The Raymer enterprise., 1922-11-23

he laughed uneasily and pulled again
on the dubious cignr.
I'D say" came finally, that there
isn't any such animal"
But there is. She has" Then he
stopped. as though to cover the slip.
FaIrchild leaned forward.
"SheT
Mr.. Barnham gave the appearance
Of very fiustered man.
MY tongue got away from me: l
shouldn't have said It. really
shouldn't have said II. II she ever
finds It out. It will mean trouble for
me. But truly" and he beamed. "you
are such tough customer to deal with
and so suspicious-no offense meant,
Of course-that really was forced to
It. feel sure she will forgive me"
"Whom do you mean by 'she'r'
Mr.. Barnham smiled In a knowing
manner.
You md I both know" came his
cryptic answer "She Is your one great.
good friend. She thinks n great deal
OF you. and you have done several
things to cause that admiration. Now,
Mr.. Fairchld, coming to the point,
suppose she should point a way out
OF your troubles? In the first place,
you and your partner are In very
great difficulties"
Are WEI" Fairchlld said II sarcas-
tically.
Indeed you are, and there Is no
i. need OF attempting TO conceal the fact.
Your friend. whose name must remain
n secret does not love you-don't ever
think that-but-"
Then he hestated az though 10
watch the effect Oh falrChlld's face.
There WIS none; Robert had masked
H. In time the words went on: "But
she does think enough Of you to want
to make you happy. She has recently
done n thing which gives her great
deal of power In one direction. In an
other. she has connections who pos
sess vast money powers and who nre
looking for an opening here In the
! West. Now" he made church
steeple out Of his fingers and leaned
back In his chair, staring vacuously at
the ceiling, III you will say the word
and do thing which will relieve her
OF great deal OF embarrassment,
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things that life will be very easy for
you hencefofth."
"T'm becoming Interested"
"ln the first place, she Is engaged to
be married TO very fine young man.
You. Of course, may say differently.
and l do not know-I am only taking
her word for It. Buff understand
II, your presence In Ohadl has caused
a few dlsagreements between them
nnd-well you know how willful and
headstrong girls will he. I believe she
has committed Observation-Disclosures.
tons with you"
That's a lie" Fairchild's temper
got away from him and his fist banged
on the table. That's a lie and you
know IT,"
Pardon me-er-pardon me.
made use OF word that can have
many meanings, and am sure that In
using II, | didn't place the same con-
structlon that you did In hearing It.
But let that pass. l apologize. What
| should have said was that, II you
will pardon me, she used you, as
young women will do, as a foil against
her tiance In time OF petty quarrel
Ing between them. Is that plainer"
II was too plain to FairchIld. II
hurt. But he nodded his head and
the other man went on.
Now the thing has progressed to a
place where you may be-well-wha,
one might call the thorn In the side
Of their happiness. You are the
other man. as It were, to cause quar-
rels and that sort Of thing. And She
feels that she has not done rightly BY
you. and, through her friendship ant
a desire to see peace all around, be
lieves she can arrange matters to
suit all concerned. To be plain ant
blunt, Mr.. Fairchlld, you are not Ii
an envlable position. said that
had information for you, and I'm go
Ing to give 1t. You are trying to worl
a mine. That demands capital. Yor
haven't got II and there is no way fol
you to procure It. Your partner nov
Is accused Of four crimes and will e
to trial on them In the fan. 1t Is al
most certain that he will be convicted
on at least one Of the charges. Tha
would mean that the deeds to thu
mine mus rawn'n In Jurisdiction Of
the court IL lieu OF a cash bond Will,
the case goes TO the Supreme court
Otherwise, you must yield over YOU
partner to go TO Jail. III either event
the result would MOI be satisfactory
) For yourself. dare say that q person
whose father Is supposed TO have com
mitted a murder-not that | say hi
did It, understand-hardly could es
tabllsh sufficient standing to borrow
the money to proceed on an undertak
Ing which requires capital. There
fore, I should say that you were Ii
somewhat Of a predlcament. Now
a long wait and then. ''please take
this as only coming from n spokes
J man: My client is in opposition II
use her good Offices to change tn,
viewpoint Of the man whois the chic