Gunnison news-champion., 1922-02-03

-Fu- how mBChE-
For nifty thousand dollars-cash.-
No" grated I don't need lit
lie money that badly"
-FIfty thousand isn't a little: at a
good, safe. investment interest II viii
give sou an Income 0f three thousand
year. And that's more than you're
getting nuR out OF what your father
left you
You seem to know a good Bit about
my private Affairs" growled-
You said a m"uthfuL. then. I've
made IL 9 business 10 find our about
rhsIn There's nothing much TO you
Brou=hj"H. when you come right down
20 brass racks Yoa had good educa-
ri0n. bui you haven't had set-up and get
enough Ia you to make any use Of it,
The less you Dig ln my 'rrigrrr =ar
den patch. the better w- shall -.
along ! tod him.
He Vas silent FOR a moment. He
had picked up a bit Of iron rod and
was tracing hiercgiyphic figures with
II In the dust Of the shop floor. Pres
emily he looked Up with Il sort Of mock
Ing i-.r
Been trying to carry sentimental
water on both shoulders. haven't youi
I'm telling you right now. Broushton.
MS no use. / filed on the little Blue
eyes claim over yonder In Twombly's
cabin long. long time before you ever
saw or heard Of it,"
That remark OF his carried things
over the edge FOR me
See here, Bullerton." ! said. and
SUPPOSED stuck out my jaw AT him as
people say ! do when I'm beginning
10 feel ugly. there are limits. and
III pay you the compliment Of assum.
ing that you are not quite born fool.
We are going TO leave Miss Twombiy
out Of II; completely and absolutely
oct % IT,"
You may; but shant," he grinned
back at me. In point Of fact. my
dear fellow. now that come to think
Of It, yuu1l have to leave her out
Not for anything you may say or
DO. or leave unsald or undone"
Yes, you will: and for something
that may say. And / guess this Is
a. good time as any TO mention II.
Have you forgotten that you have hd-
yertised yourself In this out-of. .the-way
corner Of the world rather successful.
y as one Of two things: pretty
dangerous sort of lunatiC. ora Grim.
lnal1 As a matter OF fact, the rail
a .NHH-
low and level for you ever since you
stole that Inspection motor AT the An
gels platform ami got It smashed"
'Twombiy knows about that: and
SO does Miss Twombly." ! cut In.
They wouldn't give you away. of
course; 10 certain sense you are
Twombly's guest, and In another you're
his employer. But youT Notice that
neither OF these restrictions apply 10
m. Now. perhaps, sou can understand
just why you are obliged. In ordinary
prudence. to leave the Girl out OF it
and why am no, 81 obliged
Miss TwoInbly, herself, has the
ut him.
''Shc has already voted" he said
coolly. Then: You're not in the
game. Broushton: you don't hold any
thing higher than n seyen-spot. and
you are bucEing a straight flush. Do
you take fifty thousand and vanish;
That is the one live question of the
moment"
mo"
VERY well: I'll give you another
day to think IL over: but I'm warning
you here and now that the price will
shrink. II Is fifty thousand today. say
up TO sunset: tomorrow II will be for
ty thousand"
slid from the anvil and half un.
consciously picked up the blacksmith's
hand-hammer.
"You go straight to hi" l said /;
and at that he left me.
sat down to try once more to think
things out to some sort Of an action
focus. Should take Bullerton's If
ty thousand and quit? Common sense
said Yes. spelling 1t with a capital and
underscorins II for emphasis What
was the use In hanging on7 Hadn't
we proved that the mine was undrain-
able, save. perhaps. at the enormous
cost Of driving an undermining tunnel
from lower slope of the mountain
Then there was Jeanie Then. again.
there was Lisette. Fifty thousand
dollars at six per cent would buy ner
hats-but II wouldn't buy much else.
l could picture the calm and collected
way in which she would say, Yes,
Stannie: you've succeeded nicely In
financing the hats. But you know as
well as do that we couldn't buy hats
and keep car on three thousand
year"
had just climbed down to this bot
tom round OF the ladder Of detection
when ! heard a bit OF noise and looked
up to see n small, trim figure darken.
Ing the enEine-roon door. Then
voice that would have recognized In