The Dolores star., 1921-12-02
BY
FRANCIS
LYNDE

a'' every sucker on the line OF NJ
+. $. l.. will know how you'vs A.,
pulling the wool over bls ar..
all this gum about Justice first,
the public be pleased Yon,,.
fool. Norcross. You know thev v,.
lay 1t to Dunton and the New Yo,.s
You've tnken pains to advertise i, =.
and wide that you are runnin, a.,
railroad on your own respons;sm.
and the people are going to taks Nv
at your word"
Dedmon, and the Iowver
hadn't spoken single word In nj, ~
talk-were edging toward the doo,
The boss didn't make any snsvs,
Hatch's wlnd-up except TO saw .,
that alll"
The other two were ont. now
Hatch turned to stick his ugly ,av y,
at the boss. and to say, jus. a,
hadn't been there TO look on and b,.
him:
NO. by JupIter-it isn't ALI In 4,
past six months you've made q,
Henckel and me lose a cold hslsnr
lion. Norcross. For less proyocauo
than that. many a man in this n.t
Of woods has been sent back eas,
the baggage-car. wearing woas
overcoat. You climb down, and do
while you can stay aliver
For some time after the three ps
went away the boss sat staring at "A
slip of paper on the desk slide
last he got up, sort OF tiredIk
l thought, and said TO me: "Jlu
mie, you go down and see II you I,
find taxi. and we'll drive out
Major Hendricks. promised bid
I'd go out to the house, you remeu
ber."
When our taxi stopped at the nj
jor's gate. somebody was coming
Just as were getting ready TO 70
The man had the visor Of his biz d
golf cap pulled down well over b
eyes. but knew him just the sam
II was COllingwOod
This looked like more trouble. VIII
was the presidents nephew do|I
here? / wondered about that, "a
also. II the boss had recognized Cd
lingwood. II he had, he made
sign, and n moment later had push
the bell-push and Naisie Ann n
opening the door for us.
Both of you? oh. how nicer d
said, with n smile for the boss and
queer little grimace for me. Ccd
in. This Is our evening for callet
Cousin Basil Is out. but he'll be bid
pretty soon, and he left word for u
to wait II you got here before he di
That message was for the boss
l Jagged behind In the dimly lghb,
hall while she was showing him d
the back parlor. had dropped do1
on the hall settee, In the end Of
next to the coat-rack. and when
Sheila came downstairs and Nd
through the hall. she didn't see
A second later heard the boss iu
up and say, "At lastl 1t seems
II you had been gone a year rath
than a fortnight" and then Mai
Ann came lodging out and PLUM
herself down on the settee beside
You needn't tell me that we had
right to sit there listening; k
1t well enough. On the other hs
was just shirky enough to shit
responsibility to Maisie Ann.
didn't make any move to duck,
I didn't.
You came out to see Cousin BaSs
Mrs. Sheila was saying TO the %
And then: "He had telephone
from the Bullard. and he asked me
tell you to wait" After that, gue
she sat down to help him walt
pretty soon we heard her say: "Coa,
Basil has told me a little about
new trouble: have you been nav
another bad quarter Of an houf'
1.-THE worst Of the lot" the boss
gravely, and from that he wen'
to tell her about the Hatch Visit
what had come of 1t; how the s''
ers had a new claw hold on him. w
made possible by an unwarranted
of meddlIng on the part OF the N
York people In the political eam.
It was while he was talking ap
this that Maisie Ann grabbed u.
the wrist and dragged me bodi!
the darkened front parlor. the W."
which was just on the other siu1
the coat rack. l thought she
come to her right senses. at las.
was making the shift to break W
eavesdropping. That being tne
I was simply Mortified when !
that she was merely fixing IL ~
we could both see and hear. lne
ing doors between the two pa'
were cracked open about nm 'nea
before realized what she "a'
ing she had pulled me down y.
floor beside her. right in front
crack.
"If you move or make a no'~
scream and they'll come In ne.'
find us both I" she hissed ~ Wy
and because I didn't know ~n.s
TO do with such a kiddlsi little n
CANT, sat still. It was das!a'
know; but what was ! to 40.
,v,. - A.r. antchpd telIlDB