White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-10-14
By WYNDHAM MARTINI
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At the prospect of action and dan
ger Neeland Barnes seemed another
man. He had, indeed, visualized the
whole thing. What was the risk OF
bullet compared with getting from
Raxon what would buy him the ranch
in California?
"Give me two uninterrupted hours
Bradney asserted, "and l can make n
very workmanlike Job of it,
''Not word before Nita," her father
cautioned. "She might want to come
in on it, and there's just chance 1t
may turn out badly"
"How often does financier open
his safer" Bradney asked. II can see
'Enry lying there, entombed, fof
periods of uncomfortable duration.
'Enry has forgotten he will be helping
me to attend to the Raxon guests"
II shan't be there" said Barnes ~
shall dismiss myself tomorrow morn
ing and then come back to my old
room when 1t Is dark Only Sneed and
you ever come up our flight Of stairs,
so it will be SAFE" Barnes chuckled.
you'll have to smuggle my meals up
Someone will come to take your
place."
"Sneed will attend to that. He'll
probably work you double tides"
The three-Malet had not come
talked the thing over. If once the let
tiers were in Milman's possession, he
IL D% f,ly ( 1flyn1r fhof Rpvnn
would quarrel at the price-enormous
though it was-that he would be
called upon to pay. McKimber would
suffer, but they could not grleve about
that. The main thing was that Raxon
would have to acknowledge he was
beaten and to maintain his hold on
McKimber he must pay out million
dollars.
They told Nita of 1t when she came
| In. She did not venture to disagree.
But her depression was noticeable. 1t
was so unlike the cheerful and laugh
ing girl She gave as reason head
ache. But it was heartache that
| troubled her. The father Of Robin
was to be disgraced. She and her vol
unteered activities were the direct
cause. For a moment she thought of
| pleading with them to find some other
way, but she refrained when she saw
no other way was possible to make
Raxon pay. She tried to harden her
self against this weakness. Her father
had been disgraced through RaXon
Malet and Bradney had been robbed
of their opportunities and their ca
reers clouded. Peter Milman had lost
his fortune, and might lose his home
If Raxon were not compelled to pay
She must be loyal to those with whom
she had begun this adventure. But II
was very hard. All her world hat
been changed in that moment wher
she had seen Robin looking at he1
from the big car that had swerved 81
perilously. He would never see he
again. To the day of his death h
would believe she had played witt
him, used him for summer filtration
and then forgotten him.
81 think it is more than headache,
Peter Milman observed when she hat
gone from tn2 room. WAS SIZE uHllup
by at Great Rock?"
unhappy? She had a good time
for month and came away with
hundred dollars more than she eX
pected. If that's unhappiness, let m
enjoy it,"
He turned again to Bradney, nc
realizing for an instant that he wa
the sort of usual father who rarely III
derstands his daughter. When wome
said little and were difficult to con
prehend, he set it down to headache
1t was an easy solution.
. 'Enry gave notice next mornin
He did not hesitate to say that Mr.
u RaxOn did not understand domest
u problems. He was lofty and not
4 be persuaded. Not until too late d
he perceive how much more financial
{ ly beneficial it would have been to g
himself dismissed with a months SO
= airy in place of longer notice.
> BY nightfall he was back in his ow
!" room. He had purchased dal
= sweater and black sneakers, and,