Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-17
II suppose So" he duly conceded.

else. But Doctor Stanley understood
and he hoped you would. 1t is just q
form of nerve obsession, you see, sir y
he patiently repeated, "a fear of life
and of the future. If merely had q
job should live in a panic. Whereas
If I were actually bought for year
I'd be off my own mind; don't you
see?"
"And on mine," Campbell dryly
commented. Eyes, 1 see."
Again the young man flushed.
ut isn't as If l were useless" he
muttered. "You will find that I can
work like horse. I'll do anything
I'm told"
"Anything?" Campbell spoke with
sudden meaning.
Anything" the caller replied with
out hesitation.
The keen blue eyes of his host re-
| manned on his face.
81 see that you are at least in
earnest" he conceded.
cts matter of life or death with
me, Mr. Campbell"
Campbell hesitated.
II might ask you to do some odd
things" he limited" things you would
not understand at first. The situation
here just now is a trifle-ah-abnor-
NAL. And might not be able to ex-
| plain for few weeks certain matters
not clear to a newcomer"
81 rather expect that, from a re-
mark or two that Doctor Stanley
dropped"
"And you are sure the kind of re-
| sponsibility that attends working for
another-perhaps more or less in the
dark.-would not worry you?" the old
man asked curiously.
"Not a bit You see, someone else
is responsible for me, and am certain
of bed, roof over my head, and
enough food to fill my stomach. /
am"-his head dropped under the hui
initiation of the admission-"at the
end Of my resources"
"Your family" Campbell began,
after moments silence.
$50 far as 1 know, have not a
relative in the world. But Doctor
Stanley knows who my people were"
"Humph!" The word sounded I'M
gracious; it was merely thoughtful.
doctor Stanley told me you really
needed a secretary" Renshaw went
on. "He thought there was no doubt
| you would give me job, but he was
not sure that you would buy me-"
Campbell grimaced. "Oh, he wasn't
wasn't he? Confound him!"
The last words broke from his lips
before he could check them. He tried
to drown them in a cough, but the
visitor heard. For the third time he
flushed, this time deeply and unbecom-
ingly. simultaneously as if moved by
spring, he rose.
"Mr. Campbell" he said formally,
II hope you will forgive me for
troubling you. l realize what an I'M
pardonable nuisance / have been and
how wild my scheme must have sound
ed to you. A DOCTOR of course, would
understand. Very few laymen could.
/ am grateful for the time you have
given me, and will not take any
more of it. Goodnight"
He held out his hand, and the so1n-
Der veil on his face lifted trifle.
After all, this would settle things and
he would not have to plan again!
"Wait minute. Don't be in such a
hurry!"
Campbell's voice was almost peevish.
He struggled up from his chair, slowly
and with much difficulty, till he stood
facing his caller. He had liked this
young mans valedictory.
"Wait minute" he repeated, in a
different tone. ''Do understand you
to say that Stanley actually approves
of this mad notion of yours?"
Eyes, sir. He thinks would be
very useful to you. He repeated that
Renshaw sedately added.
"How much salary do you want?
mean" Campbell corrected himself
before the other could speak, but
dropped his serious tone. what price
are you asking for this-ah-purchase
you suggested?"
Anything you choose. Fix the
price yourself, and pay 1t In monthly
installments II you like, or at the end
Of the year."
Renshaw spoke indifferently, and
the dark veil that had temporarily
lifted from his face again settled there.
So it wasn't over, after all, he was
rejecting.
"Three hundred dollars, payable in
twelve monthly installments Of twenty
five dollars each?"
Campbell watched him closely as he
spoke, but the callers expression did
not change.
Anything you choose" repeated the
latter "The only important detail is
that you make yourself responsible for
my support for a year-as absolutely
responsible" he repeated, "as If l
were your property"
"We will say twenty-four hundred
dollars" the old man amended without
explanation Twill that do?"
Eyes, SIR"
Well, it's apparently the prop