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troller. But he did not. He talked
pointedly and effectively to Long
ley for three minutes. He sue
ceeded in making the banker un-
derstsnd that he stood upon the
border of catastrophe. And
then he offered a tiny loophole of
escape.
Il an going to HDIdaie's to-
night" he told Longley, ito ex-
anime a bank there. / will pass
through Chaparosa on my way
back. . AT 12 o'clock tomorrow I
snail call at this bank. II this
loan has been cleared out Of the
way by that time II will not be
mentioned in my report. II not
1 viii have to DO my duty"
With that the examiner bowed
and departed
The President of the First Ma
uonal lounged in his chair half an
hour longer, and then he. lit a
mud cigar, and went over to Tom
Merwin's house. Merwin. a ranchl
man in brown duck. with a con.
templative eye, sat with his feet
upon table, plating a rawhide
quirt.
Tom" said Longley. leaning
against the table, you heard
anything from Ed YETI"
Not YET said Merwin. continu-
ing his plating. 1 guess Edll be
along back now in n few days"
There was a bank examiner"
SAID Lonsley. 'nosing around our
place today and he bucked a sight
about that note of yours. YOU
snow | know it's all right. but the
thing Is against the banking laws.
/ was pretty sure you'd have
paid II of before the bank was
,eXamined again, but the son-of-
a-gun slipped In on us, Tom. Now,
m short OF cash myself Just now,
or I'd let you have the money TO
take II up wits. I've got till 12
"clock tomorrow. and then I've
got to show the cash in place of
that note Or
Or what. -Bill?" asked Meryin,
as Longley hesitated.
Wen, 1 suppose It means be
Jumped on with both Of Uncle
Sans feet"
III try to raise the money for
you on time" said Merwin. inter.
ested in his plating.
All right. Tom" concluded
Longley, as he turned toward the
door: I knew you would IL you
could"
Merwin threw down his wbip
and went TO the only other bank
IN town. a private one, run by
Cooper & Craig.
Cooper" he said to the partner
oy that name, "1've got to have
$4,000 today or tomorrow. I've
got a house and lot here that's
worth about $4,000 and that's all
the actual collateral. But I've got
cattle deal on that's sure 70
bring me in more than that much
proht within a few days"
Cooper began to cough.
Now, for Gods sake don't say
no." said Merwin. Il owe that
much money on a call loan. It's
been called. and the man that
called it is a man I've laid on the
same blanket with in COW camps
and ranger camps for ten years.
He can call anything I've got. He
can call the blood out of my veins
and it'll come. He's got to have
the money. He's in a devil Of a
Well. he needs the money, and
I've got to get 1t for him. You
know my words good. Cooper.
No doubt of it," assented Cooper
urbanely, but I've a partner. you
know. I'm not free in making
loans. And even II you had the
best security in your hands, Mer-
win. we couldn't accommodate you
In less than a week. Were Just
making a shipment Of $4,000 to
Myer Brothers in Rockdell. to buy
cotton with. 1t goes down on the
narrow gauge tonight. That leaves
our cash quite short at present.
Sorry we can't arrange it for you"
Merwin went back to his little
bare office and plated at his auirt
again. About o'clock in the
afternoon he went to the First
National and leaned over the rail-
ing on Longley's desk.
"Il try to get that money for
you tonight mean tomorrow,
Bill"
All right, Tom" said Longley
quietly.
At o'clock that night Tom