Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-11

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told you, Hilliard III prove It. IT'S
IN area of mineralizcd schist with
disseminated copper values And
we've got over a. hundred acres os
H. And part o. the SHAFT, tool" H'
laushed' noisef~ssly. "Of coursel
altogether there's nbout gee hundred
st,uafe' mites of that saaeF sort OF
land In the same state, but what's
the odds a. longs yonte happy?
Tell ME yhl aten't wise9 = Rot why
YOU knew all about it when We were
IN the boat"
hysterical jumps. and his face was
distorted
"S-you t.,ttt.,,y-you'rc saying
.you're saying I've been
selling s-selling to my friends
a piece OF d-n worthless property
Are your
shut up'" The big nam was dom
inant. ugly. "under.tnnd me? f0b
k"~r your mouth shut II YOU know
wh-t's good for yon' Drt1t YOU COME
rn here to vet squire with your
friends" Your friends" His accent
VAS supcrlat!vely cont Hret uous. ''ye''
lrew it wasn't a producing mine.
didn't veg"
p you to'd IRE IL WIS y wond"rfn'
prusprrt, Fuew 4 WIS . long sho'
Tut | thought there was some van
lhorp lot Of II
ard you sold the shaft 20
u'woys Sid the shaft was"
Har0on reached for "roth"r c'aa-
ret. thoro WIS und sguised psrplextt''
on his face.
scr Il YOU aren't asfrts'tF'r good
actor you're aree you Guiun
to claim you didnt know wh"t this
mine Is? trtcr aIf'thHt whining an"
Squeezing OF yours about v"nr "'tt'r,'
even? Then what II, .thuudn'" AID yor
want to come bsck here for""
ITO rrskp some moner-to get soine
FUN out of IL. iwantcri to mike feoi"
of people: didn't went 10 swsndle
anybody, Thought | wns giving en-
something for their .nouoy, -
tfsrhror lighted MS cignr~t none
TOO cenplacentiy.
The ft,nuy part ahcEt it" ''e sold
slowly IS that don't hanrS''" he
l;eve you're blnffine. e.. Bot you
knew it WIS only posp""t"~
Pet thonsht IL w"s :" GOOD pros-
pectl Never mind" He made MS
tho 10 rise You've said enough. I'm
thru with vou,'
The big raau's jaw thrust ont bel
snd he caught billiard by
the arm.
Vow stop right there Si' down
Sit down, Mavhc yo' thCr'"ht il w"s
. good prospect and rHavbe yoI did t
but you're not thru with m" yot--1ot
until saw so. Don't Won make any
like that my hos. Eels + Vois
go off half shot-not yer' R"rn"rp'"r
our contract? Ever heard Of 0''0raot-
er's liability I'd certainly hate 10 sec
YOU get into trouble. but If you've
made any wild statements aboat ma
terial facts"
billiard was straining half across
the table
You told me the ore was therea
And 7 thought the worst that could
happen would be TO tie up this money
for a few years-that's why Il pros
poets so hard to SELF knew darned
well Il wasn't any whirlwind right
row. but did think they'd
they'd at least make something good
out. of it eventually
even if it
"Ah." said Harmon. sneering. but
you had every opportunity 10 learn
the facts-ev-e-ry opportunity. It's
not my fault if you went off half
represented to your gang, up here
I'm not responsible. All I know is
that you've collected siXty-two thous-
AMI dollars. and turned 10 over TO ne
and I'm TO give you s. ock for il
and pay you re.:lts in c;rsh. Ne "
lie YOU call il . cor'pris" ION -. its
a rebate. ReHG the contract. Read
it carefully. while You're about il
Take it TO a lawyer; ! don't care
Any lawyer you Ike. If you've gone
beyond the facts I'm m Gritty sorry
for you but don't So" how it az,
fects me any. Do you?"
Hillard mad sMmpel wretche1ly
into his chnir; his thoughts were
running ainlcss.y about the grin
axis Of his chicanery.
And and after all I've doue.'
he sid thickly. After all I've said
On, my God - Pfis chin sank low
ana His grip on the table. relaxed.
Harmon was less at ease than n,
pretended. well. if you aren't bluff.
ing" he said presently, you sure are
the biggest baby for a man s. 81 Zef
-man ever saw. Brace up there
You"
Hill.ard pulled himself erect With :
final effort, and his fist gesturel 81.
accusation.
You known what LIN gong to d.
about it. don't your
Yes Harmon nodded. "a he tv.ev
the smoke deep into his lungs. -
I'm going straight baef to ts,o.'
[ four men. and" ts
| 40" Harmon wagged his 1ead
"No. you can't very wen do That
either-eren if you're us shocked a
you look. Look at II Just a ..fnut
/ look nj our contract. there
some oepaoies for me you coul
Edrive motortrt;ck thru: bur yo
haven't got one as b:g as L,1ittin
needle. NO., son, the best thing 70
you to do Is to take brace. and 4
get another sixty thousand while tn
| getting is good" ~
| Not necessarily" billiards. high
pitched laugh was brittle.
! } Harmon allowed the smoke to edd
gently from his rfostrils. "Yes-nec
essarily"
"You think I'll raise my finger al
ter this, except to . . what do va
take me for?" ..-
Il take youJ' said Harmon DELHI
erately, for a short sighted your
man In mighty bad spot You don