White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-10-03

IT s'pose might. It amt, though,
workin' very well right now. It's kind
of rusty. Furthermore, I'm out Of am,
munition."
"That wouldn't matter. amt cal
culatin' to fire it,"
But you'll have to-
Elisha's mounting disapproval changed
| to CONSERVATION.
Turning, he faced Eleazer
"Say, Eleazer," he faltered, "s'pose
we was to make deal son this thing
| S'pose, for the time bein' I was to
take over your job an you was to
take over mine. S'pose you did the ar
restin'? You seem to know sight
more bout how to manage it than
/ do.
''You put on the badge; you tell the
thief to stick 'em up; you put the PTS
tol twixt his shoulders, or wherever
you think twill do the most good; an
you snap the handouts on him. I'll
see you get full credit for it. Mean
while, if there's fire or an under
takin job, I'll manage EN- somehow
J Eleazer shook his head.
/ 'That wouldn't do, 'Lish, no way in
the world he objected. 1--WE can't GO
swappin' offices voted us by the town
Folks wouldn't like it. Was I, a COM
mon citizen, to shoot the criminal, I'd
likely be hauled up for murder. I'm
willin' to stand by you to the extent
of goin' along an keepin' you COM
pany but you must be the one that
bears the brunt of the job. You amt
told me yet none of the details of this
business. If I'm goin' to help you
I'd oughter be told everything about it
Who is the criminal? An where is
he? An how'd you come to get track
of him?"
Alas, the questions were the very
ones Elisha had hoped to escape an
swering. Nevertheless, he knew of nc
way to evade his confederate's curl
osity.
Reluctantly, cautiously, he poured
out his story and was rewarded to see
the other town official cape at him
open-mouthed.
"Bless my SOUL" he reiterated. "Bless
my soul! Who would "a drempt it?'
he burst out when he could contain
himself no longer. oval, never die
like that Teller Heath. I suspected
from the first there was somethin
wrong about him. Probly he has queer
eyes. You can always spot crinlina,
by his eye. Kinder shifty an flshy
I understand human nature. This
Heath Teller, now. understand him
"Then p'raps you can foretell wha
he's likely to do when arrest him,
put in Elisha eagerly.
II can" Eleazer nodded. II can pro.
phesy just about what he'll do"
"What?"
cts better I shouldn't tell you
Twouldn't be wise. We must do o,ll
duty no matter what comes of it."
Elisha,s knees weakened beneath
him.
Seems to me- went on Eleazer
chat stead of loiterin' here discussin
the calamaties of the future you'd bet.
ter be gettin' on to your house. You've
got to put on your other clothes. TIL,
press, most likely, will want to photo
graph you. Then you must hunt vi
your badge, your handouts an all you
paraphernalia. I'd better cut across
the field, meantime, an oil up m,
pistol. Mebbe I can AK it so-st it'll
go off. II try an find you som'
cartridges, too. I wouldn't want tt
stand by an see you struck dow1
without your havin' some slight de-
Tense, poor as it's"
With this dubious farewell, Eleaze,
hustled off across the dingle and wa
lost to sight.
Left alone, Elisha gloouily pursued
his way to his own cottage and enter
ing it by the side door passed through
the back hall and upstairs.
Going to the closet, he took out hi
Sunday suit, shook it, and with tn,