Licking Valley courier., 1922-01-12
Iuaint slbstltutes Eof pfofanIty.

claimed; til be tling.swiEzled II I |,
don't believe you've struck the true |
lead Stannie, my son! Ii you have,
here's what f0llers: Charley Buller,
tons hsre 10 do the dickerln' fer that
aane old high.bindin' Cinnabar gutst
that ola your gran'paw UP. They seld
for half a minion r 20 and now they're
wtllin' to buy back fer thirty or forty
or nfty thousand. by JeEebel! Just
knew that siick-tongued rooster was !
tryin' to work some aikin game!"
"Yet he 10 going to marry your
daughter" / put In srimly.
At this the old man tsrned rlse,my.
serious In, the batting sf an;eys. draw
ing his meuth dswn at the eofnsr and
smoking hard at. the vtpe which haa
lsns since buFnsd cut. . a
'sfhats hesa a-pipchin' me irfA Q
tight boot. StapnIe.- he admitted. az
you'd est mp sfsrs hs GENE, ra e.
told you Ehe hadn't . peSSpe1 q Ass
fnr thas ern-dnmmsd b,sWhafl. But
Just yea lsok Is the Hsys thipap are
stacAin' % nswi Ms's saSspia, .rspna
her niehW near I'll the WhelS tlma
and she hatnt nsFsR sRes :s1ve, NJ he
wtnk to send him a-kitin'. 1ks Tn
ftchin' toi" .'.'i
He toaa me to losk. ! hea bsAA lpss.
Ing upsil ny eyes acAeA. gAN hkl-
cations were all one WAY. tens sf
them; with enly enc ttfla inDsfstvs
ktHs to put In the OtAsr pan 81 the
scale ! dtdAt tell Daddy sheatA ne
kiss; bat did tell him that @SAnfs
had told me not to sell the Cinnabsr.
"Soi' he cummented. hveniAG up Z
little. THAT brings en- more talk.
Reckon yen can make eat to hang ents
the old cows tail fer spell lengprgn
I took time to consider my anbwef.
i've been wondering II. all thinga
given their due footing, It were worth
while to hang on, Daddy. As matters
stand now. Bullerten 70 stuck unless
sell out to him. II should take my
foot In my hand and walk cut! he'd
be left up In the air. But. On The eth
er hand, there's Jeahie. II ahe's ~
Ing to marry Bullerton, why, that's Q
horse Of another color. I'm not enough
Of . deg-in-the-mahges to bite hsF n6aA
OF to spite Builertop's face."
"Um." was the grunted respsnss.
Then. with q aide swipe that wasn't
looking for: Charley Bullertea's bean
hintin' 'reuad that you're tied up v1tA
q girl back East. Is that so7---SR u Il
en'y another one o. his frtlIy lissr"
l laughed. =
II wish knew. Daddy IA sure tel
you II I would anybody. We were
really ensaged--the back East gil and
I; but I dent tAink We are nov. and
I don't think she thinks %. Anyway.
she called 1t al on when we found out
--or thought we found out-that my
grandfather hadn't left me anything
In his will. She's like Jeanne says she
Ia. you know, she's got to marry
money"
| aJus So" he said, with q rathss
grim CLINT In the mild blue eyes. "All
the same, II you had. the old Cinnabai
In slap-up workin' order. reckon yeu't
have to 20 back yonder and MARI,
her, wouldn't YEP
'Td be In honor bound to offer to
anyway" - sy
@That don't sound much like you wal
\ carin' a whole lot for her" he oh
jected gravely.
despaired In advance Of maxim,
him understand the lack Of 4sentimen
In the case, or the viewpoint from
which any such condition could be con
sidered as a human possibility. HI
was much too simple-hearted. SO
got rid Of the Llsette obstacle. 81 60
around II, as best ! could
''She has been fres fer several week.
now: In all probability she 10 wearin
some othpf fellows ring By, this time
But about the Clnnabar:. assumin
that ny string Of guesses. is hitehs
up 20 the true state Of affairh whs
would you advise me 10 dor Hhal
] hang sn--vith no prospect. that
can see, Of getting anywhere % n
own hoekf Or shall sell cut - Bal
isfton and thus let your daushtsf Y
for q uife's share sf . pessibls far
tuneF s
.0osh-ail-hemlocki" he sputtsred
when yeu line II up that-avay.
reckon siR't the man teltsll yeu wha
to DOR Then, - upss a second Anl
belstsd thought: "Sesnia gays fen 10,
net to ssiii II she said nat to ne. n
!. hang on IA the csus csnas bona
vsaia sei' q
I GOT us ana knsekeA 90 ashs frss
ny pipA y
-And that, Daddy, b pssctssly vha
TN geinG 70 d." I ssid; and ne say
Ing Of Il snded the csufiFsaes b th'
absndesed tnnnslssf the Little ysas
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