Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1934-05-18
CHAPTER VII-Continued

He said that significantly and the
Laird stared at him in sharp query.
my guess would be this: that Flynn
tried to buy from you and had gotten
nowhere, that he knew his son was
q worthless bum, that he found this
fellow who makes good enough ap-
pearance and who surely is darned
good fisherman and sent him in here
with the deliberate purpose Of winning
your confidence and friendship"
aye think SO? Ye think that,
lad? =. wonder !" An irate
CLEAN commenced to show in the
Laird's eyes. "Queer Happenings,
queer things. All, I'm sick Of it all !!
Age rides heavy on tn shoulders |!
A great relief felt when / signed his
option but If he's gone, ut's gone WI
him md I've got tn timber back again |!
If Jim Flynn's smart trickster, no
more will have to do WI him but
I've tn property back moo md just
when I'd commenced to reckon on
other investments"
It was Franz's opportunity, his hour
snatched from what happened to have
been defeat yesterday. Cleverly he
played his cards., Each word he spoke
was well calculated. They walked
back to the Laird's where the old man
paced the room while Franz listened
in evident sympathy and waited. {.
waited.
His waiting was rewarded and, at
dawn, he started for Shoestring him
self, an option in his possession. He
presented his document to the register
Of deeds and watched that worthy
scratch his head as he read 1t.
"Well, that's the second option on
that description" he declared.
"Second!" Franz's voice was shrill.
"Sure. Young Jim Flynn was in yes.
terday with it. He waited around
town until this noon for telegram"
But Why, he couldn't :.
He's :"
But ghosts do not transact business.
He had been thwarted again but his
agile mind grasped one shred of hope.
"His was a seven-day option.
wasn't it,"
Eyes. Dated Thursday"
"Record this, then. It's for fifteen"
He went out of the building and
walked slowly to the edge of town,
throwing himself down under a tree
and trying to plan. kilograms had
been exchanged between Shoestring
and Chicago relating to this transac-
ton. Now, If a man could know what
instructions those messages con-
Down at the railroad station, which
was also the telegraph office, figure
stood for long in the deep shadow of
the building. After time, seeing no
one, hearing no one, a man slipped
an iron bar beneath window sash,
put his weight on it and heard the
catch give with snap and tinkle.
Slipping into the room he closed the
window cautiously behind him.
He found Steve's message, signed
with the single word, jim; and after
further searching, located the reply:
Goods in his heaven, all's well with
the world. The option is grand news
but indication Of what you have done
with Dads trust brings the greatest
happiness have ever known. Twen-
ty-five thousand currency will be de-
livered to Goodbye Tuesday. Have
team at Shoestring Monday noon.
"Kate."
And in the little camp beyond the
Mad Woman two men lay under the
arching stars and talked on and on.
"You've got it to do" LaFane said
again and again. "You can do it; you
must do it. In less than week, now,
you'll be as fit as you ever were.
And you can and you must; you
can and you must!"
The boy beside him trembled q
little.