The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-11-23

ana sank Dack INTO ms CnalT. flnhlly |
he laughed uneasily ard puffed again |
on the dubious cigar.
"Td say" came finally. shat there !
isn't any such animal"
"But there Is. She has" Then he
stopped, as though to cover the slip
Falrchild leaned forward.
"SheT
Mr.. Barnham gave the appearance
Of very flustered man.
"My tongue got away from me; l
shouldn't have said 1t. I really
shouldn't have said 1t. II she ever
finds 1t out, 1t 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
II. feel sure she will forgive me-"
"Whom do you mean by 'she'T'
Mr.. Barnham smiled in a knowing
manner.
"You and / both know" came his
cryptic answer. "She Is your one great
good friend. She thinks a great deal
of you, and you have done several
|
Mr.. Falrchild coming to the point,
suppose she should point way out
of your troubles7 In the first place,
you and your partner are in very
great difficulties"
"Are we?" Falrchlld said 1t sarcas-
tically.
Indeed you are and there is no
| % nNN 20, hA 70 ~
Your friend, whose name must remain
a secret, does not love you-don't ever
think that-but-"
Then he hesltated as though to
watch the effect on Fairchild's face.
There was none; Robert had masked
It, In time the words went on: "But
she does think enough of you to want
to make you happy. She has recently
done a thing which gives her a great
deal of power In one direction. In an
other, she has connections who pos
sess vast money powers and who are
looking for an opening here In the
West. Now" he made a church
steeple out of his fingers and leaned
back in his chair staring vacuousl at
the ceiling. "if you will say the VOID
and do a thing which will relieve aer
of a great deal of embarrassment,
am sure that she can so arrange
things that life will be very easy for
you henceforth."
"Tm becoming interested"
''In the first place, she Is engaged to
be married to very fine young man.
| Of la,
and / do not know--I am only taking
her word for II. Buff | understand
II, your presence in Ohadi has caused
a few disagreements between then
and-well, you know how willful and
headstrong girls will be. believe she
has committed few-er-indlscre
tlOns with you"
| That's lie" Falrchild's temper
| got away from him and his fist banged
| on the table. That's lie and yol
| know II I"
pardon me-er-pardon mel
| made use of a word that can hav,
| many meanings, and l am sure that :,
| using 1t, didn't place the same con
| struction that you did In hearing II
| But let that pass. apologize. Wha
i should have said was that, If yol
| will pardon me, she used you, a
Il young women will do, as foil agains
II her fiance In time of petty quarrel
i ing between them. Is that plainer?"
1t was too plain to FaIrchld. /
hurt. But he nodded his head an
the other man went on.
D Now the thing has progressed to
place where you may be-well--wha
y one might call the thorn In the sid
: OF their happiness. You are tn
other man. as 1t were, to cause quar-
rels and that sort of thing. And sh
feels that she has not done rightly b
you, and, through her friendship an
i a desire to see peace all around, bt
lleyes she can arrange matters {,
i suit all concerned. To be plain an
J. blunt, Mr.. Falrchild, you are not 1
o an enviable position. l said that
u had information for you, and I'm e
= Ing to give II. You are trying to wor
u mine. That demands capital Yo
V haven't got II and there Is no way fo
you to procure II. Your partner mo-
ls SCCuseu VI lOuT CTlineS ana VIII
l to trial on them in the fall. II is a
n most certain that he will be convicte
u on at least one of the charges. This
e would mean that the deeds to tn
II mine must remain in jurisdiction {
the court in lieu of cash bond Will
N the case goes to the Supreme cour
Otherwise. you must yield over you
g partner to go to jail. In either even
I. the result would not be satlsfactor
Ie For yourself dare say that persO
g whose father is supposed to have con
s. mitted murder-not that / say /
T. did It, Internationally could e
tabllsh sufficient standing to borro
lt the money to proceed on an undertal
e, ing which requires capital. Their
at fore. ! should say that you were
n somewhat Of a predicament. Now
a long wait and then, please tai
m this as only coming from a spoke
ne man: My client is in a position