The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-05-12
CHAPTER V
e...n Came Also

And Satan Came .',I ALSO t..., +,o
ras the way the Red Tower
N began on me, and his voice
4. = Straight back to the Oregon
nd q lumber camp where the
tn asre at work. ""here IS
kaeross'' , .os
IN him that Mr.. Norcross was
L, and that I didn't suppose ne
come back to the Office again
l,tsbt, now that it was so late:
|, name is Hatch, Of the Red
\ company" he grated AFTER err. a
E,m two. "You're the one they
fads aren't your |
lated It, and he went on
nss brought you here with
tn the West, didn't he? What
rpu getting here''
\, On the tip Of my tongue to
Nh out right there and then
A him 1t was none Of his bust
M the second thought (Which
,h,ys as good as it's said to
lpred to me to lead him on
= low far he would 90. so
mthe figures Of my pay check
D.edlng another shorthand
mil can afford to pay a good
n than that" he growled.
i'll me you ore we'll up at the
pur trade. Are you open to an
Nh have 1t straight then. mot
y4s ! said.
yby not from me?"
M where | made my first
IL All Of a sudden l got so
Il the thought that he was &C.
ning to buy me that l couldn't
Aing but red, and l blurted
uuse | don't hire out to work
y strong-arm outtit-not If l
tr
4 little while he sat blinking
MON under bis bushy eyebrows,
II hard mouth was drawn into
Nit line with a mean little
n coming and going at the cor
1n.
ID he got ready to speak again
v "You're only a boy. You want
Il on In the world, don't you!
offering you a good chance: the
you ever had. You don't owe
fross anything more than your
| Do you''
Maybe not"
that's better. Put on your hat
come along with me. l want to
Jou what ! can do for you in a
! field than railroading ever was
~ will be. It'll pay you" and
nned a figure that very nearly
ne fall dead out Of my chair.
ssusse, II was all plain enough
had him on the hip with that
NJ business, with me for q
And be was trying to fix the
ness we needn't beat about the
es any longer, Nj. Hatch" l said
= g up to him. II haven't tolt
nerif, or anybody but Mr.. Nor
what ] know about a certain
taln hold-up that happened {
eks ago down at Sand Creel
but that isn't saying that In
~ to.a
Ahd had the sense of a fiel(
might have known that
match for such a man; bu
tae sense-lacked 1t good ant
like your boss" he SAIL
You'd 90 a long distance on
~ to make an enemy whel
g need Of 1t. That hold-u]
xas a joke, from start t.
don't know how you and Nor
= to get in on it; the jok
q TO be on John Chadwick
oefore, at a little dinner W
Y him at the railroad cluf
mere never was a railroa
nat couldn't have been stoo
~ Of US got together after
put up a Job on him; sen
. Strathcona and arrange
held up on the way back.
aadwick didn't take 1t as
ntorted.
hs didn't; and that's VIII
anSious now to dig a hOl
thing decently. Perhar
been taking a drop to
y club dinner that night
m \ swelled up man.size an
whole kettle Of fat int
It was a joke!" l Ri
And your coming here t
y hire me away from NJ
= another. The woods al
IA sacfthand men, Mr.. Hate
M present / think I sha
Where I anywhere a cou
can find me when l.
~ nonsense, and you kno
g not too much Of a kid
ning' he snapped, shootil
" Jaw at me. II mere
give you a chance to 6
iailroad collar, if you II
like a fighting man; al
nerve. Take a night al
y Maybe you'll think d
y the morning."
~ another chance for me
z whole skin, but by Il
completely lost to a
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