The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-17

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his enmity openly, but it was some
thing more to make him the instrrl-
ment Of helping them with their work.
Harry looked down the hole, stared
intently at nothing, then turned to the
rusty hoist. s@> @e.& Et
"'Ere's the thing we've got to AZ
up now. This ERE chiv wheels all
! ont of gear" rs.
"What makes your face 90 re1l2''
Fairchild asked the question as the
be-mustached visage Of Harry came
nearer to the carbide. Harry looked
up. '..t r. ,a...., %t5 x - r.
Mother 'Oward almost slapped 1t
of =, came his rueful answer. ''For
not telling 'er what I was going to do,
and letting 'er think got drownded.
But 'ow was to known" IA .*~'. S'>E
Fairchild absently examined the en-
gines and pumps, supplying water to
the radiators and filing an oil cup
or two. Then he turned swiftly, voic-
Ing that which was uppermost in his
| mind. ~ 'H| j.. ,HH,-t 5,,-
"when you were here before, Harry,
did you know Judge Richmond?'
"Yeh." Harry paved his mustache
and made a greasy. black mark on his
face. But I don't think want to
know i'm now"
"Why not?"
"'E's mixed up with the Rodaines.' -
"How much?'
"They own 'im-that's ALL"
There was silence for a moment It
had been something which Fairchild
had not expected. II the Rodaines
| owned Judge Richmond, how far did
that ownership extend? After a long
| time, he forced himself to a statement.
II know his daughter. She sold me
| a ticket to q Dance" Fairchild care
fully forgot the earlier meeting.
"Then we've happened to meet several
times after that. She said that her
! father had told her about met
seems he used to be friend Of my
own father"
Harry nodded.
$50 e was. And a good friend. But
that was before things 'appened-like
they've 'appened in the last ten years.
Not that know about it Of my own
knowledge. But Mother 'Oward-she
knows lot"
But what's caused the changer
What-f' ...
Harry's intent gaze stopped him.
"'Ow many times ave you seen
Judge Richmond?'
| bn~ ox,nn ~onn hin,
"You won't-if Mother 'Oward
knows anything. e amt able to get
out. Els sick-apoplexy-a stroke.
Rodaine's taken advantage Of it."
"How?"
"'Ow does anybody take advantage
Of somebody that's sick? 'Ow does
anybody get old on q person?
Through money! Judge Richmond
'ad lot of it. Then e got sick. Ro-
dame, e got old Of that money. Now
Judge Richmond as to ask i'm for
every penny he gets-and e does what
Rodaine says
"But a Judge"
Judges is like anybody else when
they're bedridden and only 'arf their
faculties working. The girl, so Mother
'Oward tells me, Is about twenty now.
That made 'er just little kid, and
motherless, when Rodaine got In is
work. She amt got a thing to sye.
And she loves 'er father. If e don't
die pretty soon, you'll see a wedding"
"You mean-7"
"She'll be Mrs. Maurice Rodaine.
She loves 'er father enough to do It
after 'er Wills broken"
Again Robert Fairchild filed an oil
cup, again he tinkered about the
pumps. Then he Strengthened.
"How are we going to work this
mine?" he asked shortly. Harry stared
at him.
"'Ow should know You own it r
II don't mean that way. We were
fifty-ffty from the minute you showed
up. There never has been any other
thought in my mind"
"Fifty-hfty? You're making me a
bloated capitalism
II hope / will. Or rather, I hope
that you'll make such a thing possible
for both of US. But I was talking
about something else; are we going to
work hard and tight It out day and
night for awhile until we can get
things clear, or ara we Just going at it
by easy stages7"
/ Suppose" answered Harry after a
communication with his magic mus
tache. that we 30 dye and night til
We get the water out? It won't be
long. Then wen ave to work to-
gether. You'll need my vast store of
learning and enlightenment" he
grinned.
"Good. But the pumping will last
through tomorrow night. Can you
take the night trickT'
| "Sure. But whyf'
II want to 60 to that dance!"
Harry whistled. Harry's big lips
spread into grin.
"And she's got brown eyes!" he
chortled to himself. "And she's got
brown air. and she's a wye about 'er.
Oh! She's got a wye about 'er! And
I'll bet she's going with Maurice Ro-
daniel Obi She's got wye about
'erw ..