The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-01-16
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CHAPTER XXii-continued

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At this he laughed, but not very
heartily. and walked slowly to the
house, leaving her bending over rose
bush, and shade more pensive than
the most pensive garden lady in any
Victorian engraving. Next DAY,
1t happened that this same ''Vendo-
nah" or "Rides- DOwn-Everything" be-
came the subject Of chance CONVEX.
sation between Eugene and his old
friend Kinney, father of the fire-topped
Fred. The two gentlemen found them
selves smoking in neighboring leather
chairs beside broad window ut the
club. after lunch.
Mr.. Kinney had remarked that he
expected to get his family established
at the seashore by the Fourth of July.
and, following train Of thought. he
paused and chuckled. Fourth Of July
reminds me-" he said. slave you heard
what that George Minafer is doing?'
mo. haven't" said Eugene, and his
friend failed to notice the crispness of
the utterance.
swell, sir" Kinney chuckled again,
lit beats the devil! My boy Fred told
me about it yesterday. He's friend
of this young Henry Akers, son of F.
p. Akers of the Akers Chemical COM
pany. 1t seems this young Akers asked
Fred If he knew fellow named Nina
fer, because he knew Fred had always
lived here. and young Akers had heard
some way that Minafer used to be an
old family name here. and was sort of
curious about it. Well. sir. you re-
member this young George sort of dis
appeared, after his grandfather's
death, and nobody seemed to know
much what had become Of him
though l did hear. once or twice, that
he was still around somewhere. Well.
sir, he's working for the Akers Chem
ical company, out at their plant on the
ThOmasville road"
He paused. seeming to reserve some
thing to be delivered only upon inquiry,
and Eugene offered him the expected
question, but only after cold glance
through the nOse-glasses he had lately
found it necessary to adopt. 'What
does he do?"
Kinney laughed and slapped the arm
Of his chair. "He's nitro-glycerin ex-
pert!"
He was gratified to see that Eugene
was surprised, if not, indeed, little
startled.
Hes what?'
"He's an expert on nitro-glycerin.
Doesn't that beat the devil! Yes, sir )
Young Akers told Fred that this
George Minafer had worked like a
hOun'-dog ever since he got started
out at the works. They have special
plant for nitro-glycerin. way off from
the main plant. O. course-in the
woods sOmewhere-and George Nina
fer's been working there, and lately
they put him in charge Of it. He over
sees shooting Oil wells, too. and shoots
'em himself. sometimes. They aren't
allowed to carry it on the railroads.
You know-have to team it. Young
Akers says George rides around over
the bumpy roads, sitting on as much as
three hundred quarts of nitro-glycern
My Lord! Talk about romantic tum-
day he won't have bigger drop. when
he comes down, than he's already had
Don't it beat the devil! Young Akers
said he's got all the nerve there is in
the world Says he gets a fair salary
and l should think he ought to- Seems
90 I.@-a haapl tho lifa II
that sort of work is somewhere around
four years. and agents don't write any
insurance at all for nitro-glycerin eN
perts. Hardly
mo" said Eugene. - suppose not
Kinney rose to 90. well, IS ;
pretty funny thing--pretty odd. | meal
and l suppose it would be pass
around the-hat for old Fanny Minafe
if he blew up Fred told ina tina
they're living in some apartment house
and said George supports her He wa
going to study law, but couldn't ca.
Fanny. so he gave il up. Fred'S wifi
told him all this. Says Fanny doesn
do anything brt play bridge the>
days. Got to playing 700 high fo
awhile and lost more than she wante
to tell George about, aud hnrrowe
little from old Frank Bronson. Pal
him back. though. Don't know HOY
Fred'S wife heard il. Women do hea
the darndeSt things"
''They do" Eugene agreed.
swell, I'm off to thu store" said NJ
Kinney briskly; yet lie fingered.
suppose We'll all have to club in an
keep old Fanny out of the poorhou>
If he does blow up. From all he;
it's usually only a question of tim
They say she hasn't got anything Ell.
to depend on"
II suppose not"
"Well-I wondered" Kinney he.
tated. II was wondering why "
hadn't thought of finding somethi'