The Meeker herald., 1922-11-11

thinking Kn<w that vas what would
happen frcn oe start And agains,
the wishes n the person who hired
me for this wuxk. well, I brought
the evidence. Here. take . glimpse
and then throw n away. tear 1t up.
swallow IL. or do anything you want
to with II, just 70 nobody else sees it,
Resdys Look"
He dre== forth Q small visiting card
PsIrcfiiId glanced. Then he looked
snd then he sat up straight In bed
For before him were the engraved
| words:
-y.iAs Anita Natalie RIchmond-
| While across the card was hastily
w.1iten. In a hand dis:inctiveiy feml-
nine:
Mr.. Eairchlid: This is my good
:rIend. He Will help you. There Is
no fee attached. Please destroy.
-Anita Richmond"
| -Eu-but I don't understand"
lyon know NIss-er-the writer Of
this card. don't your
~But why should xhe-r
Mr.. Farrell grinnesl broadly.
Il see you don't Know Miss-the
writer Of this card at all. That's her
! nature. EexIdes-weIl, all she's got
. 10 do with me IL crook her finger and
ri jump through. Fm-none Of your
bust1ess. But, anyway. here l ON"
. FairchiId could not restrain q laugh.
There was something about the man.
about his nervous. yet boyIsh way Of
speaking. about his enthusiasm. that
wiped out suspicion and invited con-
hdence. The owner Of the Blue Pop
~ mine leaned forward.
But you didn't finish your sentence
abOut-the writer Of that card"
you mean-oh-well, there's moth.
Ing to that. I'm In To- with her. Been
In love with her since I've been knee
nigh to = duck. 50 re you. Sos every
other human being that thinks he's
regular man. Sos Maurice Rodaine.
Don't know about the rest Of you
but ! haven't got 4 chance. Don't let
II bother you. Tho problem rixht now
Ii TO get your partner out Of jail. How
much money have you sotT'
.OnIy q little more than two thous-
and"
"Not euoush, Thesen be bonds on
four charges. At the least, they'll be
around q thousand dollars apiece.
Probabilities are that they'll run
sround ten thousand for the bunch.
How about the Blue Poppyf"
"I don't know what IT'S WORTH"
"Neither do ]. Neither does the
\ Judge. Neither does any one else.
Therefore, It's worth ut least ten thous-
and dollars. That'Ii do the trick. I'd
suggest now that you get up. seize your
deeds md accompany me to the palace
Of Justice. Otherwise. that partner
Of yours will have to eat dinner in
4 place called In unidentified language
the hooHegow!"
Soon Fairchiid was dressed and
walked hurriediy up the street with
the voIuble attorney. A haif.hour
more and they were before the court.
FnIrchild. the lawyer and the jsII.worn
Hurry. his musta che nuttering in more
directions than ever.
.Not guilty. Your Honor" said Ran.
doIph p Farrell. "Nsy I ask the ex.
ten, M the handy"
I'll. iud,. adjusted, hIa sIasaes and
studied The information which the dis.
,r,r, attorney b.d laid before him.
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and rho seriousness Of each. i must III
an aggregate bond Of nye thousand
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