The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-12-14

Il might have kept my shirt OF
though" Corbett replied. and bIinke
as II In surprise at the unforeseen wi
ticlsm. He added, seriously and If
tie stifly. his appreciation Of Joe
second letter, and said he didn't be
iieye there'd be anything more to con
plain of In Corbeft < Cos execution
Of the order. Business wasn't men
toned again all the morning.
AT the traps he watched derisivel,
While Williamson scored twenty-five,
hits out Of twenty-five chances. an,
Corbett twenty-four. II was almost to,
absurd, he thought, to be credible. Yol
stood at known range, eighteen
yards. You held your gun at YOU
shoulder. You said "Pull I" to the
keeper, or whatever they called him
He pulled. and the sklmmlng target
flew of at one of three predetermined
angles, In rotationl And you bIazed
away at II with shell containing two
ounces Of bird-shotI His own failure
to score more than six out of posi-
Bile twenty-five didn't raise his opinion
Of the sport so very much. either.
When he had finished his frame he
laid his gun In the rack and told the
servant that he'd manage the lever
while the man went to his motor and
fetched an automatic pistol and a
box Of cartridges which he'd find In
the left front-door pocket.
His Impression war that both the
other men regarded this proposal. to
pot at clay pigeons with revolver, as
indecorous. but nevertheless amusing.
and 1t was with boyIsh air of guilt
that they drew up when his turn came
to see what sort of luck he had. He
moved up to five-yard range and told
the man at the lever to pull whenever
he liked and to mix up his angles
"Fool me If you can" he added. "Get
the idea?" This was, of course. an
Idea that no well-trained servant could
possibly execute. so, after trial or
two. Williamson relieved him. Joe,
following up his birds, managed TO
smash eight out Of the frame, which
both the others agreed was extraordi-
nary shooting. Williamson, taking his
turn, with Joe at the lever, got only
three. AS he turned away he offered
the pistol to Corbett This mans
supposed to be the best revolver-shot
In Lake county" he explained. Hell
give you better run for your money"
But Corbett thought he wouldn't try
It that morning. Throw messoff my
Draw he explained Looks no end |
Of fun. though"
Joe, blazing away again in his turn,
vas startled by a new voIce-a wom-
ms, speaking from close by.
rs this Chateau-Thierry, or what?"
He spun round and looked, and his
irst thought was that this was the girl
whose portrait, in chalk, he'd seen In
Villiamson's office. The next moment
he cut Clearly through tie Jumbled
by holding out a decisive
and to Joe and saying:
Il know you're Mr.. Greer. I'm Mrs.
She wasn't excessively small, but his
rst impression of her, nevertheless.
as as something jewel-like, finished
ut to an Incredible perfection in de-
Ill, and, despite the rough texture and
on-fitting cut of the sport-suit she af-
'cted, he felt sensuous sickness
bout her which these contrasts per
APPS heightened. And she was VIII
amson's wife. Man alivel She
'uldnt be the mother Of that girl
the picture, could she7 The resem-
ance seemed to prove 1t. 1t needed
n laugh and the withdrawal, not
usque, though, of her hand to remind :.
m that he had been staring.
Il suppose you'd like to shoot me
r interrupting," she said but you've h
Idea how-welrd it was to hear a
Use like this coming from the traps. q
'lf and billiards and bridge are sol a
IN enough, but they're nothing COM s,
red to these Sunday morning clay
yeons. This looks like fun. D'you hi
ppose could hit oneY' w
So she stayed, and took her turn: In
tually managed to smash a target II
two. 1t wasn't long before they'd sy
ot away all the cartridges. BY that
lie Joe had become aware that the yc
Ter two men were getting remote; yc
hostile, he thought. but he couldn't
sure. Did they resent a certain In
k of ceremony between him and the TO
man? Wasn't she supposed to have BIZ
,eared at all7 And shouldn't he, ac- Ill
ding to their Ideas. have met her M,
f-way? But she. sensing the new 70
losphere herself, spoke out about It. sill
These two men," she said to Joe. | Yo
e feeling ashamed Of themselves. tn,
' that I've caught them playing fel
ky. and they're getting ready to be
y severe to make up for it. Do The
want to stay with them and shoot. ths
perry, or do you want to have g lik
K with me7 You haven't seen the wa
e. have your" or
toilet Williamson, during the two out
RS or so that were left of that Sun to
morning, not so much stirred Joe. hes
Ugh she did that, too. as stirred shr
up; agitated lot of thoroughly VIII
,iDitated ideas which had been An
g undlsturbed In the bottom of his abe
for long time, and set them ant
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