The Adair County news., 1922-01-24

pHeo.
planned. IF he could run you folks
out, prOntO, and get possession afOre
anybody come along to ask a lot O.
p'inted questions, he stood about one
chance in a dozen to lie out of it
some way. If you-all got killed in the
scrimmage, he'd scatter his men in the
woods and try to make me b'lieve that
you'd got done up trying to run him
Of"
would you have believed him?"
asked, grinning across the table at
Beasley.
at d a-been a question Of Vee-racityl
as the court says; with maybe you
and Hi TwOmbly too dead to testify"
At this, Daddy. who had been eat
ing like a man half-starved, put in
his word.
81 reckon you can't get at them
galOots higher up, Stannie, but if you
don't shove Charley Fullerton just
about as far as the law IL allow, I'm
gOin' to call We a gutter"
At that moment jeanne had just
brought in another heaping Gplate of
the luscious corn cakes, and l was
looking at her when 1 replied.
"We1l see about the showing a bit
later, Daddy. The first thing to do
is to put the old Cinnabar in shape to
shell us out some money. I'm broke,
you know"
When made this admission, Beas-
ley, the last man in the world from
whom help could come, l should have
said looked me squarely in the eyes.
'Stannie BrOughtOn-if that's your
name-yOu amt 50 dad-blamed crazy
as you look and act" he remarked.
Moneys what talks. Are you aitnin
to swing onto this thing with your own
hands?-fOr keeps, mean; not to sell
it out to the first set O. mimi sharpS
that comes along?"
''Sure you said 1t; Pm going to
keep it and work it-after | get out
of the Jail where you're going to
land me for pinching that inspection
car and getting it smashed. Why
else did start out blindfOlded to hunt
for a girl. a horse and dOg?'
He let the latter half of my reply
go without comment; charging it up
to some last lingering remains Of the
craziness, perhaps.
"Well, let's see about where you'd
crack your whip first" he invited.
"That part OF it is easy" | laughed
"What l don't know about the prac-
teal end of the mining job would load
a wagon. I'll pitch out and hunt me
up a real, fOr-sure miner, of course
"Nothin' so awfully crazy about
that" ne granted Then: whats the
matter with Hi TwOmbly, here, fol
your boss miner?"
'NOt a thing in the wide world
except that he can't be because he is
going to be my partner in the deal"
''NOw you're talkin' a whole heaI
like a white man." said the desperate
ish one. Dog goned if I don't b'lievC
you are white! What do you say t.
givin' me a whack at the bossiE
job?"
l took just one little glance at Dad
dy, and the mild blue eyes Said "yes.'
But you've got me under arrest
Mr. Beasley," 1 pointed out, just t.
see what he'd say. "You can't very
well close a business deal with you
prisoner, can you"
skill two r three birds with the ont
rock" he mumbled, examining the
stripped half of his breakfast finishin,
corn cake into his capacious mouth
"I'n chase you down to Angels ant
turn you over to the majesty O. tn,
law-the same bein' by name OLE
Squire Dublin. Then I'll jump m.
job O. sortin' out the bad angels from
amongst the good angels and go GU
and rustic your bail. Time old BIZ
Dubbin's chewin' over the law in sicl
cases made and pervided-like he
bound to do-Pll scrape up a bunch q
men and start 'em up hereaways t
begin on the repairs. How does al
that strike your
If my laugh was bit grim Their
was a warrant for it,
''It strikes me fair in the empt
pocket, my good friend | told hin
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