongue ran back and
forth between his dry lips.
"Now," went on Stanley, without
waiting for an answer, show much
did Tore pay you for your
part?"
Again Dempton had leaped to his
feet, his face flushed, his eyes ablaze.
you mean to insinuate-"
"Sit down." Stairway caught him
by the shoulders and drove him back
INTO his chair. did you know that
after you had gone and before he wac
spirited away Senior de la Guerra
added certain notes to his memoirs?"
what are you driving at?" fumed
)empton.
Stairway stepped to the door.
Vidal" he called, ''Mr. Dempton
will remain here in the library. You .
viii see that he does not grow lone
ONE? Bueno." He came back to
)emptOn's side and added quietly: 81
m driving at this: the senior made /
ertain observations upon the charac- {
er of Americanos. He mentioned the s
act that certain man had Just come
nd gone whom he did not trust; he {
tated why that man had come; he L
lentioned a flaw that that man had t
retended to find Ali" as look f
sudden understanding and quick 7
ear with 1T leaped into Dempton's v
nall eyes. "Now you see? Shall we I
ave them. senorita?" t
Teresa stepped through the door. il
tanway following and closing 1t |;
ter them. v
"We1l have him scared out of his a
fe in no time," he chuckled. "By to- G
orrow morning he'll be ready to tell
'omise him twenty-four hours to dig
1T in." v
you are very wonderful, Senior
lly!"
The look she flashed him was I'M
istakably full of gratitude; and his
Sc In 1t. @,
"Teresita p he whispered. til
But she had slipped from him, 81
nghlng, and lacy mantflla was in ps
3 hands, and from the far side of W
e room, as she whisked into the hall fe
~, she waited him a kiss from her si
TX finger tips. in
'Teresita he urged. til
But the door had closed. he
and" he muttered, his eyes dark al
ing. latter all, when find her papa fe
indie for her he's just going to run of
OF the ranchol Unless BY bu
piterI I've notion to do It'll" d.
BE was thinking Of Padre Ignacio, all
, priest at La Panza.