The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-10
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yca dont ssns q marry me- yoa
deaf have te.- Sc assumed :
lofty manner.
Red. yeurs pain srssys roa
ard nsasl> are enxexed 10 ~
married. Hes rich ns's IN 81 th<
Ballard fortune. WHAT'S nzcrs 90.
zeal thsn yeu two Should marry
sad keep the fortune intact : What
am II A Kind % EioFif1ed hlred
mAa for your dad. Why. even m
Colts I rsiss 70 to hlm. TIE strain
of prolific oorn I develop becomes
hla What chance Do l hsvef-
she ,urn.a ,e examine him. Her
eyes traced hls features dropped
70 take IN his hsg sthiesie shoui.
dsrs and chest You're young
though You seem healthy. You
appear 70 have ycur original
equipment of teeth. hair. and
brains. l Away. admired your IN.
teliiEenee, Hunter
-rhAnks." he said with dry BIT
tsrness.
did u ever occur 10 you that
I might be = coed spert afssf all.
Hunter | mean your being pear
has never worried me. rad
stories and ses motion pictures
where the poor Boy refuses IA
marry the wealthy Eiri because u
win give him an lnferiority COM
plex. but I thought YOU might be
above such petty things. Hunter,
You've made yourself gnns
through the university mostly on
your own. become q scientific re-
search man, you've created things,
such a. that strain of corn And
you've only begun. Tour whole
life lies ahead of yoa There II
nothing 10 keep you from making
. name for yourself that Win b
the envy Of many men who only
had wealth 20 start on-oi Tis.
dale. for instances. I wouldn't b
afraid TO start from scratch with
such = man a. you. Hunter. I'm
betting on you. You remind me In
lots OF ways Of Dad. he met =
challenge. They made him mad
and he showed them. Wen. now
I've told you I thought perhaps
you loved me. Hunter"
God" he said. Il do love you
Il wouldn't have you now on .
silver platter"
Red. you drive me almost "a
murder"
We stiIl have enc Of thoss
messy things TO clear up"
so we have" Hunter said. 80
we have. Look here. Red. Let ms
tell you how I have this doped
up" lie knit his brows. cropping
for words. Let's start from the
beginning. Al one Of the parties
at your house Hank Temple let II
drop that he had TO get TO thu bant
10 see . shipment Of money ssI
out. Seventeen thousand dollars. II
would have TO be . private matter
Maybe only Hankins and MI
father. and the parties who we're q
get the money. knew about ths
business. Hank didn't mean. per
haps. 10 let II alp. But u was Do
tween friends. All right. The ganl
IL there. hears: and Hank has q
20. They make their wagsrs. Sup
pose. Just a. a hypothesis. the Chi.
barto twins make . wager no one
there could intercept the messen.
ger and take that roll off him. On
II could have been any one els.
present who bet. Junior, with Z
little too much under his bslt a.
usual. took the bet up. The part,
broke. Hankins Temple dispatched
the money by the messenger. Ths
time was not far from midnight
Why ths money had 10 move 81
such an hour. and In such . way
II not easy 20 explain unless yos
consider another thing or two.
'Oksy. let's consider than
There is that ordinances plant
scandal which has just broken. Tn
older Chibzrto IL involved In fraud
against the government. Rascal
And = man who In Wartime pull,
something like that In . rascal
Like father like twins. The none,
II q bribe. Know about that wharf
project which u just across IN
river from thu old landing below
Water Street, That IL a part ol
this ordinances plant Sons on.
down thsre m the know was get
ting ready 10 talk. ohibxrto- and
this ~ hard talk but ne have q
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