The Coolidge examiner., 1933-01-13

/ godOnes tomorrow, Ken, draw
about a thousand dollars from the
bank and pay off those sheepmen.
They'll stick on the job and take
good care of those range sheep.
when they know they're being
watched"
And do you intend keeping Bill
Dingle and his men In your private
hoosegow indefinitely"
"Oh. no. not Indefinitely, Ken. I've
only sentenced them to thirty days
! for trespass and assault with in
tent to do great bodily HARM"
But DingIe claims that part of
his remuneration as manager for
Tom Antrim was an interest in the
lamb crop. He'll charge you with
stealing his lambs and sue you for
huge damages"
But I'll give his foreman a re.
ceipt for all The sheep and wool |
possess myself of. I'll even give
Dingle duplicate receipt. Sign it
myself. too"
Don Jaime. you're hopelessly
medieval. If Dingle charges you
with kidnapping and swears that you
held him prisoner thirty days in
an effort to make him sign over his
/ interest in those lambs. it's going to
cost you a lot of money to defend
yourself. And If you're convicte ed
the punishment Is Imprisonment for
life"
IAN Higuenes cannot be convict.
ed in Las Cruces county, my friend.
| There would be an overpreponder-
ance OF Latin blood in the jury, and
a Latin doesn't care two boots In
a hollow for the law. All he wants
Is justice and he doesn't want any
| justice other than the brand that
appeals TO him. King John of Run.
nymede and Don Quixote could
never agree on anything"
Ken Hobart surrendered but not
without mlsgiving. "How are your
wounds?" he queried.
Nothing TO worry about. I'll be
on the job again in month";"
Crooked Bill's well-laid plan
worked with the smoothness of a
piston-thanks TO Roberta To her
airy greeting Glenn Hackett re-
turned one OF the utmost gravity.
so Roberta jumping instantly to the
conclusion that Crooked Bill mad
been talking his affairs over with
his lawyer, promptly precipitated
the drama. much to the relief of the
1 principal actors.
well. Glenn" she said. "has
Uncle Bill been telling you his sad
story?"
Hackett nodded owlishly.
Crooked Bill raised a protesting
hand Let us not discuss Il, If you
please, Bobby. Remember. girl, I'm
not the whimpering kind"
Il know you're not, dear Uncle
Bill. You're a perfectly good old
sport. have just had long tele
gram from my lawyer in Los Algo
| dOnes, Texas. He informs me that
the affairs of Uncle Toms estate
are in excellent shape and that he
died leaving even more sheep than
was at first suspected. There are
about ten thousand lambs that will
soon be ready for market and which
should bring ten dollars head and
there are upwards of a hundred
thousand pounds of excellent wool
worth thirty cents a pound-Why, II
would seem that Uncle Toms estate
will run close TO half a million dol.
lars. We should worry and grow
wrinkles and gray hair. darling"
The butler announced dinner
and between the fish and the roast,
as per agreement, Glenn Hackett
commenced to question Crooked Bill
adroitly as to the exact nature OF
his operations in the market. Ro-
berta noted grim little smile play
ing across Hackett's Puritanical
! face from time 70 time. so presently
with her customary impulsiveness
she asked him to share the joke
with them.
Its on your Uncle Bill" he re.
piled. "It is my duty to inform you
Bobby, that your Uncle Bill is an
antediluvian idiot who can't see the
woods for the trees. If he could
he'd see path AS wide as the
boardwalk at Atlantic City. Let
US eat. drink and be merry, for to
morrow Uncle Bill will no longer be
financial corpse. He will have
commenced his resurrection"
How are you going to save
Uncle Bill?" Roberta demanded.
Hackett proceeded to outline to
her. patiently and in words of one
syllable, his plan for the salvation
of Crooked Bill.