The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-26

II, your presence In Ohadi q caused
a few d~fsagreements between them
and-well, You know how wiIlful and
headstrong girls will be. I believe she
has committed a few-er-indiscre-
tfons with you"
That's a lie" Fairchild's temper
got away from him and his fist banged
on the table. That's a lie and you
know 1T"
PARDON me-er-pardon mel I
made use of a word that can have
many meanings, and I am sure that In
using 1t, I didn't place the SAME con-
struction that you did in hearing it.
But let that pass. I apologize. What
i should have said was that, If you
Will pardon me, she used you, as
young women will do. as a foil against
her fiance in a time Of petty quarrel
Ing between them. Is that plainer?"
1t was too plain to Fairchild. It
hurt. But he nodded his head and
the other man went on.
Nov the thing has progressed to a
place where you may be-well-what
n might call the thorn In the side
of their happiness. You are the
other man. as it were, to cause quar-
rels and that sort of thing. And she
feels that she has not done rightly by
you, and, through her friendship and
a desire to see peace all around, be-
lleves She a arrange matters to
suit all concerned. To be plain and
blunt, Mr.. Fairchild, you are not in
an enviable position. I said that 7
had information for you, and I'm 60
Ing to give it. You are trying to work
a mine. That demands capital. You
haven't got it and there is no way for
you to procure 1t. Your partner now
1s accused of four crimes and will 20
to trial on them in the fall. It is al
most certain that he will be convicted
on at least n of the charges. That
would mean that the deeds TO the
mine must remain in Jurisdiction of
the court in lieu of a cash bond while
the case goes to the Supreme court.
Otherwise, you mus yield over your
partner to go to Jail. In either event,
the result would not be satisfactory
For yourself, I dare say that a person
whose father Is supposed to have COM
mitted a murder-not that I say he
did 1t, understand-hardly could es-
tablish sufficient standing to borrow
the money to proceed on an undertake
Ing which requires capital. There
fore, I should say that you were in
somewhat Of a p~redicament. Now >"
q eng wait and then, "p1ease take
thi. as only coming from a spokes-
man: My client is in a position to
use her good Offices to change the
viewpoint of the man who is the chief
witness against your partner. She
also Is in a position to use those same
good offices in another direction, so
that there might lever be a grand
jury investigation Of the finding Of a
certain body or skeleton, or something
of the kind, in your mine-which, II
you will remember, brought about q
very disagreeable situation. And
through her very good connections In
another way, she is able to relieve
you Of all your financial embarrass-
ment n procure for you from q GER
tain Eastern syndicate, the members
of which I am not at liberty to name,
an offer of s2OO,OOO for your mine. All
that Is necessary for you to do is to
say the word"
Fairchild leaned forward.
"And of course" he said caustically,
"the name Of this mysterious feminine
friend must be q secret?"
"Certainly. No mention Of this
transaction u be made to her d.
rectly, or indirectly. Those are my
specific Instructions"
DO you want my answer now?"
AT any time when you have given
the matter sufficient thought"
"That's been accomplished already.
And there's no need of waiting. I want