New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-05-22


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rR0fiEfd mine, therefore he OuiFsRksd
ms Nov then, permit ms 20 retire
willis yea and He
'0h there's netting confidential
ahoal what ! haER % SAY Its g0aa
news fer mE partner and I'm sure
bed seFe a. share it, 70 Nielsen
she announced, Pete has shelving
~ OIL"
The giee president Of the hank muir
injured something which was lest in
GRays auiek Inquiry "PaFtRers
Are Foa = partner ef colOnsl Nels
s0R'sR"
eater a fashion. We own
iWeRtY-seFe lease west Of 'BnTk'-
that Is, ! have a quarter ihteres, and
Henry i putting down a well, I
drove Out there, and his dFillsF ted
me il is locking good
Gray turned a keenly inqnisiIiEe
gaze upon his enemy ami whst he
sas, eF faneied he saw, gave him the
thrill ~ a new discovery, II may
have been no more than intuition on
lis part, hat something convinced
him that his Acquaintance with Miss
Coed deeply disRleased the man,
In his waFmesi tone he cried
Congratulations, mS dear Colonel,
However badly rsn have Jared in the
Ranger district, fortune faVaFs you
here, nut why only a quarter in
isTesie You put too low a price /
upon your blessings, TN better that /
arrangement, Why. l was ready Ia /
offer Miss Good full half Of all
have, when she played heaFtiess 1
Jest upon me, Ran away nisap- |
neared' i'll admit ! was piaued lI
was deeply resentful. hut"
Nelson interrupted this flow Of 81,
iraVaganee, miss Good -" he said.
enrionsly, why does he call you
that, 'noh'9"
"A secret A little game Of pre-
tense" Gray declared. hastily, For
the sake Of our friendship. Colonel.
don't tell me her real name and rob
me Of the pleasure OF hearing II from
her own lips, Come. Miss Good u
I'm going 10 hear YOU away upon my
prm, even at the risk of dispensing
my superior officer, Ha Lucky
the war II over, Now then, your
promise"
Henry Nelson stood motionless ms
he watched his two callers leave the
hank together. then slowly he
cienched his muscular hands. and
from his lips there issued an oath
better left unwritfen.
CHAPTER NJ
A New parfuer~sbin
II was several moments after they
had left the bank before Rob"
Parker could manage TO slip word
In edgewise, so rapid, 80 eager was
Gray's flow Of cssgersation. so genu-
Inc was his peislFe at again seeing
her. Finally, however. she inquired. :
suriously: |,
Are you really good friends? I
relt very queer, the instant after
had walked In. Butt was bursting
with good news and 7 couldn't see
Ienry's face until too late. Then.
I seemed TO me"
Nelson and are scarcely good
riends--we never we're chummy--
nut we were thrown together in c
france and saw lot OF each other.
determined fighter"
you mustn't call me Miss Good u
ny longer" the girl told him. MY
ame is Barbara Parker" 7
"Oh. like that"
I'm more generally known as J
Bob"
Even better. It sounds tomboy- T
sh."
It's not. 1t is Tom Parkerish. d
'ather insisted on calling me that Il
nd-it stuck. He's a mans man and NJ
~ being a girl was total surprise b
, him. 1t completely upset his l.
lans. So ] did my best to remedy s,
he mistake and learnsto do and to
Ike an interest in the things he was n
terested in
Those wcre---?"
Miss Parker looked up from be-
cath her trim velvet hat and her =,
ue eyes were defiant "All that u
eople like you disapprove of; all II
lat YOU probably consider undigni- NJ
ID and unladylike, such as riding, al
ping, shooting"
Riding It's very
mart. And why do YOU say people
Ike me-? There are no people like Ii
e." 60
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