The Snowflake herald., 1923-06-22

Keith Looked into the Face of Sandy
and, Briefly, Into His Eyes, Hard
as Steel.
and briefly. into his eyes, hard as
steel. He made one more attempt.
Lets talk common sense, Bourke
The Molly is capitalized for quarter
of million dollars. The stock can
be sold at par if it's done quietly. |
can dispose of 1t for you. There is
no certainty that the mine will not
produce richly when we strike
through the second level 6 porphyry.
There are plenty of people willing to
buy shares on that chance after the
showing already made. People buy
stock as gamble"
no sense IN you talkin' any mo-
1 that way, Keith Mebbe you sell "a
/ per 10 folks who gamble on it. an
on what YOU tell 'em about the
chances maxim yore story golG-col-
ored. Folks may like to git somethin'
70 mex to nothin', but l won't sell
enf notlin 20 somethin', neitheh will
1
I Casey. She's IA western gel. Above
| all | won't gold-brick my friends. /
! know the mine is petered out. We've
I had our shire of the gold in it an,
we won't sell the dirt. No mo- w'ud
i Pat Casey, lyin' out there by the
spring, il lie was alive
! Suppose ] refuse?" asked Keith,
Ia fu G1Ts.
/ nothing outside the law
ITO hi with that kind of snw
We make laws Of our own opt bert
once In while. Justice is What we
| took fo not law. / reckon ycp1l
come through. Fo' one thing expect
to have wore boy visit with us till
you do"
THE promoters face twisted uglily
and he lost control of himself.
kidnapping? A western method Of
Justice. Not the first time you've
been mixed up in 1t either, from what
] hear. You don't dare
Keith stopped abruptly. Sandy
had not moved, but his eyes. from re-
Semhling orbs of chilled steel, seemed
suddenly to throw off the blaze and
heat of the molten metal
''Fo' a promoter yo're mighty
pore judge of men" he said I'm
warnin YOU not to ride any further
along that trail Yore son can stav
here. or we can tell the Herefo'd folk
what You've tried to hand to them.
Yo're apt to look like buzZard that's
fallen into a tar barrel after they gil
through with you, Keith. / can find
out who You sold stock to easy
enough, but | don't care to waste the
in yore car an clean this all up befo
the bank closes. Wen leave the
money with Creel OF the Herefo'd Ma
tional. Then you can come back an
git yore boy"
II don't remember the names
Blake took the record of them" said
Keith sulleniy.
Then Wen have him in"
Sandy went to the door and hailed
Sam and Mormon. They came to the
office escorting Blake, whose fox-face
moved from side to side with furtive
eyes as If he smelled a trap.
1--WE want the list of the folks you
unloaded Molly stock to-" said Sandy.
Blake looked at his employer who
sat glowering at his cigar end, licked
his lips and said nothing.
"Tell him, you Id fool! - grrnted
Keith.
THE stubs are in the car at Here
ford depot said Blake 'Tn the safe"
Money there, too? l suppose you
cashed the checlls?'
II deposited them to nay own ac-
count" said Keith. Come on, let's
get this over with since you are de-
termined to throw away your own
and your partners good money. TO say
nothing of the girls She could bring
suit against you. Bourke, with a good
chance of winning"
He glanced hopefully at Mormon
and Sam. They k-pt on grtnning.
Round UP that chauffeur, Sam.
viii you?" asked Sandy. Tell him
We're startin' 70 Hereford right off"