Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-26
CHAPTER XII

dred and thirty-three dollars and
~thirty-three cents" corrected Nike.
with her ready smile. Ten thousand
for every trip ave tn last, and on
that thirteen thousand. And now,
since I've given you tn substance of
tn proposition. let's go back to Dadi"
"Oi was jist thinkin' O. comm
after yez: OF thot mcbbe- yez hod
strayed off into some drift an got
lost" was the greeting vouchsafed
the two by "the only living Jiggs''
upon their temperance in the big
cavern-like room.
1--we been trying to enlighten
Tony" explained Mike "as TO tn way
and wherefore of things. What wor-
ries him now is why he is to keep
tn story Of How He Got Rich
Quick to himself. You'd better tell
him. Dadl"
well. it's loike this, me boy"
said Pat Sweeney. turning his keen
glance on the young man. "It's un-
Fortunate, but a fact nevertheless,
that a tax title TO a piece of prop
erty IS very often a poor title.
Frinstance:
IF tn uncle Of this unknown, or
MHAOlHhCu E0tUifI. VINO was tho Z Ill
s~iveral years to how been killed in
France-but wzsn't-if this uncle
got wind Of our work he could put
an injunction on US in tn name o.
his nephew, of whom he is said 10 be
tn guardian. Thot would tie US up
indefinitely. Then if tn soldier
showed up he could reclaim his prop
erty he might say he might-f.rce
yez to settle wit him for tn ore.
But. if he knew nothing about TIL
ore. why, he would do nothing.
Dyuh see. me bye :"
II see.' said Tony, reflectively.
and wondered at the aame time IN
what light Jack Stuart. who was
peculiar in some ways, and owned a
rugged Scotch honesty that had
shown itself to be fairly unpunctur-
able. would view the matter. Pat
Sweeney, like his gyrul Mike
seemed to be able to read Tony's
thoughts.
"fez are %wonderin' how yer broth
er-in-law will look at tn situa-
tion ," he said tentatively.
well, Jack is a bit queer in some
ways" admitted Tony, 2 trifle rue
fully However" he added, 81 reck-
on we'll be able to make him see
tn light tn same as we do. And
II We can he queried rather hur-
riedly, "how soon would we be able
to start on tn job"
A close observer would have noted
the CLINT Of satisfaction in Pat
~Sweeney's keen eyes at the question.
That the young nan had been fasci-
mated. his imagination intrigued by
the alluring rhythm. the smooth run
Of ~consonants in the words-"Sixty-
three thousand. three hundred and
thirty-three dollars and thirtv-three
cents-was plainly indicated. Pat
Sweeney. wise in the ways Of human
r~ature, and the workings Of the hu-
man mind, had known just the psy-
Geological effect those words would
hayes That's why he had instructed
Nike to play them up in the best
way possible. II remained now to
be decided between Tony Justin and
Jack Stuart. with Tony on the
money side" Thus matters stood.
and he gave answer to the young
mans question.
He wants 10 begin 4 move IN
junk he queried. well. he pro-
ceeded thoughtfully, "thot depinds.
az coorse. on tn amount av tonne
.-thot e-lapses durin' tn interval
betwixt tn prisnt moment an thot
witch sees US riddy TO start. In tn
ev-vint thot we lose no tonne at
III. would say. we sh'd be riddy q
start jist as soon as circum-stan-
ces permit. Does thot answer yer
QUESTION, me bye"
Tony was not quite certain. but
there was a nebulous sort Of an
idea trying to shape itself in his
mind that Pat Sweeney's answer TO
his question was a masterpiece Of
ambiguity. In the sum and sub
stance Of its voluminous ramifica-
tions IL told everything and-told-
nothing at all. The "gyrul Mike"
snickered.
you're good, Dad Pat" she said.
with an emphasis on the good"
You're like tn man who gave away