The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-05-05

II reckon ys're right, Hank" he ad-
mitted slowly, his speech heavy and
coarse. mo tsndsrfoot amt goin' ter
make that trail at night. Morn like
" he's aimin' ter COM through the
other way"
"What'1l We do. then-Fids onf"
AFTER q bit: its early Jet. an may.
b It'll do no harm to lie Suiet awhile.
But W Kin light up, an b com
Portable"
He struck . match, holloWing the
flame In his hands. revealing the
bearded face Of q man Of Afty. shad-
owed beneath . soft hat brim. Be-
yood him appeared the obscure out.
line q tie other, q mere smudge. A
nomsnt the two pu6ed away eoutent'
edly. Shelby not venturing to move .
muscle.
Say. Hanisy. I've alters played my
hand the best I knew how. but do
like ter know what The game 10 I'm
playin' at What Do yer know. any.
howr'
Tho other chuckled in his beard,
rustling his fest In the leavss.
"Easier ter ask about than explain.
Hank" he answered slowly. specially
a. there 70 things don't Just cotton
to myself. Mostly I pulled the facts
out Of that Kid Aacklin when he was
drunk. cause hs wanted me to help
him. But It seems he's oaly hired fer
the Job; it's that guy ws'rs waitin' for
who has got the real dops, and Ike
wise the long-gresn."
'Churchill's his name. amt Nr
THAT'S the duAsr: seine big Teller
down East; Virginia, - understand
Judge Cornelius ChurcAill; the
whole story soss . ~ 4 q long
ways back"
He leaned his bead asainst tas tree
trunk behind him. puAans away at
The cigarette between his BEARDED
lips. the dull glow barely tssehing his
face. The younger man leaned for
ward waiting.
SWELL" b. saA impatieatly. that
amt all It Il: what started ~ rump-
~ what's The idea e seealia' IL
gissS Al jvst wAar d ~ ~ ~
Gone iar'
wen, - I Aguss Il wsvs eet b
make eur sw1 medicine. Yss NV hat
eat1t 20 alsag afseo 6aF1-Macklia
an ~ fesr redsr
'surs; thsy hal . veqel With
sar
THAT'S ~ tiekst. a. tAsy WAS
boand for Wolves Aala tAeaght
maybe they'd camp Down hsss. ut
thsy didat-3ust kspe 0svin'. Wen.
that's ons thing yes ~ laid ost hses
for. to get . line - Maekita. TAs
ethsr thing b hat tAis ysss Cornelius
Aurchill u sbest doe alss. IN =
most likely to blew b aloas tAis sane
tran. Il y ny notisa b have . wscd
peivateaike WITH hat gent before Joe
gsts 10 Ain-sssr
Can't ~ that I Do. Haaley. enact.
y. WHAT'S II oil absut-the sirir'
Mostly. I reckon. an . 81 Of Q
salcs q mooey down Dast. This =
bow the KID blew It to me- II seems
an army e6,esr named Cariyn bout
the time the Civil war closed, ran
away with . Rose Churchill down IN
Virginia. and married her. All hs
cared for was the girl. an he never
even knew she was rich. only that her
family objected to him, an that they'd
have to skip ont. I reckon. maybe,
she didn't know II herself At The time.
nor the rest O. the Churchill family,
for they didn't make NO great effort
to find her for some while. Thea.
when they opened Q will. they discev.
cred that most oil the Churchill for
tune had been left to this Rose. and
they naturally becom' mighty inter.
ested. Cornelius, a. undsrstand.
was the brother Of Roses father. an
the property was put in bic hands o.
trustee % behalf q the girl. Maybe
he was Q straight enough guy general.
y speaking. bat he had expected to
est most Of this dough after The gin
skipped out. an was consequently al.
mighty bet. Naturally ~ wanted "a
keep the stun. an' hs didn't make 10
great effort to locate the heireas. By
the time he did learn who she had
married. Rose died. leaving . daush.
ter. BY the terms Of the Will II che
died ehildis~s the entire estate revert.
ed . Cornelius. and be wasn't The
sort . guy to iess that kind o bst."
"An' this soldier never suspected
nothlnsf'
"Not Q thing. He WAS . colonel BY
this time. out at some frontier post.
and left his baby to the care Of some
relatives In the East. There wasn't
no fuss made. an % Churchill sorter
let affairs slide along. He had the use
Of the money. an begun to think
there never weuld b % trouble. OF
course b kept . line % the husband,
bet lost trace Of he kid entirely"
Yer mean the colonel never svsa
know'd he'd married . rich sirir'
80 II seems. ! reckon she didn't
svsa know II. bio Wifi. But after
avhils sems isklins Of the truth must
have reached hin. for hs went East,
and began 10 make inquiries through
Q lawyer. When Churchill heard about
eh0. - ~ aenpnA I e>ekn0 ha'd