Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-01-16

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peration. Mocha told his entire stnrv
He told Of his miserable married life.
of Electra's Shrewishness; OF her cold
blooded scheming to get a three hun-
dred dollar pin for five dollars
and then leave him fat. He played
for the sympathy which one man must
accord another in such an affair. and
by the time he finished Frantic was
almost in tears.
"Gollal" he said. Hard luck is the
most thing you has had. 'Cept YOU
was sure fortunate the law didn't catch
you when you stoled that pin often
yo' wife"
II know. 7 know Frantic
But CANT yo' see where I an, Won stand
now? You got to git that pin of Cana
ry. Minute Electra sees it YOU is sunk
!: cause even though you is my
friend l would swear l never stoled
it, an they'd right away think it was
you"
"Tha's reasonable" confessed Mr..
Marshall. An I amt cravin' to deco
rate no Jail. But Just the same, 1
don't see how I can git that pin off
Canary"
Borrow It," suggested Mocha, eager
ly. Les you an me be partners. Way
things stand now I amt gwine git
nothin' back TO- my two bundled an
n~inety-f1ve dollars; so Ise willin' to
split even with you"
"Wh-what would I want to borrow
it for?"
Tell her you want to nave 1t made
into a ring, stead of a pin, on &C.
count it looks no. engaged. That stone
is worth two bundled an Seventy-five
dollars by itSef, an Electra wouldn't
never recognize just the stone. It's
the whole pin that's dangerous. Tha's
one thing ISe tellin' you, Frantic-us
has got to take the diamond out of
that pin, no matter how we does it."
"Tha's right" Frantic was impressed.
But it seems like, Mocha, I is runnin'
all the risk. I on'y found the pin, but
you stoled it"
Il paid TO- it first"
Just the same you stoled it. An
l don't see where you git of at if 1
do change the pin into a ring"
Truth to tell, neither did Mocha.
The more complicated the affair be-
came the more apparent it was that
he was again holding the bag. And
Frantic's affection for Canary had i'm
parted to that underdone gentleman
a surprising strength. Mr.. Marshall
finally summed up the situation:
Il don't hahdly see where you figgers
in this a tall, Mocha"
How come not?"
That pin is mine cause I found it,
or either Electra's cause you gave it
to her"
Mocha's face hardened. "Yeh! An
all l got to do to blast you is tell
Electra where the pin is at, an then
where would you be?"
Nowhere" admitted Frantic seri-
ously. Then his face frightened. II
got an idea," he announced.
What is it?"
Suppose I buy out all yo' rights,
titles. an interests to that there pin
TO- fifty dollars cash money? An that
: price includes yo' promise that you
won't give Electra no clew bout who
has got the pin"
Mocha was perturbed-but interested
The more he considered the matter the
more he became convinced that he
would be wise to accept this offer
Certainly fifty dollars IA a great deal
better than no dollars at all.
The bargain was struck. The follow
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Champion theater and Frantic Mar
shall paid over to Mocha Williams the
sum Of fifty dollars.
Now, you amt got no rights in that
pin Whatsoever" Frantic reminded.
, You said It'll"
AN furthermo' you promise not tc
say nothin' to Electra, nor neither no.
! body else"
Il promise" Mocha was generous
That pin is you'rn now, Frantic"
: Hot diggity dawg! 1t sho' is"
He minced down Eighteenth street
and Mocha stared after him without
enthusiasm. Frantic considered the af-
fair at an end. OF course he'd try to
convert the pin into a ring so that
Electra could not possibly recognize it
Mocha knew that he should be salts
fed. All the harsh unpleasantness of
his nature came to the surface. He
was moody and ruthless. He deter
mined to double-cross Mr.. Frantic
Marshall.
y Mocha had no computations about
that or anything else. And he knew
he had to work fast, because il was
; certain that the minute Frantic got
5 his hands on that pin the setting would
! be destroyed and there would then be
: no chance in the world of recovering
, the stone.
! Mr.. Williams was no blind man where
: women were concerned. He recalled
! the fair Canary with no particular
, distaste. By comparison with Electra
Y Canary vas a dainty feminine morsel
I And SO he decided to marry Canary
: Gaunt. Or, more specifically, he de-
2 cided to marry Canary Gaunt's dia-
mond pin. He plunged into a whirl-
wind OF courtship. He spent money
t with a lavish hand. He flattered anc
cavaliered. And he was not at al
bothered by the fact that he was doing
Frantic Marshall a very dirty trick
e There was the matter Of the pin, o.
course. He had sold his interest tt
Frantic for fifty dollars and received
payment in full. But Frantic had giver
i the pin to Canary as an engagement
present. Some men might have shrunl
t from circumventing that bargain in 81
e crude a manner, but not Mocha.
u Canary Gaunt was dazzled. The more
she saw of Mocha, the less favorably
she regarded Frantic. That little maj
was running around in circles; utterly
bewildered and colossally miserable
Canary was ALWAYS out with Mntha