The Bossier banner., 1922-06-08

RS all right when we get there, and
we've only few measly hundred doa-
lars along. we'll want to kick our.
selves all the way home. Lots OF fei.
lows are making big money just be
cause they had some capital to work
with, and why shouldn't we do It. toO2
Couldn't you fix II some way to get the
money without coming back. If every
thing looks all right? That'd save
time and expense, too"
There's something In that. There's
time to see Bradshaw yet before the
train comes. Wen kind O leave It
standin' in his hands,"
They made a hurried call on Brad-
shaw, and asked him to be on the look
out for buyer for the farm.
"Mind, I'm not actu'Ily putin IT up
for sale," Harris cautioned him, but
/ want you to keep your eve open for
q buyer. Forty thousand dollars takes
the whole thing as a .goin' concern, an
the more cash the better. Get line
on the buyer II you can, and If ! send
you word to sell, you sell, and If l
don't send you word, don't do anythin'.
You understand"
The lawyer wrote something on q
sheet Of paper. "This Is power of at
torney. which will enable me to COM
plete the documents without the delay
of sending them to you, II you should
70 coil kr ,lofn t11, ,stsic q
signed the paper. and Allan witnessed
1t.
With this understanding the jour-
ney westward was undertaken, and
completed without event of impor-
tance.
Riles met them on the station plat
form. He had met every train for q
week. as it had been agreed that it
would be better that the Harisses
should not visit Gardeners ranch until
plans were more fully developed. Jim
was still there, and Gardiner Insisted
. that Jim should not meet Harris at
present. He allowed Riles to think
that he feared trouble If former EN-
ployer and employee should meet; as
a matter of fact. he feared that If their
coal mine proposition should reach the
ears of Travers the young man would
attempt to tlissuade Harris from hav-
ing anything to do with it, or at least
would urge a fuller investigation than
might be desirable. Besides, he meant
to make of Trayers an unwilling party
to the affair.
Riles, In overalls and shirt-sleeves,
leaned against the iron rail at the back
of the station platform. his big hands
stuffed in the bnlging band of his
trousers. and his under-jaw busy with
an ample ration of tobacco. He
watched the passengers alighting from
the train with little interest; he had
no particular expectation Of meeting
Harris on this occasion, and, If the
truth be told. he had little desire to
meet him. Riles had no pangs of con-
science over his part in the plot
against his old neighbor. but he had
! an uneasy feeling of cowardice. When
suddenly his eye fell on Harris and his
| big. stranping son, his first impulse
! was to slip away in the crowd before
they should notice him. But It was
only for moment the next. Harris
was calling. 10. Hiram" and the two
were shaking hands as old friends met
in a far country.
"Didja get my letter.? asked Rifles,
Ignoring the commonplaces with which
1t was their custom to Introduce any
important topic. "Didja Sell the
| farm p
81 got the letter, Hiram. but didn't
sell the farm. Thought we'd just have
| a look over this coal mine before goin'
into the business altogether"
"H-s-h Throttle your voice down.
| This place is full of men on the look
out for soinethins like that, an you
can't keep it too dark until It's all
settled"
"Weli ain't we going to put up
somewhere?" said Allan breaking the
silence that followed Riles' warning.