Evening star., 1921-04-24
4: Story BY Holman Day

, he'll swap for $50 boot. There. Now
I'll go to beating him down on boot"
A FTER fifteen minutes Of violent
exercise Mr.. Sturnell scrubbed
| the sweat from his brow with his fore
| arm and turned to his gaping and
goggling partner. He has got that
tdce of twenty dollars to boot rooted
into his condemned old harelip mind
1 solidern the foundation Of old Mount
Pisgy. I've put out more muscle than
| it would take to saw a cord of wood.
! and all I've done to date is to get him
down to fifteen. There he squats. Hod.
how much money can you dig up, any
uay?"
Mr.. Towle. dredging. taking out Of
various pockets eight one-dolia: bills
, and small change. mustered ten dol
| lars. Mr.. st lrnen grabbed the money,
| ADDED his ragged two-dollar bill. and
stuck the whole amount under Mr..
Widd's nose.
| Mr.. Nidd jammed the cash into his
pc cket. slapped the pocket and made
arc ther funny Ioise.
Il was fully intending to so over
his boss again" confessed MIR. ToVle,
, but ! got SO wrought up over your
dt ia nd dumb business that nav
had my mind all taken on'm other
matters
w ell. yol don't for one minute
| think We could be stuck by anything
on four legs, d. you?" demanded Mr.;
StE-nell. taking his side of Maud and
getting busy with the harness.
II have had to leave the swap
wholly to YOU" said Mr.. Towle. 'oc-
cupied on mis- own side. Il haven't
been able to- gauge the state OF his
mind-but considering the looks OF
! the hosses. seems TO me he's letting
so easy if that gray hasn't got some
gad-awful out"
And if he has got big out; you're
going to hold me responsible. be ye
I'm simply saying that you done Al!
the dickering and
Get busy! Here he comes pulling
his wagon"
He certainly amt deef and dumb in
his fingers. to get embarrassed this
quick" said the partner.
Mr.. Widd was also very spry in har-
Messing. Then he hoped into his
-oadwaEon and drove away. The
partners stood staring after him.
This precipitste departure was not
OF ly rude-it was suspicious.
It's best for US to be thankful that
he's deef," said Mr.. Sturnell. Hear
her whistler They waited till the,
/, sound died.
THAT boss of his seems to be tame
all. right" said Towie. starting to-
"dTO tnciT ne" lie
was standing like a statue Of a horse.
While Towre held the sulky's thills
Mr. Sturnell backed the horse in. after
| they had harnessed the animal.
Get up and start him." said Stur-
nell.
! But Mr. Towle scratched his ea- and
! looked dubious. He wak wondering
stiil more. Especially was'he wonder
| ing whether the out" was at stern.
( 2 midships or at the front. A ships
! bridge in a hurricane would be sa Re
| refuge in comparison with sulky
seat in reach of kicker. 'Lell. il
| seems to be a case where you're the
principal operator. seeing that you
have done all the talking with Dummy
and ought to know the hoss better'n n
! what l do / amt no kind of hand
! to horn in on another mans business.
i There's one thing I've got that you
amt got-and that's the courage OF
my convictions" stated Mr.. Sturne!l
wrathfully. III proceed to show you
| He mounted the sulky seat with
thaste, made cnt-o-two-tailS with
the ends Of the reins and lashed the
| flank of the flea-bitten gray. The
| horse snorted leaped forward. took q
few steps and fell down. Withou,
any volition on his own part. Mr.
Sturnell dived to a strategic position
near the horses head. recovered him
self and sat on the threshing head
Then. with the assistance Of his part
ner. he helped the horse to it's feet
Mr.. Towle. out of his experience
hardly needed to have his fears con