The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-07-16

though he was In his horrible guise,
she must recognize the soul OF him,
and seven long years must she fol-
low him over the fiery mountain,
though he might never so much as
turn to look at her once. II she
perseveres through the seven years,
she breaks the spell; he's her prince;
and she has him.
Does she?s said Agnes.
"She does, through everything He
repeated:
. "Green Bear OF Babbletree.
Turn, thou. and look to me:
Seven long years I've followed thee,
Over the fiery mountain"
He had gone. Agnes was lying with
eyes closed on the chaise-longue In her
bedroom, when she heard her sisters
voice. Bee went In first to see her
mother, SO Agnes had few minutes
more of dreamy reverle before her
sister pushed her feet more to the side
and sat down facing her. 1t was six
o'clock.
"Your friend Myrtles lawyer said
Bee, seems to have queerly affected
Mother
what did she say to your"
That perhaps we'd misunderstood
your murderous little friend Myrtle.
He certainly has done something else
to Mother, too
YES"
"What is 1t, Agnes?"
II think she came to see somewhat
differently why Fathers doIng-what
he's probably doing, Bee.'
The dark head, covered by Its smart
little toque. looked away. "All right.
II he helped her.
The Dark One wandered to the
window.
"Whos that? Jeb?'
might be- said Agnes, sitting up.
Jeb had had an exceptionally prof
liable day; and on no day. within re-
cent memory. had business been bad
The market for stocks-ralls, Indus
trial, utilities, oils, amusements-was
soaring. Today 1t had been almost a
runaway.
Bankers, merchants, clerks, BARRIERS,
bootblacks, shopglrls, dentists assist
ants, hair-dressers, manicurists, ele-
vator boys, street-sweepers every
body young or old, enlightened or IL
literate, capable or stupid, with mill
lions or with a scraped-up dollar or
two, was playing the market. And
whatever their state OF mind. or OF
body or soul. they we're all making
| money.
| Jeh was exultant He had never
| been SO right. He had made money
not only for himself but every client
| for whom he traded and whom he ad-
vIsed. He had lived In chorus OF
acclaim and gain all day.
He ran halfway upstairs to meet Ag-
mes coming down.
"Glen, what day We can do any
thing we like-anythlng. when you say
the word" He caught her up on the
landing. "Now you'll say 1t? Why
not7 Oh, you little fool, why not
i That damned trial! Wen marry
and come back for 1t. Or I'll get you
out Of it!'
"You can't, Jeb."
"Was that Irish shyster here7"
@Jeb!"
-Dd you see the papers this after
noon? I've left them In the car. y
They were downstairs together.
Sweet scented situation OMara's
trying to profit on. Lorrie, 1t seems
was insured for two hundred thou
sand dollars-fifty Of which he hat
left In the name OF his first wife a.
beneficiary; but dear little Myrtle hat
seen that he had her written In a.
beneficiary for one hundred and fit,
thousand.
1.-THE companies paid today the fit.
thousand to the first wife whom h,
divorced; but they're holding up pay
ment OF the hundred and fifty to swee
little Myrtle. II she's cleared. b,
O'Mara, Myrtle gets the hundred an,
fifty thousand insurance as an ad
dltional reward for the shooting