The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-10-28
CHAPTER xx-continued.

me door or the private office and 500
returned and conducted Samson int
the presence Of Mr.. Davis. The tw
men recognized each other.
swell, sir, what is 1t aboutT tn
young Spectator demanded.
''The daughter Of my old frient
Jack Kelso, owes you some money an,
I want to pay it." said Samson.
"Oh. that Is a matter between Mis-
Kelso and me-" Mr.. Davis spoke po
litely and with a smile.
mot exactly-since / knew abou
It," Samson answered.
~ refuse to discuss her affairs with
you" Davis declared.
Il suppose you mistrust me-" said
Samson. "Well, I've offered to pay
you and I'm going to make it plain to
them that they don't have to worry
apy more about the money you loaned
them"
every well, I bid you coed morn
Ing"
"Don't be In a hurry" Samson an
swered. II have note of five thou
Aand dollars against you, 1t Is in
dorsed to me by Henry Brimstead and
y want to collect it,
II refuse to pay it," Davis promptly
answered.
sThen I shall have to put 1t In the
hands of lawyer" said Samson.
''Put 1t where you like but don't
consume any more of my time"
But you'll have to hear me say that
don't think you're honest"
II have heard YOU" Davis answered
calmly.
Samson withdrew and went to the
home of Mrs. Kelso. He found her
with Bins boy In her lap--a hand
vome little lad then a bit over two
years old--at the house on La Sale
Bins letter to reach him and of his
loffer to return the money which Da-
wis had paid for their relief.
II don't like the man and i don't
want you to be under obligation to
him." said Samson. 1.-THE story of
lHarry's death was false and / think
that he is responsible for It. He
wanted her to marry him right away |
after that-of course. And she went |
TO the plague settlement to avoid mar
xiage. know her better than you do.
She has read him right. Her soul has
Hooked into his soul and it keeps her
away from him"
But Mrs Kelso could believe no
Ievil of her benefactor, nor would she
promise to cease depending on his
bounty.
Samson was little disheartened by
the visit. BE went to see John Went
worth, the editor of the Democrat, of
whose extreme length Mr.. Lincoln had
humorously spoken in his presence.
The young New Englander was seven
feet tall. He welcomed the broad
shouldered man from Sangamon coun-
ty and began at once to question him
about Honest Abe and "Steve'' Doug
las and o. II. Browning and II. D. Ba- :
ker and all the able men of the middle :
At, the first opportunity
Samson came to the business of his
call--the nsischievous lie regarding t
Harry's death which had appeared in I
The Democrat. Mr.. Wentworth went I
10 the proofrbom and found the manu- Q
script of the article 1
Samson told of the evil II had d
Rrought and conveyed his suspicious o
% the editor.
'Davis is rather INSCRIPTIONS, said S
1--WE know a lot about a
him In this Office" L
Samson looked at the article and o
PRESENTLY said: Here is a note that Il
le gave 10 a friend of mine 1t looks o.
O me as IL the note and the article
7ere written by the same hand" a
Mr.. Wentworth compared the two W
nd said. "You are right. The same II
erson wrote them. But. 1t was not al
,ayis" W
When Samson left the office of the la
he had accomplished little on
ave the confirmation of his sus- ii
Icions. There was nothing he could he
0 about 1t. If
He went to Eli Fredenberg. what nc
as Davis done to you?" Samson je
;ked, recalling where he had met ELI
lat morning. lal
Eli explained that he had borrowed ar
eney from Davis to tide him over the
lrd times and was paying u per /,
mt for Ii. es,
ibis morning I get dot letter from an
S secretary" he said as he passed up
letter to Samson err
1t was a demand for payment In clio
e handwriting of the Brimstead note this
d had some effect on this little his Do
~. 1t conveyed definite knowledge the
the authorship of a malicious false fol
cd. 1t aroused the anger and sym
thy of Samson Traylor. In the con- ant
lions then prevailing Eli was I'M the
lie TO get the money. He was In nat
nger of losing his business. Sam VIII
! spent the day investigating the vii
airs of the merchant. His banker shr
j others spoke well of him. He was of
d to be a man of character and the
dit embarrassed by the unexpected WI
rcity of good money. So 1t came wei
)ut that, before he left the news tigf
', Samson bought a fourth interest arc
HE business of Eli FredenberQ The thfc