The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-02

time" he said. Goodnight. Nina"
But on a night about a week later when
he was leaving his lodgings in the vii
lage to keep his evening trust upon the
Wall-it would be inaccurate to describe
the eager way he went there as a mOOch-
he was met at the gate of the cottage with
its rambling roses and scallOped shells
by two men. At least. one was q man. end
the other was his slOuching son. The
former was daBper with an abrupt and
autOcratie manner, a tooth bruch mus
tache and eyes that had a discOncerting
way OF looking at the mouth Of the per-
son whom he cOndSscended to address, the
latter q brown and mOusy person, unath-
letie, ~Pampered, petulant, who simply
Jim knew them for the STATIONS at a
Eglance. Nina had the faculty Of touching
in a portrait.
"They tell me-" said the Major. shat
you know hoy y to drive a motor lOrry.
30, we'll" said Jim, 81 have driven a
motor lOrry just a bit. In fact, / drove
a whole flock Of EN- at one time or an
Hells."
"Ah-which means, probably that you've
driven an ordinary car in your timer
0, WELL yes, private and racing, and
that sort Of thing. One way and another
l may be said to be pretty familiar with
engines, in tanks, and flying machines,
out Of railway sheds and the like"
20. / see. An expert"
80, well, yes, in a sort Of way. Made
them, too, here and there. At Detroit and
Boston and so forth. Working at a garage
here, at the moment, If you'd care to make
Investigations and things like that"
Il have. Now, I have certain valuable
bits Of property TO be moved from the
big house here to a cottage Of mine in a
neighbOring village. / don't employ a
chauffeur, / may tell you, and / don't OWL
any sort Of motOr-driven vehicle. Can't
afford it. / can hire either a lOrry or q
car from the garage. and your people
are perfectly willing for YOU to a k on
the Job after hours, If you'd care to un-
dertake it.. I shall want it done about ten
O'Clock for the reason that I shall sleep
at the cottage, do you see? III pay you
overtime rates, Of course. Are you 60
ing to say that you'll see me damned be,
fore you'll work overtime, as most Of you
fellows do nOw?"
90, well,' said Jim. even more slowly
than was his WON'T, i've no earthly OBJ
lection to overtime. In fact, 1 did over
time every night for six months in ar
ammunition factory when a bad go OF
gas washed me out Of the trenches for 8
lsLell. Then, too, I'm very glad to meet
your convenience, Major StrattOn, and fol
the matter Of that, yourself"
That's very nice Of you, I'm sure" sal
the Major. Odd bird, this. But as h
looked him over, with his surreptitiOu'
eyes, he couldn't help wishing that Ever
ard, his son, had some of the height, thu
| strength, the c~learness, the delightful kind
ness Of eye. and even a hundredth par
of the caDability of this newcomer to thl
village, whom everyone called Jim. "I'u
greatly obliged. Be at the house, then
will you, at ten sharp2 I'll have every
thing ready TO load, it'll take us abOu
half an hour to get to my cottage, amt
lyOull be back at the garage sOmewherl
round half past eleven. HOW's thatG"
Does me WELL" said Jim. Il never e
to bed till twelve o'clock now. / do al
my reading at night"
waiting for no further Autobiography
cal items. the Major nodded, received an
acknowledged an admirable salute, turnel
on his heel and walked dapperly ava
The slOuching Everard, who hardly too.
the trouble to lick up his feet, fOliOwe
several yards behind, like 8 gun shy re
triever who was not and never pFetende
to be in the least ashamed of the fact.
Then Jim loaded his pipe and smiled
Curious how things went in this WORLD
So they were a pretty good sample Of tn
people who employed Nina, were they2
didn't envy her the job. The razor in
pressed him as having a very aaSEy ten
. Ter, being a bad loser, and likely to bre'
the rules Of the game. Rather a sRa
g judgment, perhaps, a little drastic, Ia
you see, one can't have knOcEe1 about ~
, earth since fifteen without suspect
! those men who look at peoples rr0-ta
{ when they talk. As for the SON gel
he was a slOucher. That was SJI her
was to that.
e And so having the usual unmisslblG 81
I gagement before him and plenty Of tin
n to spare before it was necessary to 81
o the lOrry ready, he swung through th
e village to the wall.
4 (TO be concluded IN next weeks issue)
Copyright 1925 by COsmO HamiltOR)