Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-25
FLOWING GOLD
BY REX BEACH
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CHAPTER VII

Grav's train arrived at Dallas the
~ next morning. He was suffering in
tense excitement, and he deluged his friend
with a flood of questions, meanwhile flour
ishing the morning papers all of which APP
| reared to have devoted much space to the
| Ranger episode He Rugged Gray, and he
| pumped his hand; he laughed and he chat-
tered; he insisted upon nearing the # dl,3I
| story without delay. On their way uptown
| the returning hero gave it to him, together
! with Gus Briskows check.
"Speaking of your commissions, how am
| I going to pay yOu-not TOT the SAFE YOU
made. although l wouldn't have done as
we'll, but for the loss you saved the Ilrln
and for the risk you ram. a. >,
"You may give me anything you see Ill.,
| GRAY declared, "and I shant embarraSS you
! by refusing. On the contrary 90 40 ''I0H9
ly as you possibly can 49,. .o,io,.o5
| CoyerIv actually appeared to be renewed
at this statement, but he inquired culIou9
": "What have you got up your Sleeve
You don't need money .,ood,,
OBVIOUSLY not. But | know heeuy
object of charity; a worthy case, assure
Won, can scarcely call him 1rlenu, D9L
! T used to admire him greatIy' anu h0 40
eti1I an agreeable compan1on-a man az
once capable extraya8ant, entel tali hil9 .nd
| Nth ovarv dollar of it that ne squdHue - -
there shall arise an earnest orlsoa 70 y, yoI t
The ieweIer was delighted. Gooo: n0
cried 81 deest the deserving pG iI1o q" 70 onan
Nv az Won do And now Ia IKE TO open
| . bott1e of champagne with our preahLaSt.
on the very day that the new sign, ON III
and Bob Parker" went up over Inc Fo} uool the
| the insurance office at WIcnlI6' "li' 'D0
| iunfor partner announced 900
| .eWell dad, the firm gets pussy aC oH00
| TIM off for Dallas tonight
q a.v2bot for?' Tom was dismayed, by such
a nromDt manifestation OF energy.
| "I,II have to tell you Barbara peFcneu
1oraoIf mon her fathers desk and began
/ enaa1ring with a note of excitement IN her
| voice, II heard Henry Nelson was III 70 ~,
| On 7 went to the bank this morning 10 see
him He's such big man in the on DuSI-
ness I thought he might help me; ne Was
t6eTn but in conference with his tather
| ond another man. There were several peo-
ple waiting, so I sat down. Wneh tne man
they were talking to come OUT II Was I'll 9oGi
| that driller who put down the IrsC wen
for rs He was glad to see me, ana we
had quite a talk, but l noticed ne was
fidgety He said he was running ~
over near 'Burk,' and had hshln8 Joo On
hie hands With all the excitement ana
evervbody running double towers ana
irving to beat the other fellow down to the
sand it struck me as queer that Cont[ao a.
dri]ler like Pete would be here IN vienna
in conference with Bell and Henry Nelson
whom hn oueht to be out on the lease fish
ing for a lost bit. I told him ia pet ne
had a showing Of oil and was tryInS 70
borrow money to buy the offset or 10 8et
the Nelson's to buy it and carry MINI lot an
interest. We'll, that wretched man turned
all cOlOrs when [ accused him, and tried TO
eshush' me- He said [ mustn't talk about
things [ knew nothing about-somepooy
might Oyerhear me. He declared the outfit
wouldn't pay driller a bonus if he made
we'll for them. He was sick OF making
other people rich and getting nothing Tor
himself. 1t was time the dt1lllnS
crews shared in the prOfits./ He'd see
that nobody froze him out again II he mad
to spoil the hole. He wound up by deny
ing everything, and [ pretended to swallow
it, but when he had gone [ went over my
maps and located the lease where he's
drilling. Three of the adjoining tracts are
owned by the big companies, so that elimi-
mated them, but the twenty to the west be
longs to Knute HOaglund. Henry was glad
to see me when my turn came to go lH
and-T didn't forget to call him Colonel,
and that pleased both him and Bell. Then
told them that 1 proposed to become a
rich and successful oil operator and wanted
their advice how to begin. Old Bell was
amused, but Henry more diplomatic.
He tried to convince me that the oil game
is altogether a mans business and that no
woman could succeed in it. 1T is con-
test of wits he explained. was duly i'm
pressed. I asked him to call this evening,
for [ did so wish to have him teach me
what little I capable of learning. But
he couldn't come, because he had been call
ed to Dallas unexpected. That was my cue.
In my most sweetly grlsh manIfer I said,
on indeed! Do you expect to see Knute
HoagIund while there?'"
Two hectic spots had come into "'Bob's"
cheeks during this recital; she was teeter-
ing upon the desk and her blue eyes were
dancing.
q heard Old Bells chair creak and 7
saw him shoot quick glance at Henry
Henry admitted, casually, that he might
drop in on Knute. Why?
y QUILL be wasting time I told him,
even more sweety, for dad and I have that
| twenty west of Burkburnett'
''Well! You'd have thought I had stuck
hatpin into Bell. And Henry's mouth
actually dropped OPEN
'But-we amt even got an option! 1t
takes. money to lease close-in stuff" Tom
was beWidered.
"Of course. And they realized that, or
Bell did, as soon as he'd had time to COL
lect himself. But it was too late then; he
had betrayed himself and he knew it,
Bob" laughed again, a bit hystericaIIy
'That's about all, dad. They agreed to
put up the money and carry me-us.
mean-for quarter interest if I can get
the lease from Knute Hoaglund. So I'm
leaFing on the night train"
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