, 1922-11-28

~ MAAHAN4 ~ $50 49,
she has foolshly bought on mArgn n.
The criminal tells how he produced
the security for a loan which West
turn over 10 h girl.
Go on With the Story
CHAPTER III
Ths afternoon sun lay on h ter
race Of the gray stone hou7e. where
the big creature. dead TO the middle,
talked from his chair. clearing the
mystery thai a covered his disap
pearance from the world. II was m
extraordinary story. n ! wished &c
get Il. in detail, precisely clear.
cit was felton, I asked. this e x
PLANTATION TO westridge7'
He looked at me in a sort OF won
der.
Sure" he said. 81 made It up"
There wasn't any Of It rue7"
Not a word" he answered. "Dont
you understand?
This was a little am that me an(
God Almighty was settin' UP IN the
side.'+
"'You knew nothing OF the girls
ELLdATHa 1nC luAHk ENNAlta MI "a
10 me-.
That's right" he replied, mot ;
thing, except that her father, a law
Ter in the South. wa dead, and the
small coin was beginning TO mean
somethin-an' OF course the little
game OF this westridge person-it
was a blind pool; nobody in on it but
God Almighty"
] could not forbear a comment.
He seems TO have helped you in
the opening"
The big creature turned heavn,
toward me.
with little westridge." There wa
deep irony in his voice. 81 didn'
need any help to handle him. Tha
was > b C stuff 49, big trouble wa
ahead
with tn. eiriG" the query escape,
me.
NO" he replied. that was my jol
too. You listen. I'm comm to it.
81 looked out for a chance to ge
the girl by herself. an. about -four
O'Clock I got il. There had been !
fog in; IT clearedNa little n she wen
for a walk. She took the path along
she sea toward cromwer's Harbor
and I followed her. She turned aci
whore the path ends at the harbor
and Just before a big house, that
hadn't been opened that season, I met
her.
81 stopped in the path
missile 1 said. could l speak TO
you a minute?'
There was no sham business abou!
her. She was clean and straight and
afraid OF nothin,' like an angel of God
Certainly she said. what is il
sir?'
The big man moved his loose bulk
in the chair.
IT know something about stories.'
he said. eve had TO make 'em up so
a jury would believe 'em, an 1 lone
my best as I limped along by her.
""I amt always been rich, l says
I was down an out in the eighties
an ] was agoin' TO do somethin' thu.
would have ruined me, when by Gods
luck I met Harry in Louisville Q'd
heard the old women call her father
Harry. so I had that much to go on.)
GAL he says, what's the trouble"
az suppose It was in my face. l
was broke down an 1 told him. He
got II all in his head. an then he
patted me on the shoulder. cold
man. he said, "a little money admit
soin' TO do you any good. III git you
sfty thousand dollars an you go out
10 the r~ace-cours this afternoon an
pick a winner
"I tried TO turn It down. I didn't
want to lose his money; 1 didn't
know one horse from another. But
he just laughed and kept patting me
on the back. "A beginner for luck"
he says. where's you nerve, ALI
Well. l picked thai big Dercum colt
that nobody had ever heard OF, a five
to-one shot, an he romped in!'
IL was alimpin' along the seapath.
aproddin' the gravel with my cane an
ataIkin' to my feet. same as If j was
afraid the recollection would get away
with me If l wasn't careful. The girl
didn't say nothin' and I went on.
"Harry wouldn't touch the win
nins; he picked out his fifty thousand
and put me out of the ROOM
II limped on. talking to my feet.
"And 1t saved me two ways. for
the thing 1 was agoin' TO do would
have ruined me-
my voice got down pretty neal in
a VIII sper.
"I never saw Harry after that I
says. until last night
"she stopped quick. an I went on a
step or two.
My father?' she said
ayes l gays. not looking up.
Harry. just as he looked that morn
ing 10 Louisyille-only he was trou-
bled.'
Then I turned on her like I was
maxim a clean breast of It. ! had the
tears startin' and the right choke-up,
an it wasn't all jury dope. / didn't
want that heavenly angel fouled yer
by little westridge. It balled the
heart cut of me.
"Sow, Missile I said. you've got
to help me even this thing up. 1
don't know nothin' about your affairs
y don't want to know. But you've