Graham guardian., 1922-01-20
CHAPTER TX.
To Fish or Cut Bait.

To Fish or Cut Bait
II Is notlEng short Of wonderful how
the soureSt crouch can sometimes be
banished by single word. That word
"Stannie," you know; she had never
called me that before; though her
father had been using the familiar han.
die, western-wise, right along, almost
from the day landed ON the Cinnabai
reservation.
Eyes" l said. and jumped up and
went to her.
"Did you ever hear of such thing
as bear with sore headr she
asked. in the tone Of Il srh0olma'am
asking the dull boy If he'd ever heard
of the letter "a"
"Often," | admitted.
'Well, isn't that the way you've been
actingT"
Haven't some little causeT
Maybe, Of course, I'm willing to
make some allowances. II does seem
provoking that your grandfather
should have left things in such
dreadful muddle."
How much do you know about the
muddle" | asked.
II know that old Mr.. Dudley let,
or partly let. a contract for the drain
Ing of the mine, to man who was
almost total stranger to him"
saw how IL was. Bullerton, always
IL ia, Tn thnn cfnrl. TiU In tn
bleed. had been giving her his own
version of things. But let that part
OF II go.
"Grandfather Jasper was laborlng
for the good of my soul. He knew his
medium US the artists say. He
wanted to make me work--Somethlng
that nobody else has ever been able
to do"
Don't you like TO wOrl?"
"Why.e-c, l guess I'm like other folk
i'll that respect, ! don't mind working
If can pick my joh-and my COM
puny. I've been having q bully good
time hammerlng around this old bunch
of junk with your father. Or | was
having one until Satan came ALSO"
Meaning Mr.. BullcrtOn?"
quite so; meaning Mr.. BullertOn,
chriStened Charles"
Ought | to stay here and listen II
you're going to say things about hlm?"
Not ii YOU are going to marry him,
you shouldn't"
well, why shouldn't | marry him
il | want to? Hasn't he plenty Of
money? And haven't told you that
I'd marry for money!"
"Humph y said !; "when you talk
that way You are saying out loud just
what l.isette says to herself--only you
don't mean it and she does. But tell
me how did you get permission to
come over here and tnlk with meT
"Whosc misSiOn-Daddy's"
No; BulIerton's, of course"
IL don't have to ask it-yet."
mot yet, but sO0n," grlnned. "All
things come to hIm-Or her-whO
waits. Just the same, you shouldn't
have come. It's cruelty to animals
After man has Travelled thousands OF
In the universe, only to find himself
elbOwed by brOwn-whiskered jeet--"
"IIuShr she Chlded. cant you
ever he serious? You are not sitting
at SnyhOdy's feet. What are you 20.
ing to do about the miner"
"BullertOn offered to unwater the
| Cinnabar II I'd deed him bit more
| than half interest-Hnd possibly he'd
| still he willing to do that, which would
| mean that he'd form stock company
| aud freeze me out completely when
| he got good and ready"
"And what is the other way2'
"he offers to buy the mine outright,
| Just as It stands, for fifty thousand
| dollars"
"But your grandfather paid nearly
half a million for II, didn't he?'
| "Even so. But, you see, In the pres
cnt scrap I'm the under dog. The man
| you are going TO marry has none OF the
| nice little scruples IN business trans
! uctlOn--lf youll permit me to go that
| far. lie even threatens TO turn me
over 70 the authorities for stealing
that inspection cur and getting 1t
| smashed"
"Oh, | don't believe he'd do that -
she deprecated.
at Is perfectly right and proper
that YOU shouldn't think sO--ln the
circumstances. Just the same, yUu'll
| pardon me # ! say that I'm swearing
continuously and prayerfully at the
circumstances
"You don't want me to marry money
and have good clothes and all the other
uIcc things, and travel and see the
world, and slI thatT"
"No, by Jove! want you to marry
me-"