The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-24

lng' Tho thinRh dead SAFE. inc
only danger In In being caught be
fore we can get far enough away
with the money. Now. II you"
Boston" interrupted Whistling
Dick. rising 20 HIS feet. tanks for
De grub youa fellcrs has given me,
but III bc niovin' on now"
what DO you mean7" asked BoH
ton. also rising
wy. you can count me outer dis
deal, You oughter know that I'm
on De bum all right enough. but dat
other ting don't go wit me. Burg
larry Is no good. IN say good night
and many tanks fer"
Whistllng Dick had moved away
few steps M he spoke. but he stop
ped very suddenly. Boston had Gov
cred him with a short revolver OF
roomy oallbor
Take your seat" said the tramp
leader "I'd feel mighty proud OF
myself II let you go and spoil the
game. You'il stick right In this
camp until we finish the Job. The
end of that brick pile ls your limit
You go two inches beyond that, and
IN have 20 shoot, Better take II
easy, now
ITS my way 81 doin'.- said
whintling Dick. Easy goes. You
can deprean de muzzle Of dat twelve
lnchcr. and run 'cm hack on De
trucks. | remains. aa de newspapers
says in yer midst"
IAN right" said Boston, lowering
bis piece. RH tho other returned and
took hts seat again on projecting
plank tn pile Of timber. Don't
try 10 leave: that's all. I wouldn't
miss this chance even n had 10
shoot an old acquaintance 10 make
li 70. don't want 90 hurt anybody
specially. but this thousand dollars
| I'm going 10 get win ftx mr for fair.
I'm Folng 60 drop the rad, and start
saloon In a little town ! know
about I'm tired Of being kicked
around"
Boston Harry took from his pocket
"A cheap silver watch. and held Il
near tho fire.
Its a quarter 10 nine" he nald.
Pete. you and Biinky start Go
down the road past the house. and
/ fire the cane In a dozen places. Then
strike for tho ievoe. and come back
on Il instead Of tho road. ~ you
won't meet anybody. ny IN. time
you get hack The men VIII all he
striking out for the fire. and wen
hrvak for the house and collar the
dollars, Everybody. ooughed up what
matches he's got"
The two auriy tnmpa made a col.
lection q all the matches In tho
party. whistilng Dick contributing
his quota with propluatory alacriiy,
and then they departed in the dim
starlight In the direction OF tho road.
or the three remaining vaRranta,
two. Goggles and Indiana Tom. re-
clinad iAxiiy upon convenient lumber
and rrmried whlE,iing Dick with
undisguizci disfavor. Boston. oh.
serving that the dissenting rccurit
waH disposed 90 remain pcaceahly
RELAXED little Of his vigilance.
whirtiinF Dick aTvse presently and
sfrollei leiHureiy M and down.
keeping carefully within tho terri.
tory assigned him.
dis planter chap" he said. psur.
log before Boston Harry. ''wo't
makes yer rink he's got da tan In de
house wit 'iniT"
"T'm advised Of the facts IN the
casc." aaid Boston Tie drove 10 Moo
Orleans and got II. l Hayi. today.
Want 10 change your mind now and
come inYT
Nav. was Just asisin'. wot Kind
o. team did de tosH driver"
Pair Of KrayH"
double rurreyT"
yep"
women folks aionKY"
wife and KID. Say. what morn
Ing paper are you trying TO pump
news forT-
II was Just convcrrin' to pass de
time away. guess dat team passed
me In de road dis evenin'. OATS all"
A whistllng Dick put his hands
into his pockets and continued his
curtallcd bea; M and down by the
/ fire. he felt tho silk stocking he
had picked up In the road.
'-rher bloomin' little akeexicks."
he mu,tcrcd. with n grin.
AZ he walked up and down he
could see. through sort Of natural
opening or lane among the trees. the
planters residence some 10 yards
distant. Tho side Of tho house
toward him exhibited spacious. well
lighted windows through which a
soft radiance strcamed. Illuminating
the broad veranda aud some extent
OF the lawn beneath
"what's that you said?- asked
Boston. sharply.
"Oh. nuttin' Z an. said whistiing
Dick. lounging careicssly. and kick.
ing meditatively at n little stone on
the ground
Just as easy continued the war.
bling vaRra at softly to himself. IAN
sociable an swell an sassy. Wit her
Merry Chrismus.' wot dyer t'ink
nowr'
Dinner, two howrs late. was b.
ing served In the nelloncade planta
ton dining room.
The diningroom aud an Ms ap.
purtennnces spoke OF an old re~ime
that WINS here continued rather than
suggested TO the memory. The plate
was rich 10 the extent that its age
and quaintness alone saved " from
being SNOWY: there were interesting
names signed In the corners OF the
pictures on the walls: the viands
were OF the kind that bring n shine
into the eyes Of gourmets. The
service was swift. silent. lavish. as
In the days when the walters were
assets like the plate. Tho names by
which the planters family and their
visitors addressed one another were
historic In the annals OF two nations.
Their manners and conversation had
that most difficult kind OF case-the
kind that still preserves punctilio.
Tho planter himself seemed 10 be the
dynamo that generated the larger
portion OF the gaiety and wit. The
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