The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-02-09
CHAPTER Iv-continued

"You two will now have delight
full secret together. You will have
community interest-my abject,
hopeless self. While this mythical
deal is on, not word of love to Ro-
berta. There must be no sentiment
in this business. or you'll spoil
everything.
"Well. in the fullness of time
when the market breaks-as you
and know blamed well it will-yon
make the mythical cleanup. hand
me back the deed to Hillcrest and
a fake check for my winnings
rather, let Roberta do it. so she'll
feel that the credit for the coup is
all hers-remind me of my word of
honor to quit stock gambling. shake
hands all around, bid Roberta a
somewhat suppressed good-by and
announce you are off for "trip
around the world. to be gone for a
year. And at that moment. old son,
if you play your cards with the skill
and Judgment which a lawyer Of
your proved ability should, Roberta
will go with you or I'm fit for an
insane asylum"
"I'm not so certain your plan will
work out as perfectly as you appear
to think, Mr. Latham" Hackett re-
piled doubtfully.
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berta will be serious now. No more
flirting, no more attempting to work
her wiles on you to see you squirm
and satiate her with sense of her
power over you. She'll begin to
study you then, to appreciate the
fact that you have qualities she
must respect; she'll feel grateful
to you. but owing to the fact that
she secured your loan the obliga-
ton sWill be more mine than hers.
No love. Business. Then love will
bob up of its own accord
Glenn Hackett looked genuinely
distressed. Crooked Bill rambled
on: 81 want Roberta to 90 to Tex
as to look after that estate. She
has a jolt coming to her when she
gets there. and I'm the little boy
tRat knows it. Twenty-Five years
ago | was in thes cattle business
myself. in Las Cruces county, Tex
az. owned the Rancho Verdugo
and sold out to chap named Bill
Hobart. | know this Higuenes fam.
liz. don't know Don Jaime Miguel
Higuenes. but did know his ia
ther. and a grand piece of work he
was. Spanish with broad streak
of Irish or Irish with broad
srreak of Spanish. forget which
remember the old man had an
infant son named Jaime. so this
chap wnc killed Tom Antrim must
he that boy"
.'Higuenes says a man named
Jim Higgins killed Antrim. Iso
berta told me over the telephone"
Jaime is Spanish for James.
readily corrupted to Jimmy. and
Hignenes is Spanish for Higgins.
Don Jaime went over to Antrim's
camp to order him and. his sheep
off the Higmenes range. Antrim.
the skunk figured on numbering the
boy without risk to himself. For
tunately third man was present
at that conference just before the
killing-a ranger named Kenneth
Hohart-son of old Bill Hobart to
whom | sold the Rancho vertugo.
Higuenes borrowed the rangers
rifle unknown to Antrim-and al.
though Antrim shot Higuenes three
times. eventually Higuenes got out
of range. Then he stalked Antrim
and killed him. have had a re.
port on the matter from the cor
oner at Los Alg0dones.'
very interesting. Mr.. Latham"
"Best news I've had in fifty
years. Glenn But what challenges
my interest is this Antrim is dead
Higuenes lives and is moi seriously
tiJui wi. CT ALL I'LL SICcD.
the tacit consent of Higuenes. con
tinue to trespass. Meanwhile iIig
uenes is doing all he can to protect
Roberta. whom he has never met
and all at considerable loss and
Inconvenience to himself because
those sheep are running mis- range
Sheep foul range up. and cattle
will not Craze where a sheep has
graZed. Also. Il sheep destroys the
range Ears the grass down tn the
roots and then some Now. why is
Higuenes doing this?''
search me. SIR
"He has some Interior motive.
and Roberta will discover 1t. of
course. Well. i want Roberta to
60 down there all het up with the
mental picture she has painted of
this romantic Huguenes. She'll
find brand of man she never met
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