The Dolores star., 1921-10-07

he had fallen n love-, first ~,,. II
back Of her neck and then wnh :.
pretty face and then with all a, ~.
and that the one big reason wh.
had let Mr.. Chadwick persuad. ~
to stay In Portal City was tho -. 1
that he had wanted to be near bs. ae
to show her how he could make . ana
fectly good spoon out of tho & PEI.
horn OF the Pioneer Short Linz
When ! began to get my grin ,,
little I was right warm md, A ~
| collar. me
"She oughtn't to be going a,,,.,
telling people she is a widow ~
blurted out.
"She doesn't" was the ca,r 49,,
They've separated, you know-vs.s'..
ago-and Cousin Sheila has tsken ~
mothers maiden name, Macrae :.
we were going to live here alwsr, :.
would be different. But We ara o,,'
visiting Cousin Basil. or l suppo,s =.
are. though we've been here now w. W.
nearly year" ''
There wasn't much more TO be s.,s
and pretty soon l had staggered a.
with my load and gone back N ~.
ofice. And this was why cou,drs
get very deep into the Hatch bushes.
with Mr.. Norcross when he told y.
what he had been Obliged TO do .,a..
the Sand Greek hold-up.
II he had been like other man !,
wouldn't have been so hard. Pn,
had feeling that he had gone in,o
this love business Just as he did ir,o
everything-neck or nothing-burn,n.
his bridges behind him, and having no
notion Of ever turning back. The bos,
had never been beaten. What wss,,
gong to do to him when he Learned
the truth about Mrs. Sheila?
On top of this came the still bard.,
knock when / saw that It was nm IA
me to tell him. I remembered all ths
stories I'd ever heard about how III.
most cold-blooded surgeon that ever
lived wouldn't trust himself to stick
knife into member of his own fam.
lily, and 1 knew now Just how tn.
surgeon felt about 1t.
'hi'e "as sun sweating under
the big load MaIsie Ann had dumped
upon me, the night dispatcher's boy
came in with a message. 1t was from
Mr.. Chadwick, and / read 1t with nv
eyes bulging out. This is what 1t said.
ITO G. Norcross, G. NJ,
PORTAL City.
"P. s. l.. Common dropped to thirty.
four today, and banks lending on short
time notes for betterment fund are
getting nervous. Wire from New York
says bondholders are stirring and talk
ing receivership. General opinion in
financial circles leans to idea that new
policy is foregone failure Are you
still sure you can make It win?
Chadwick"
Right on the heels of this. and be-
fore l could get my breath, in came
the boy again with another telegram.
1t was n hot wire from President Dun.
ton. one of series that he had been
shooting In ever since Mr.. NorcrOss
had taken hold and begun firing the
cousins and nephews.
~ VI. NOICTOSS, VI. NJ,
Portal City. RUSH.
"See stock quotations for today.
Your policy is failure. Am advised
you are now fighting Red Tower Stop
1t Immediately and assure Mr.. Hatch
that we are friendly, as we have al.
ways been. If something cannot h
done to lift securities to better figure,
your resignation will be In order.
"DuntOn"
They say that misfortunes never
come singly. Here were two new
griefs hurling themselves in over the
wires all in the same quarter-hour be-
sides the one had up my sleeve. But
there was nu use dallying. II was up
to me to find the boss as quickly as /
could and have the three-cornered sur.
gical operation over with. | knew tne
kilograms wouldn't kill him-or
thought they wouldn't. thought they'd
probably make him take fresh strange
hold on things and be fired-if he had
to be tired-tighting 1t out grimly on Dis
own line. But l wasn't so sure about
the Mrs. Sheila business. That wass
horse of another color
l had just reached for my hat and
was getting ready to snap the electns
off when / heard footsteps in the outer
office. When l looked up, stocky
hard-faced man in derby hat anu
short overcoat was standing In tne
doorway and scowling across at me-
1t was Mr.. Rufus Hatch, and mao
u notion that the hot end of his black
cigar glared at me like baleful reu
eye when he came In and sat down.