Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-11

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That time. How'd ye!ls ayer sons
do II? they'll q ks n 1yt ~ nnis
the dogs The sysssS q tAs police
man hIaied. !
.'unIsss ~ stand by First
we've got 10 get hersaMay.ar9mssnS gre
Is some deeen1t plsss where shs'1l ; be
!, n, Mr.; .,l Mu'a ass'l,iy snef fsks'eur sp Aae
p Deos 3 moshSF and home. An
don't, doubt that shs'I pay Her way"
..Then that's settled. VIII you see
Annie. Tim? orshail !?
wen both see her: R1t there's
another thing: WIN ,hs' be safe
there 2" f$s
i'm, sroinN to have : tank With Slim
Jim and try to throw scare into
him. I'll report 70 you what he says"
ho ua where Annia lived. ioos'hs
The girl looked pale ana tired. CLAW
guessed she had slept little. The
memory Of ''slirna Inns snarling face
had stood out in the darkness at the
foot OF Nher bed.
lis this pinch?" she asked TIM
with a pert little tilt t9 her chin,
"Yuh can callsit that, Asnie. Moth.
or wants yuh to come and stay with
us. You're not safe here. That gang
WIN make yuh pay somehow for what
""And If your mother took ma IN
they'd make her pay. You'd maybe
lose your job"
"1'd AND another. I'm think,n, or
ouittin' anyhow"
Il don't think they'd get TIM put
in Clay. "I'm,goin' to see Collins and
have attalk with him."
you can't salve Jim with soft
SOAP"
II heard some one most killed Jerry
Durandr last night" said Annie ab-
face. WAS 1t you Y"
yes" said the Arizonan simply.
ibid you>g the girl?'" .
"They droppedi her to save. them.
selves. My friend found her With a
man ana took her from him."
II hope you did up Jerry riskt!'
cried Annie. a vipdictive flash in her
dark eyes. ~.
in go see how he's feelin';'' said Clay
whimsically. miss Annie, we're wor-
is right anxious for US to get you>to
come and stay awhile with her. She's
honin' to have a LIP girl to mother.
Don't you reckon you can go?"
II wish yuh'd come. Annie"
nose.N
I'm an alley cat you're cferin' to
take in and. feed, Tim Muldpon," she
charged s~uspiciously. .
"Yuh're the girl-my mother loves
He choked on the impulsiye avowal
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sentence awkwardly: 81
The girls face softened. Inside,
she was a river Of tenderness fiowthg
toward the 1rishman. "1'il so to your
mother, Tim, II she really wants me-"
she said almost in a murmuf.;
She found ''sIim" Jim at his stand.
That nashily dressed y0ung crook
eyed him with a dogged and wary
defiance. He had 3ust come from a
call at the bedside Of Jerry Durand,
and he felt a healthy respect for the
man who could do what this light
stepping young fellow had done to
the champion r~ough-houser Of New
York. The story Jerry had told was
of an assault from behind with a.club,
but this Collins did not accept at par.
There were too many bruises on his
sides and cuts on his face to be &C
counted for in any way except by a
hard ~toe-to-toe fight.
"Mo'nin', Mr.. Collins. I left YOU in
a hurry last night and forgot to pay
my bill. What's the damage? % asked
Clay in his gently. ironic drawl.
slim" Jim growled something the
meaning of which was drowned IN an
OATH,
You say 1t was a free ride?f Much
obliged. That's sure fair enough
Clay went on easily. We'll. / didn't
come to talk\to you about that. I've
got other business with you this mon
in'.' SIR,
The chauffeur looked at him sui
lenly and silently.
Suppose we get inside the cab,
where we can talk comfortably" Clay
proposed. It
"slim" Jim stepped into the cab
and sat down. Clay followed, closing
the door.
Have you seen Jerry Durand this
sunny mo'nin'?" asked Lindsay, with
surface a%rniability. N
"Wot's it to you?" demanded COL
Inns.
Not a thing. Nothin' a-tall," agreed
Clay. But it may pc son1ethin' to
You. I'm kinda wohderin' whether
III have to do to you what I did to
hastily. NJ
A strong, sinewy hand fell on his
arm and frightened. slightly twisting
the iesh as the fingers sank deeper.
Collins let out a yell. "'Gawd.
Don't do that. You're KILN me"
Beg yore pardon. An accident. II
get annoyed, I'm liable to hurt with
u meanin' to-" apologized clay.
suavely. TN come right down to
brass lacks, Mr.. Collins. You're
through with Annie Millikan. I'm
Say, wot tells this stun you're
pipin'? Who d. o t'ink~youse are ."
Never Q mind who I am. You'll
keep away from Annie from now on
absolutely. II you bother her-if
anything happens to her-well, you
60 n take a good long look at Du-
sano oeIore you make any mistakes"
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