The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-10-21
Chapter III Continued

Henrietta Wilkins" he murmured.
"By the gods. one would never sus-
pect name like that belonged to
face like that. BY lingo. 1t would be
strange II that madman persuaded her
to marry him. hope he does. II
I'm any judge Of character, Jack Web
ster won't be cruel enough to chain
that vision to Sobrante; and besides,
she's liable to make him decide who's
most popular with him-Henrietta or
Billy Geary. II she does. I'll play
Geary to lose. WE'LL Needs must
when the devil drives" And he en-
tered the station telegraph office and
commenced to write.
An hour later Miss Dolores Ruey.
alias Henrietta Wilkins, was handed
this remarkably verbose and truly
candid telegram:
miss Henrietta wilkins, Lower 6.
Car 8. on board train "a.
"Do you recall the bewhiskered.
ragged individual you met on the s.
p. L. A. & g. L. train in Death val
ley ten days ago? He lifted his hat
to you tonight, and you almost killed
him with look. 1t did not occur to
him that you would not recognize him
disguised as a gentleman. and he lift
ed his hat on impulse. Do not hold 1t
against him. The sight of you again
set his reason tOttering on Its throne.
and he told me his sad story.
"This man, John Stuart Webster, is
wealthy, single, forty, fine and crazy
as March hare. He Is In love with
you. You might do worse than fall in
love with him. He is the best mining
engineer in the world. and he is now
aboard the same train with you, en-
route to New Orleans, thence to take
the steamer TO Buenaventura, Sobran-
te, G. A., where he Is to meet another
lunatic and finance hole In the
| ground. / do not want him to go to
SObrante. II you marry him, he will
not. II you do not marry him. you
still might arrange to make him listen
to reason. II you can induce him to
come to work for me within the next
90 days, whether you marry him or
not, will give you $1,000 the day he
reports on the job. Please bear In
mind that he does not know am do
ing this. If he did, he would kill me-
but business Is business, and this is a
plain business proposition. I am put
ting you wise, so you will know your
! power and can exercise it IL you care
to earn the money. If not, please for
| pot ahnut anu ato nIoo do
me the favor to communicate with me
on the subject, If at all interested
Edward p. Jerome President Colo
RADIO Consolidated Mines, Ltd, Care
Engineers Club"
The girl read and reread this tele-
gram several times, and presently a
slow little smile commenced to creep
around the corners of her adorable
! mouth.
81 believe that amazing old gentle
man is absolutely dependable" was
| the decision at which she ultimately
arrived, and calling for telegraph
blank. she wired the old schemer:
"Five thousand not enough money.
Make it $4,000 and I will guarantee
to deliver the man within 80 days.
stay on this train to New Orleans.
"HENRIETTA."
neers' club about midnight and pur-
suant to instructions, the night bar
keeper read 1t and 'phoned the con-
tents to Neddy Jerome, who prompt
ly telephOned his reply to the tele-
graph office, and then sat on the edge
Of his bed, scratching his toes and
meditating
"That's remarkable young wom-
an" he decided. "and business to her
finger tips. Well. I've done my part,
and it's now up to Jack Webster to
protect himself in the clinches and
breakaways."
About daylight black hand passed
Neddy Jerome's reply through the
berth curtains to Dolores Ruey. She
read:
Accept When you deliver the
goods, communicate with me and get
your money.
JEROME"
She Struggled back among the pill
lows and considered the various as
poets of this amazing contract which
she had undertaken with a perfect
stranger. Hour after hour she lay
there. thinking over this preposterous
situation, and the more she weighed
it, the more interesting and attractive
the proposition appeared. But one
consideration troubled her. How
would the unknown knight manage an
introduction3 Or. IL he failed to man
age II. how was she to overcome that
obstacie7
''Oh. DEAR" she murmured. ~ dc