The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-04-21
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Shaking and Clicked With sobs.
"very WELL bid you good morn
ing"
Don't be in q hurry" Samson an
swered. II have a note Of Eve thou
sand dollars against you. It Ia in
dorsed to me by Henry Brimstead and
I want to collect It,"
II refuse to pay it." Davis promptly
answered.
Then shall have to put it In the
hands of q lawyer" said Samson.
Put it where you like but don't
consume any more Of my time"
But you'll have to hear me say that
don't think you're honest"
II have heard you," Davis answered
calmly.
Samson withdrew and went to the
home Of Mrs. Kelso. He found her
with Bins boy In her lap-a hand
some little lad. then bit over two
years old-at the house on La Sale
street. Samson told Of the failure Of
Bins letter to reach him and Of his
offer to return the money which Da-
vis had paid for their relief.
II don't like the man and don't
want you to be under obligation to
him." said Samson. 1.-THE story Of
Harry's death was false and / think
that he is responsible for 1t. He
wanted her to marry him right away
after that-of course. And she went
to the plague settlement to avoid mar
riage. l know her better than you do.
She has read him right. Her soul has
looked into his soul and it keeps her
away from him." 1
But Mrs. Kelso could believe no
promise to cease depending on his
bounty.
Samson was little dishearten.d by
the visit He went to see John Went
worth, the editor of the Democrat, Of
whose extreme length Mr.. Lincoln had
humorously spoken in his preset ace.
The young New Englander was SEVEN
feet tall. He welcomed the broad
shouldered man from Sangamon cdun-
ty and began at once to question him
about Honest Abe and Steve Doug
las and o. H. Browning and f. D. Ra-
ker and all the able men Of the middle
counties. At the first opportunity
call-the mischievous lie regarding
Harry's death which had appeared In
the Democrat. Mr. Wentworth went
to the proofroom and found the manu-
script of the article.
Samson told Of the evil it had
wrought and conveyed his suspicious
to the editor.
"Davis is rather INSCRIPTIONS" said
Wentworth. 1--WE know a lot about
him in this Office"
Samson looked at the article and
presently said: Here is note that
he gave to friend of mine. 1t looks
to me as if the note and the article
We're written by the same hand"
Mr.. Wentworth compared the two
and said. you are right. The same
person wrote them. But. 1t was not
Davis"
When Samson left the office of the
Democrat he had accomplished little
save the confirmation Of his sus
piclons. There was nothing he could
do about it.
He went to Eli Fredenberg. "What
has Davis done to your Samson
asked, recalling where he had met Eli
that morning.
ELI explained that he had borrowed
money from Davis to tide him over the
hard times and was paying II per
cent for 1t.
'Dis morning l get dot letter from
his secretary" he said as he passed
letter to Samson,
1t was demand for payment In
the handwriting of the Brimstead note
and had some effect on this little his
tory. 1t conveyed definite knowledge
of the authorship of malicious false
hood. 1t aroused the anger and SYM
pathy Of Samson Trayl0r. In the con-
ditions then prevailing Eli was I'M
able to get the money. He was In
danger Of losing his business. Sam
son spent the day investigating the
affairs Of the merchant His banker
and others spoke well Of him. He was
said to be man Of character and
credit embarrassed by the unexpected
scarcity of good money. So 1t came
about that. before he left the news
city, Samson bought fourth interest
in the business OF Eli Fredenberg. The
lots he owned were then WORTH less
than when he had bought them, but
his faith in the future of Chicago had
not abated.
He wrote long letter to BIN re-
counting the history of his visit and