Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-30

YOU Oh tnat point, sun. You TOOK
Mlsteh Ripley's opinion. Maybe the
cou'ts will hold with you, but. candid.
II. Graham. ! doubt itdoubt 1t right
much" 3 B,
The boss didn't. seem to be much
scared up over the doubt. He just
smiled and said we'd be likely to find
out whh. was 10 the wind, and that
before very cong. Then he spoke of
Hatch's afternoon call at our Offices.
and mentioned the fact that the Red
Tower president would probably try
again. later In the evening.
The major let the business matter
drop, and he. was working his way
patiently through the salad course
when he looked up to say:
WAS there anything in youth trip
to Strathcona to warrant Sheila's lit
tie tie t t., dangeh signal. Ora
(, Nothing worth mentioning" said
the boss. without turning hair; do
ing It. as made sure, because he
didn't want Mrs. Sheila to be. mixed
up In the plotting business, even by
Implication, !.
The major didn't press the inquiry
any farther, and when he spoke again
II was Of an entirely different matter.
Away along in the beginning, some
body-I think It was John Chadwick
spoke of you as a man with a sawt
OF raw-head- land bloody bones tempeh,
Graham: what have you done with
that tempeh in these heah latch
days9" I'll
The boss smile was good-natured
grin. r
Temper is not always matter Of
temperament, major. Sometimes 1t is
only means to an end. Much Of my
experience has been in the construc-t
tton camps. where I have had to deal
with men in the raw. Just the same,
there have been moments within the
past six months when I have been
sorely tempted to burn the wires with
q few choice words Of the short and
ugly variety and throw up my job.
(which. as you may. say brings us
around to President Dunton." put In
the old lawyer shrewdly. HE is still
opposing you'll, polictes?" s
Up to "a few weeks ago he was
still bounding me to do something that
would boost the stock. regardless of
what the something should be. or Of
its effect upon the permanent value Of
the property" N 4.
did I understand you to say that
these Neutrality-suspicious. from Dunton
had stopped y the major inquired.
Temporarily. at least. haven't
heard anything from New York-not
| lately"
Then Dunton's nephew hasn't made
himself known to yon7''
Colllngwood, Hardly. I'm not In
Mr.. HOWE Collingwood's set-which Is
one OF the things have to be thank
full for. But this Is news: / didn't
know he was out here, s;
The news-giver bent his head grave
" in confirmation Of the fact.
Hes heah. Pm sorry to say, Ora
ham. He has been slieah quite some
little time. vibratin' round with the
Grigsbys and the Gann0ns and a lot
mo, Of the new-rich people up at the.
capital ffsa.
Il was the boss turn to ga, silent;
and could guess pretty we'll what he
was thinking. The presence Of Presi-.
dent Dunton's nephew In the West
might mean much or nothing But I
could Imagine the boss was thinking
that his own single experience with
Collingwood was enough to make him
wish that the ephew OF Big Money
would stay where he belong tnong
the high-rollers and spenders Of his
own setsin the effetes East. 4 s;ss
II can't quite get the proper slant
on men Of the Collingwo0d type !, he
remarked. after the pause. ..The only
time / ever saw him was on the night
before the directors. meeting last
spring. He was here with his uncle's
party I'm the special train, and that:
night at the Billiard he had been drink,
Ing too much and made braying ass
NJ himself. had to knock him silly.
before could get him up to his room. =
You did that, Graham for a
stranger r. "a "a S,a,
Il did It for the comfort Of ali con-
cerned. ~ n say. he was making an:
ass Of himself. !,
& There was smother break. and then
the major looked M witt, little
frOwn. ISL 81 Il:
Il ..rhat was befo' 81 you had met
/ Sheila Z. he asked. though fully. :;