The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-30
CHAPTER TX.
To Fish or cut Bait.

pLulinlc, YOU hlVWi SITE liu hSSSi
called me that before; though her
father had been using the familiar ham
die, western-wise, right along, almost
from the day landed on the Cinnabar
reservation.
YES" / said, and jumped up and
went to her.
did you ever hear of such a thing
as bear with sore head2" she
asked, In the tone of schoolma'am
asking the dull boy If he'd ever heard
Of the letter "a"
"Often," / admitted.
swell, isn't that the way you've been
acting?'
Haven't some little cause7"
Maybe, of course, I'm willing to
make some allowances. 1t does seem
provoking that your grandfather
should have left things in such a
dreadful muddle."
How much do you know about the
muddlei" j asked.
Il know that old Mr.. Dudley let,
or partly let, contract for the drain
ing of the mine, to man who was
almost total stranger to him."
saw how it was. Fullerton, always
reader to talk than a stuck pig is to
bleed, had been giving her his own
version of things. But let that part
of 1t 60. ....r
Grandfather Jasper was laboring
for the good of my soul. He knew his
medium as the artists say. He
wanted to make me work-something
that nobody else has ever been able
to do"
Don't you like to work."
"Why-e-e, guess I'm like other folk
in that respect. / don't mind working
If can pick my job-and my com
pany. I've been having a bully good
time hammering around this old bunch
of junk with your father. Or / was
having one until Satan came also"
Meaning Mr.. Bullerton2"
quite so; meaning Mr. Fullerton,
christened Charles"
fought / to stay here and listen If
you're going to say things about him?"
"Not If you are going to marry him,
you shouldn't"
"Well, why shouldn't I marry him
If l want tot Hasn't he plenty of
money? And haven't told you that
I'd marry for money!"
"Humph" said L; "when you talk
that way you are saying out loud Just
what Lisette says to herself-only you
don't mean 1t and she does. But tell
me how did you get permission to
come over here and talk with met"
Whose Observation-Disclosures"
"No; Bullerton's, of course"
II don't have to ask it-yet."
mot yet, but soon," grinned. "All
things come to him-or her-who
waits. Just the same, you shouldn't
have come. It's cruelty to animals.
After man has Travelled thousands of
miles to sit at the feet of the one girl
in the universe, only to find himself
elbowed by brown-whiskered jeet-"
"HushW she chided. "Can't YOU
ever be serious7 You are not sitting
at anybody's feet. What are you 60
Ing to do about the mineT
FULLERTON offered to unwater the
Cinnabar If I'd deed him a bit more
than O half interest-and possibly he'd
still be willing to do that which would
mean that he'd form a stock COMPANY
and freeze me out completely when
he got good and ready"
"And what is the other wayf"
HE offers to buy the mine outright
just as 1t stands, for fifty thousand
dollars"
But your grandfather paid nearly
half a million for it, didn't hep
Even SO. But, you see, In the pres
ent scrap I'm the under dog. The man
you are going TO marry has none of the
nice little scruples in business trans.
action-if you'll permit me to 90 that
far. He even threatens to tnr, mo
over to the authorities for stealtnc
that inspection car and getting II
smashed"
"oh, ! don't believe he'd do that ~
she deprecated.
at is perfectly right and nronor
that you shouldn't think so-ln The
circumstances. Just the same. vou,ll
pardon me if say that I'm swearing
continuously and prayerfully at th,
circumstances"
You don't want me to marry money
and have good clothes and all the other
nice things, and travel and see the
world, and all thatT
No, by Jovel want you to marry
me-" "'''
Her laugh was Just funny little
gurgle.
'Bluebeard !" she said, inst l,ko
that. And you haven't even killed
Miss Randle yet! Thank you eyar su
much; but don't want to be one 80
several. Besides, you haven't NM
money"
Talk Of impasses and Impossible s,t.
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