New Britain herald., 1923-06-15

do him nR hug FNQi Y0u'He the only 0ne he trusts, An the same hRne. There's mF hsRk r0li-RoW can sh00i the whole piRof, ! don't care # it never comes back, TEiR' e set E0u killed An sR0iliR' a well on metA
 ''fhank Nap, Buddy! Han-make me slew i0 trust my aNh Judgment. l-l seem ta be developing a con, science But I'm sure this is the thing 70 do, for you and Eanr father as well as for me, People can't stand siill' they must SO forward, The iiriskow fortune must STOW or it will ernmble,"
 "i dunno if we've get as much in us as you seem to think" the boy said, d0uhtfHllN.
 Gray smiled, ''Y0u have common sense, at least, and that's something AaN can't get in school, Aen wear smooth from contact Nith one aRr other and il is time you got in touch with something bigger than mere drilling n you're willing, Tll take Eou la Wichita Falls win ms,"
 "Willing7" Rndiy's eyes snarkied Guiiiils he confessed; It's heen pretty Lonesome out here with the scorpions, Hut l wanted ts show you could make good,
 News af the damage wrought by the recent storm Was naturally of grave concern ta Henry Nelson, but owing t0 the fact that lines were down, about his only source of infaF- nation, during the days immediately following il, Was the press reports, He was reading the Dallas papers with interest one morning when his attention was arrested by the name of Calvin Gray, Now Gnay's name in print affected the banker almost as dlsagreeahiy aa did sight ef the man himself: therefore it was with inc tense resentment that he read the ar- tiele in which it appeared II was a yividly written account Of the for mer's experience during the flood. and. due no doubt to Gray's personal touch. 1t read n good deal like fiction.
 The next time Tom Parker came intosthe bank Henry called him into his private office and had a talk with him,
 Old Tom listened silently: never the less. 1t was plain that he was deeply shocked,
 q spose you ain't lyin'," he said. codly. when the banker had finished.
 Its matter Of record, Tom. He can't deny it."
 What was it he did? ?"
 Conduct unbecominc an officer and a gentleman is the way the record stands. That covers a lot"
 Did he weich-.auit under flre?"
 No"
 "Steal something"
 No"
 Woman scrape?"
 There was--a woman concerned. | Pretty nasty mess. Tom. He's the | sort of man to intrigue any foolish | woman. Women can't see far"
 In great perturbation of spirit Tom | consultetd Judge Halloran.
 The judge listened to him in as- tonishment; angrily he cried: You and I will go directly to the scoun- drel, tell him we are aware of his infamy, and order him out of town. Ha. That's the way to go about it; cut deep and quickly. Tar and feathers are too good for-'
 Trouble is," Tom repeated, with reluctant sigh, T like him and l ain't sure"
 "The trouble is you're a weaklng." Halloran snapped. You are a---sen- You lack my stern, un- moral fiber. Like him? Pah! What has that to do with it? I have no weakness no bowels Of compassion. am a Spar an. I am"
 You're a damned old fool--if you hink you can run him. He's liable 0 run you. : If Calvin Gray's affairs were in ,recarious condition, he showed no igns of 1t when he returned to Wichita Falls. On the contrary, he vas in an exultant mood, and even on he train young Briskow, who accom- ,anied him, was amazed at the hange that had come over his friend, With every mile they travelled Gray's ,uoyancy increased and upon his ar ival he trod the street to his office ike a conqueror. McWade and ;toner, who came in for a confer nee with minds preoccupied and aces grave left with smile and a est.
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