The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-23

"You're Not in Politics for Your
Health"
"you're not in politics for your health;
so let's get down to brass tacks. How
much do you want to deny the N. G. o.
not only an extension of that tenn
porary franchise but also permanent
franchise when they apply for it?"
Poundstone rose with great dignity.
Colonel Pennington, sir" he said,
you insult me-"
"Sit down. You've been insulted
that way before now. Shall we say
one thousand dollars per each for your
three good councilmen and true, and
for yourself that sedan of my niece,s?.
It's good car. imagine it will please
Mrs. P. immensely and grant you sur
cease from sorrow. OF course, l will
not give it to you. I'll sell it to you
FIVE hundred down upon the signing of
the agreement, and in lieu of the cash,
I will take over that jitney Mrs.
PoundstOne finds so distasteful. Then
will employ your son, Henry, as the
attorney for the Laguna Grande Lum-
Der company and give him retainer
of twenty-five hundred dollars for one
year. 1 will leave 1t to you to get this
twenty-five hundred dollars from
Henry and pay my niece cash for the
car. Doesn't that strike you as a per-
fectly safe and sane proposition"
,feko Of
before Poundstone, he could not have
been more thrilled. He had been abso-
Iutely honest in his plea to Mrs.
Poundstone that he could not afford a
Observation-Disclosures Sc
dan, much as he longed to oblige her
and gain greatly-to-bedesired peace.
And now the price was dangling before
his eyes, so to speak. At any rate 1t
was parked in the porte-cochere not
fifty feet Distant
For the space Of q minute the mayor
weighed his sons future as corpora
B ton attorney against his own future
as mayor of SeQuoia-and Henry lost.
ut might be arranged, Colonel" he
murmured in a low vOice-the voice OF
shame
at is already arranged" the Colonel
replied cheerfulIy. Leave your jit at
the front gate and drive home in Shir-
ley's car. I'll arrange matters with
her," He laughed shortly. at means,
of course, that I'll have to telegraph
to San Francisco tomorrow and buy
her later model. Thank goodness,
she has birthday tomorrow! Have a
fresh cigar, mayor"
Colonel Pennington had little diff
Guilty in explaining the deal to Shirley.
who was sleepy and not at all inter
ested. The Poundstones had bored her
to extinction, and upon her uncle's as
surance that she would have a new car
within a week, she thanked him and
for the first time retired without offer
ing her cheek for his goodnight kiss.
Shortly thereafter the Colonel sought
his own virtuous couch and prepared
to surrender himself to the first good
sleep in three weeks. He laid the fiat
tering JUNCTION to his soul that Bryce
Cardigan had dealt him a poor hand
from a marked deck and he had played
it exceedingly we'll Lucky / blocked
the young beggar from getting those
rails out Of the Laurel Creek spur" he
unused, cor he'd have had his jump
crossing in overnight-and then where
the devil would have been? Up Salt
creek without a paddle-and all the
courts in ChriStendom would avail me
nothing"
He was doing off, when sound
smote upon his ears. Instantly he was
wide awake, listening intently, his
head cooked on one side. The sound
grew louder; evidently it was ap'
| preaching SeQuoia-and with bound
the Colonel sat up In bed. trembling
in every limb.
/ Suddenly. out of the deep, rumblins
diapasOn he heard sharp click-ther
another and another. He counted
them-six in ALL
"A locomotive and two fiat cars !" ht
murmured. "And they just passed ovel
the switch leading from the mainline
tracks out to my log dump. Tha
means the train is going down Water
street to the switch into Cardigan
yard. By George, they've outwittet
4 mel"
| With the agility Of boy he sprani
into his clothes, raced downstairs, ant
leaped into Mayor Poundstone's jitney
standing In the darkness at the from
gate.
4 TO BE CONTINUED.