The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-07-14

"YOu don't know me, Mr.. coming
wood, but you do know your "'le'
and you know that she Is as lar
above suspicion as the Angels III
heaven Let that part of IT go. Hatch
was merely using you for his own
ends. If he could persuade you 10
kill me off out of the way, 1t Woulo
be merely that much gained III 'ne
business fight. You haven't done IL
thus far, and now he is using your
check cashing excursion as cluD WIZ"
which he proposes to brain the ehllte
railroad management, your uhcle Ill.
Guided, if we interfere with his plans.
Collingwood scowled up at the cen
ing, shifting the dead cigar from Que
corner of his mouth to the other
$50 that's the way Of it, is it!' ne
commented. HE was working for MS
own pocket all the time, and ohc'e
Brock stands pat and slips MN t''e
ace he was needing to make his mana
winner. Between you and me, Not'
cross. | believe this ID piEer heeos
, killing few times, HIMSELF
The boss sat back in his swing chalr
and I could Just imagine that he was
trying to get some sort of proper angie
a on this young fellow who, in addll'o',
t to his other scoundre'isms' Dig anu a;'a
LITTLE Nhad wrecked the life OF Sllel'''
Macrae | knew what he was MINK
ing He had theory that no man
that was ever born was either d.
g angel or all devil, and he was h'lhll':
- for the redeeming streak i'll thls one
~ When YOU looked right hard at TN
", ~ hacyard face you could see somethlh'
sort of half-appealing in it; sone'lI'D
-, TO make YOU think that perhaps AVA
40 back yonder before the Spolllhs oe
~ gan there used to be man; never
\. strong man, guess, but one that m's'
~ have been generous and free-hear'e'
~ maybe. l got fleeing little s'lmps
u. Of that back-number man Wheh Il
!: turned suddenly and said:
l" zone night a few weeks ago VIE
lsn , T was full up, Hatch got hold Oh II
ho and told me you were out at the ne
u" drick place with Shela. he maze Il
ny believe that l ought to go out the
Ia, and kill you, and l started to 40
~ ~ Do you know why didn't 40 III:
dlu "No," said the chief, mighty quiet
" "Wen, III tell you. One night Il
sprjng up at the Billiard you slamm
TO me- one in the face and dragged me
" to my room to keep me from maxi
bigger ASS of myself than Ia
l ready made. haven't forgotten III
off In all these crooked years, nobody e
has even taken the trouble TO ch'
per. mo deceptlv out of sight and give
Duld q chance to brace Drunk as "
You remembered it that night "h''
hese was climbing up to a window IN
out majors house and trying to get
1'lat at YOU" 49,, -,
ecial Mr. Norcross shook his head, n
trap than half sympathetically, l thou
"Let that part of it go and tell
Knew about this other trouble" he
sslns GLOW badly are you tahs'eo "
fired this political business"
yet it "Iye given it to you straight on
bribing proposition. Uncle Breck
nder, me as a money carrier because,
lldn't mavhe it was because he cou
you trust Bullock. didn't know defln
what Bullock was doing with
ID at checks I cashed for him, though
AS I posed, of course, it was somethlns
won't wouldn't stand daylight. 1t was
7olves side issue with me. l was co
your ont here anyway. l knew Shella
III me made up her mind-God knows
you" had cause enough; but had
!. He notion that I'D like to be on the
down s,de Of the earth with her agal
1avits, lust a little while. Then thls :.
we to trajled off in a babble Of maledl'
0 that noured out upon the man VINO
oe the framed him and used him.
The boss Strengthened himself
do?" chair. hut he still was speaking
q mere when he said:
It you "You are not asking my advice
p with + don't owe you anything perst
Mr.. Collingwood. But I'll say
what | might say to a better n
'ikc circumstances. You have d.
the harm you can, but, as
there doesn't seem to be any !, n
vour staying here to suffer tn
seouences Why don't you 80 o
New York, taxing you' wa" "
if she will go?" . ,o .
J a Collingwood's smile was q
1T teeth.baring grimace'
. "sheila made her wedding
M with me olce, when she W.
MDWM eighteen. The next time sh'
MyDW with me 1t will be at my tuners
IHM rye earned it, and I'm not
XbW And about, this other thing:
(E17 duck. You know what Hatch
WNN ing me for. He told me just
W@ while ago that if I stepped al
. train, I'd be arrested be1
train could pull out"
YXH It was handsome little pr
HA/ \ on the part Of the chief Of ia
W 4 ers. ia fight should be preclp
~ II the boss should try TO Gu
the c. S. & W. gobble-the ar
- indictment Of President
nephew would serve bully 6
we'll as dramatic bit Of s.
1Aa4) to keep the newspapers fro'
inc too much about the other
See You .1f Won really want to 60,