The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-04-03


t Is Going to Drop on YOU"
t sand dollars you will put the ex
perts from the internal revenue de
!, partment on the trail of the estate
: and they'll collect so much take:
: Illegally withheld"
They'll fine the estate-you
know they WILL" Bunker screamed
, "They can't do anything to your
uncle, but they can fine his estate
up to n hundred per cent. They
won't have any pity on you"
"They ought to fine the estate. ]
would if l were the collector of in
ternal revenue. Now look here,
Bunker ought to go to the col.
lector of internal revenue, turn you
over to him and have him put you
in jail"
you can't. You can't prove
anything, and I've got those books
hidden where nobody can find
them. Better accept my PROPOSE
ton. You'll get out with some
thing, then. If you won't play the
game I'll see to 1t that you get out
with exactly what | get-H ething !"
You forget that you are an ac-
cessory before the fact. In the
eyes of the law you have commit
ted a felony by aiding and abetting
my uncle to defraud the govern
ment."
II know. But when l turn states
evidence they won't do anything to
me-" Bunker laughed mirthIessly.
That's what immunity baths are
for. They pay me for my informa-
ton"
Bunker, you're lOathsome. Get
out of my room. Quick. | don't
like to rough-house a little old man
like you, but if you're still stand
ing there leering triumphantly at
me thirty seconds from now I'll
manhandle you. Scat, you pole
cat! I"
Following Bunker's unceremonious
departure, Elmer Clarke sat down
to do some solid thinking. He had
need to, for If Bunker's threat
should not prove to be an idle one,
he was liable to find himself in a
most unenviable position.
well, n thing is certain" he
decided. "If the collector of inter
nal revenue, egged on by Bunker,
should levy on the total residue of
the estate, I'll be back, financially,
where I was before Uncle Hiram
died, but with this exception-I1l
be out of a job. Well, I'll soon find
another. My health is Acne again,
so what the devil do I care for the
sings and arrows of outrageous
fortune, provided | do not have to
wait too long to marry Nellie?
"Why, l almost forgot that ! am
mayor. I have got a job, after all,
and it pays me n hundred dol
lars a month. Well, I've existed on
less. Elmer, old settler, you're not
licked at all, but oh, boy. when you
get back to Pilarcitos your sense
of humor is certainly going to be
They're going to tell this
joke on you while anybody lives to
remember 1t.
"Yes, indeed, Elmer Clarke,
right! Pilarcitos isn't going
TO be a pleasant place for you to
i've in hereafter, but-you're go
ng to live there because Nellie
ives there, because you're the
and also a high school
rustee. and you can't resign from
.ither job just because you're a
public joke. That would be haul
ng down your flag, which is alien
o your nature-besides which, it
would be the very finest way Of los
ng Nellie. Guess I'll sing the na
ional anthem Of Slant"
He decided to await develop.
1ents. 1t occurred to him that if
'unker really had such a club to
wing he would have swung it most
rofitably on Uncle Hiram before
he latter departed for that mystic
Ious land where income taxes are
Ut. He certainly would not swing
until he had collected his own
,gacy from the estate, for Bunker
as too cunning to make such a
laladroit move. Perhaps his threat
ad been a monumental bluff.
81 think this is a matter 7 should !
Ike up with McPeake." he decid- {
|, and forthwith called upon the
wyer. McPeake listened to the I
credible tale with a growing dis.
lst m~anifesting itself on his fea. +
res.
you're a shrewd judge of hu-
nature, Mr.. Clarke" he de- 1
AIRED when Elmer had finished his Q
Bunker is a rat. I am (
however. that he is bluff '
G you. If he. had had such a Y
aapOn to use on your uncle, he
1uld have used it. Consequently. q
think that the best thing to do s
to ignore him and proceed with q
e distribution Of the estate" 1
swell, I'll not accept any money +
lat doesn't belong to me, Mr.. Nc n
v
That's all very fine, but wait n
It'll you know for a certainty that h
doesn't belong to you. A black f,
ailing charge is not sufficient o.
ounds upon which to base an ac- II
Of this kind; you cannot pos q,
ply be charged with being an ac-
ssory after the fact. l think this nj
hole affair is q mares nest and / o.
wise you to run along to New h,
,rk, enjoy yourself and return Of
re in about six weeks. I'm GER
that nothing will happen, until
2 decree Of final distribution Is do
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