The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-30

instantly corrected. and tho results
Of his dress rehearsal were, on the
whole, surprising.
There he said when tho or.
deal had finally come 20 an end,
"A little patience. a nttlo practice.
ard you'll be proud Of them, Incl
dcntally, I have saved you q FOR,
tune In dishes"
II wish Allied been here. She'd
remembered syvrything you said.
Ma declared,
Lord! Think OF Mr.. Gray waitin'
on them nlggerss Gus was stin
deeply shocked
You see what moddlesome busy
body am. tho guest laughed. III
don't know how 60 mind my own
business. and the one luxury en-.
SOY most OF all Is regulating other
peoples affairs" He was stun talk
ing. still lccturlng his hearers upon
tho obligations prosperity had pui
upon them. when he was summoned
to the telephone by Ions distance
call. lie returned I'm some agitation
to announce. "WcIl. al last ! have
business o. my own 10 attend
WAS that Buddy talkin'v'
II was. and he gave me some
good news lie says that well on
IS IS liable TO como In al any min
ute. and it looks like a big one.
The speakers eyes were glowing.
and ho ran on. hreHthlessly. He
says they're betting It win DO bet.
ter than 10000 barrels
Ten thousand bsrlsr Briskow|
echoed
That's what he said, OF course,
they can't tell "A thing about n
Buddy's only guessln but - /
haven't had n blg well yet" Gray
took q nervous turn about the room.
Ten thousand barrels, lord That
would help. That would do tho
trick, And to think that IL should
come now. this very day" He
laughed triumphRntly and ran on as
II talking 20 himself; THE wicked
are fatted FOR destruction, Their
happiness shall pass away like
torrent. Pull out and leave me. eh."
A second time he laughed. more
loudly Luck II isn't luck. IT'S
Destiny. Tho mills OF tho Gods are
grinding Ma Rriskow. the fairy
ladies danced upon the hearth when
was born. Do you know what
that meansf~
Ten thousand bar'ls day. an
you buttiln' for three uiggersr'
gasped tho head Of the house.
I'm going out on ,onight's train
and see u come inf II does come
in told Buddy 70 stop work: not
70 drop another tool until arrived.
Fattcd for destruction like the
sound o, that Ten thousand bar.
reis. Ho, III write this day In
brass Why. that Lease will sell
Tor a million. Tit may mean the
end"
Gray brought himself 20 with an
effort. hastily he kissed Ma Bris-
kow's faded cheek and wrung her
husbands hand. A mornen, later he
was gone.
''Thlrty.fivc. where Buddy was
I working. was only few miles
from the Rriskow ranch, therefore
the boy was able 20 meet his sister
at Ranger and drive her directly
TO the Old home. The place was
much the same ms when they had
left Il, thanks 20 the watchful at.
tention OF the men in charge OF tho
Briskow wells. and there they spent
/ the night Buddy and his sister
had always been close eonfldants.
and their long separation, their
varied experiences. left many things
70 be discussed
/ The ranch house seemed very
mean. very insignificant 10 Allie.
but she slipped into one OF her old
dresses and prepared tho supper
/ while Buddy straddled n kitchen
chair and chartered upon 10000 top
/ les OF mutual interest.
'Doggone.r no exclaimed. finally.
II hardly knew you when you
stepped or that train. but Il seems
like Old times now, with you hustliu'
around in that Bingham"
II wish IL was
'Huuh7'
II wish. sometimes. that we'd
never struck oil"
Good Lord, Why"
"oh"-Allls turned her back and
bsnt over the stove-'for lots Of rea.
sonsl Ma never had a sick day TIL
lately Now she's failin' fast"
Buddy frowned at this intelligence.