The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-22


mind on a matter % business. lior.
ace. II you'll tell mo that you turned
down the proposition because q didn't
lock to you like there was money
IN IL IN curl right up and not say
another word"
at doesn't matter why I turned
Il down. had my reasons"
-lt matters II you're doln' an IN.
,usfice 20 enc Of the finest young
Fellows know.- insisted ,he New
Nsxtan stanchly.
Meaning the convict
'Cali him that II you've a mind 90
Ths Governor pardoned him yestcr.
aay because another man confessed
he 90 tho kuhn for which Dave was
. 4. ~uvictcd. Tho boy was raiiroad-d
~ on false evidence"
|r railroad builder was q fair
Uklhded man. He did not want 20
~ unjust 20 any one. At the same
time be was not ono 90 jump easily
nom one view 90 another.
II noticed something in the papers
akcus . pardon. but didn't know Il
uss eur young oil promoter. There
an other rumors about him too. A
stare robbery. for instance. and a
murder with IL"
Tie and Em Crawford ran down
the rohhers and got tho money back.
one Of the robbers confessed. Dave
hadn't thing 20 do with the hold.
up. There's had gang down ia
that country. Crawford and san
ders have been flghtin' 'em. 80 nat.
a.. taHr ~. =
-pA you say this Sanders ran
down one Of the robbers"
-Yr~-
size didn't ten me that said Ora.
ham thoughtfuiiy. II liked the young
fellow when first saw him. lie
looks quiet and strong: a s-if.reiiant
fellow would be my guess"
you bet he b." West laughed
r~runlscently. 'Lernme tell you how
n first met him" lie told the story
GO how Dave had handled tho stock
shirsnent for him years before
Horace Graham nodded shrewdiy.
&factiy the way had him sized
8 ull I began investigating him
We'll. let's hear the rest. what
more do you know about him"
The Albuquerque man told the
! other Of Dawes conviction. % how
be had educated himself In the pen
nenttary. Of bis return home and
subsequent adventures there.
There's a man hack there In the
Pullman knows him like he was hts
own son. straight man. none bet.
ter IN this Western country" West
ecuciudcd
who is he--
Emerson Crawford OF ne d Bar
Lsxy Y ranch.-
.I.ve heard Of him He's N this
Jackpot company too. isn't he-.'
He's president OF H. IL he says
the company's right. then It's right
Bring hin In TO me-
West reported 20 his friends .
large snil. on his wrinkied face Il
got him roin' south. boys Come
along. Fin. It's up to you now
The big finsneier took one com
pr>hcnsiv- look at Emerson Crnw-
ford and did not need any letter Of
VI Recommendation. A vigorous hon.
eusy SPOKE in the strong hand-grip.
the genial smile. tho level. steady
eye<-
Tel me about this young des-
1erado you gentlemen are trying 10
- off on me- Graham directed.
Crawford told him. He began with
the story OF the time Sanders and
Hart had saved him from the house
OF his enemy into which he had been
betrayed lie related how the boy
had pursued the men who stole his
pinto and the reasoning which had
led him to take Il without process
Of law. He told the true story Of
the killing. Of the young fellows
conviction, Of his attempt TO hold
100 In Denver without conceaiinr
his past. and Of his busy week since
returning to Maiaps
wow about your Jackpot Com,
pany. What do you figure as ths
daily output Of the gusher7" asked
Graham
Don't know. It's a whale cr a
veil. Seems 10 have tapped n rreai
lake Of oil half a mile underground
My driIlcr Burns figures " at from
twenty TO thirty thousand barrels 4
day. cayn't even guess. because
know 30 blamed little about OIL"
1fanatu ipoAru uIA VI tAf Ntn1or
at the rushing landscape and tappes
on the table with his finger.tips alb
sentm.ndedly. Presently no an
nounced n decision crisply.
IF you'H leave your papers her
III look them over and let you know
what IN do. when I'm ready III
I'D McMurray forward 90 you"
An hour later the secretary an
ncunced TO the three men In tn
Pullman the decision Of his chief.
~Nr. Graham has instructed me Z,