The Ordway new era., 1922-12-22
The Cross-Cut
By Courtney Ryley Cooper
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a,s LIE sign. bardwell closed the boo.
and looked out at the dawn. for0,. rs Oook
way through the binding snom 'a
Yes guess Wen find n IL, :.
things In this old book came a, ~, TO- O'
but l think right now tho, ,ha a' @ ,aS
tning any Of US can find ls n ,i.s '
sleep" 10 little
Rest-rest for fve wearled no,...-
nut the rest Of contentment ana suns
Ana late In the afternoon tbroo 80 :.
them were gathered In the o,d.fas,, "
ed parlor of Mother Howard. I'n'O'i ha'i
ing house, waiting for the retnn 1'u y,
thnt dignitary from sudden " m,aa,' VI
upon which Anita Richmond boI ''va s"a.
her. Involving a trip to tho old p,sa r,,
mond mansion. Harry turned aHar @
from his place at the window
THE district attorney 'ad In.
talk with Barnham,r he apporrsst s
"and 'e's figured out a we for |,u oil q,
stockholders In the Silver Queen to 90, s
WHAT'S coming to them. As # IL
they's about 'unnerd thousand s,as,
some'eres." '' 'A0''
Fairchild looked up.
whats the schemeY
TO call n meeting of the stool,
'olders and transfer all that monav
over to special fund to buy Bus
Poppy stock. Wen ave to raise monov
anyway to work the mine like wa
ought to. And 1t d cost sometime
You always ave to underwrlts tbe,
sort of thing. / sort of like # even
II we'd ave to sell stock little he.
low par. It'd keep Ohadi from gqt.
ting n bad name and all that"
Il think so, too" Anita Richmond
laughed. at suits me fine"
Fairchild looked down at her and
smiled.
II guess that's the answer" he said
"Of course that doesn't Include the
Rodaine stock. In other words. We
give a lot of disappointed stock
holders par value for about ninety
cents on the dollar. But Farrell can
look after all that. He's got to have
something to keep him busy as at.
torney for the company
A step on the veranda, and Mother
Howard entered, package under her
arm, which she placed in Anlta's lap.
The girl looked up at the man who
stood beside her.
II promised" she said, 'that I'd
tell you about the Denver road"
He leaned close. Y
THAT Isn't all you promlsed-just
before / left you this morning came
his whispered voice, and Harry, at
the window. doubled In laughter
"Why didn't you speak it all outl'
he gurgled. "I card every word"
Anita's eyes snapped.
"Well, don't guess that's any
worse than me standing behind the
folding doors listening to you and
Mother Howard gushing like a couple
of sick doves!"
"That 'olds me-" announced Harry.
''That 'olds me. I ain't got word to
syew 7
Anita laughed.
"Persons who live in glass houses,
you know. But about this explanation.
I'm going to ask Hypothetical ques-
tion. Suppose you and your family
were In the clutches of persons who
were always trying to get you into
a petition where you'd be more al
their mercy. And suppose an OLD
friend of the family wanted to make
the family a present and called up
from Denver for you to come on
down and get it-not for yourself, OUT
lust to have around In case OF need'
Then suppose you went to Denver
got the valuable present and then
Just as you were getting up speed 10
make the first grade on Lookout you
heard a shot behind You and iooAea
around to see the sheriff coming. anu
II he caught you, it'd mean io' u
worry and the worst kind OF gossip,
and maybe you'd have to 50 10 ;,,.. yaa
for breaking laws and everything Is, 10,
that? In case of that Kind wna'u
you dor -, ,,,.,oa
"Run to beat bloody ell! J! oluf'''
out Harry. aas
"And that's just what sne wv
added Fairchild. II know because
saw her." ...,o
Anita was unwrapping the pacAass -.
"And seeing that l did run ,,av saw
added with laugh. "and 30. ~ a"Ir n
with 1t, who would like to snu.e se.,,s 10
what remains of one beautiful O0''''
Of Manhattan cocktailsT .o,csr
There was not one dissenting '''''
1.-THE end