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have considered the prOprlety OF hdd-
ng an experimental fund to the gift.
As II was. must work out my own
salyation--lf were anxious TO possess
amy Oi that commodity.
think Il was on the fourth day after
Ids arrival that bullerton cornered me
agnin and again II was In the deserted
blacksmith shop.
"WelI. Broughton," ne began abrupt.
ly, seating himself once more upon
the empty dynamite box, 1--WE given
you plenty of time 10 think II over.
Where do you stand nowi"
"I;lrht exactly where did In the
hcslnning." | snapped. II don't want
any -nlnc.fifty- per cent part.
ncrship with you; neither that nor any
other kind"
''All right" he reJoined, brusquely;
I'll call that phase OF II a back mum.
81 and go on to something else I'll
1uy your mine. just rs It stands. water
md nll--and that's what nobody else
would do. you'd better believe"
For how muchf"
"For fifty Thousand dollars-Cash."
"No,' grated. II don't need lit
tie money thnt badly"
FIFTY thousand Isn't little: at
good. safe, investment interest II will
give you IN income OF three thousand
year. And that's more than you're
Getting now out Of what your father
left YOU"
Yen seem to know good bit about
my private affairs" l growled.
"You said mouthful. then. I've
made II my business to find out about
hem. There's nothing much to you,
;rouGhton. when you come right down
30 hrnSs tacks. You had good educa.
Ion. hut you haven't had get-up-and.get
n"urh in you to make any use OF it,"
The less you dig IN my private ga~
den patch, the better we shall get
along" told him.
He was silent for a moment. He
had picked up bit Of iron rod and
was tracing hieroglyphic figures with
II In the dust Of the shop floor. Pres
entity he looked up with q sort Of mock.
ing leer.
Been trying TO carry sentimental
water IN both shoulders, haven't youl
I'm telling you right now, Br0ughton,
it's no use. fled on the little Blue
eyes claim over yonder In Twombly's
cabin long. long time before you ever
saw or heard Of It,"
That remark Of his carried things
over the edge for me.
"See here, Fullerton" said and
suppose ! stuck out my Jaw at him az
people say l do when I'm beginning
to feel ugly. "there are limits, and
Ill pay you the compliment Of assum-
ing that you are not quite born fool.
We are going 10 leave Miss Twombly
out of It; completely and absolutely
out Of it,"
you may but shan't," he grlnned
back at me. "In point OF fact, my
dear fellow, now that come to think
Of II, you'll have to leave her out"
"Not for anything you may say or
do, or leave unsald or undone."
"Yes, you will: and for something
that | may say, And | guess this IL
as good time as any to mention 1t.
Have you forgotten that you have Nd
vertised yourself In this out-of-the-way
corner Of the world rather successful
ly as one Of two things: a pretty
dangerous sort Of lupatic, or-Aa crlm-
nal? Az matter of fact, the rail.
road detectives have been looking high,
low and level for you ever since you
stole that Inspection motor at the An.
gels platform and got Il smashed"
"rwombly knows about that; and
SO does Miss Twombly,".I cut In.
"Thcy wouldn't give you away. of
course; In u certain sense you are
Tw"mbly's gaest, and In another you're
his employer. hut you'll notice that
neither Of these restrictions apply To
me. Now, perhaps, you can understand
just why you are obliged, In ordinary
prudence, to leave the girl out Of 1t
and why ] am not so obliged"
"Mss Twomhly, herself, has the
casting vote on that" Is, what flung
at him.
"Shc has already voted" he said
.cooIly. Then: You're not In the
same, Broughton; you don't hold any.
thing higher than seven-spOt, and
you are. bucklng II. straight nush. Do
fnln Hffr thpttGpnA an1 Nnnig q IA 2
That Is the one live question Of the
moment"
NO"
every we'll; III give you another
day 10 think II over; but I'm warning
you here and now that the price will
shrink. II Is fifty thousand today, say
up to sunset: tomorrow It Will he for
ty thousand"
slid from the anvil and half un.
consciously picked up the blacksmIth's
hand-hummer.
"You go straight to HI" I said ;
Hnd Rt that he left me.
snt down to try once more to think
4 things out To some sort Of an action
focus. should take Bullerton's Ar
{ ty thousand and quit? Common sense
said Yes, spelling II with capital and
underscorInG II for, emphasis. What
! was the use In hanging ont Hadn't
We proved that the mine was undraln'
| able, save, perhaps. ut the enormous
cost NJ driving an undermining tunnel
/ from q lower slope " the mountalni
Then there wss Jeanle. Then, again
there was lisette. Fifty thousand
dollars ut sir per cent would buy her
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