The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-03-23

good . sheepman to give you a
profit on your deal" Don Jaime
commenced to chuckle. You're
doomed to pay high price for
your fancies. Uncle William. Let
me know the minute the deal with
| Dingle is closed, because immedi-
ately thereafter I'm going to guard
| every water-hole, and those sheep
| of yours will die of thirst before
Dingle can move them off that
| range
81 think I'll sell you those
Sheep" Crooked Bill faltered.
you're regaining your senses.
I'll buy them from you-at two dol
lars a head less than you paid for
them. I'll teach you to take a joke,
mister. You horned in on my
private affairs and now you've got
to fee the fiddler. And I'll not pay
cash, either. Five per cent inter
est on chattel mortgage. How
ever, you'll be safe with a chattel
mortgage of mine." .a5
| IF | sell to you will you give
me your word of honor never to
tell Roberta word about this?"
I'm willing to make that stipu-
lation part of the contract. Let's
shake hands on it,
They shook hands. You're a
smart devil" said Crooked Bill ad-
miringly. "Pm sort of sorry con-
spired against you. but had my
reasons. | wanted Glenn Hackett.
my attorney, to be my nephew-in.
law. He's a gentleman"
$50 am l."
you're a wild Irish bandit. You
] just get by, and one of these days
you'll not. Somebody will tunnel
you yet"
i They had dinner, after which
they strolled over to Don Pruden-
clio Alviso's office and closed the
! sale of the sheep. And now"
Crooked Bill demanded, when the
deal was consummated. "I'll forgive
| you d whole lot, Jim Higgins. II
you'll tell me how come you got on
to me-"
So Don Jaime told him. SERVES
me right" the old gentleman de-
clared 81 played my hand poorly.
Well, I'm out of the sheep business.
it seems. so about all that's left for
me to do now is to go back to New
York.
"Oh, say not SO, Uncle Bill. Just
go back to the hotel. climb into your
regular clothes and come along out
to the ranch with me. You'll sur
prise Roberta. She'll think | sent
for you. just to give her pleasant
surprise. and she'll be very grateful.
Thus shall boom my stock a biz
with her. Besides. | want you to
see Vale Verde. want to show
you the room you'll occupy six
months of the year. Then. when
visit you at Dobbs Ferry you can
recipr0cate and show me the room
I'll occupy there six months of the
year-provided marry Roberta.
"You are going to ask herr"
"At the proper fime"
THANKS for the proffer of your
| hospitality. son. but I'll not accept
1t. Yon see. I'm going to put the
skids under you and II just wouldn't
be right TO harb0r such intentions
| while under your roof"
$50 you're going to make Roberta
come home. are you?"
"That's the program"
.Gof a good excuse?"
sThe hest in the world I've made
another killing in fhe market. rhe
sheep have been sold to advantage.
and she hasn't an excuse in the
world for hanging around Vale
Verde waiting for you to screw
your courage up to the point OF pro
posing"
Don Jaime sighed well. I'm 7of
exactly shackled to those sheep. |
have ghod men TO care for them. ]
suppose there's hotel of sorts in
| Dohbs Ferry where ] can put up
while paying court to Roberta" he
announced plaintively. "She'll In.
wife me to the house. of course and
you'll have 70 stand for 1t. because
yOn can never give a good and snm
cienf reason for objecfing ro me
| Ton know. deep In your wicked old
heart. Uncle Bill. that I'm quite a
fellow. Before | ask Roberta to
marry me mean TO he PERTAIN she's
going TO like Texas we'll enough to
| live In 1t. | want to know that life
will not be dull for her on Vale
Verde want her to know the
job I'm doing and why I'm doing IT,.
I want her TO realize that II she
] marries me she's got to he an asset.
NOT a liability. Consequently.
/ want her to stay another month. at
i least. and learn things"
"She'd never he happy with yon
! You're TOO fierce and tough in yOnr
friendly. humorous way. which is
inst your camouflage. You're dan.
! gerous man"