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By FRANCIS LYNDE
a (Copyright by CfcaiWaSctiDntrs5on) aaaE a
CHAPTER XIX Continued.
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Smith did his various errands quick
ly. When ho reached tho fourth-floor
flulto ngnln, Jlbbey was out of tho
bath; was sitting on tho edgo of the
bed wrapped In blankets, with tho
steaming pot of coffeo sent up on
Smith's hurry order bestdo him on a
tray.
"It's your turn at tho tub," ho bub
bled cheerfully. "I didn't have any
glad rags to put on, so I swiped somo
of your bedclothes. Go to It, old man,
beforo you catch cold."
Smith was already pointing for tho
bath. "Your trunk will ho up In n
few minutes, and I've told them to
send It here," ho said. "When you
want to quit me, you'll And your rooms
Ave doors to tho right In this sumo
corridor: suite number four-slxtecn."
It was a long half-hour before Smith
emerged from his bathroom once more
clothed and In his right mind. In
tho Interval the reclaimed trunk had
been sent up, and Jtbbey was also
clothed, no had found one of Smith's
pipes and some tobacco and was
smoking with tho luxurious enjoyment
of ono who had suffered the pangs im
posed by two days of total abstinence.
"Just hangln' around to say good
night," ho began, when Smith showed
hlmsolf In tho sitting room. Then ho
returned tho borrowed plpo to Its place
on the mantel and said his small say
to the definite end. "After all that's
happened to us two tonight, Monty,
I hope you'ro going to forget my crazy
yappings and not lose "any sleep about
that Lawrencevllle business. I'm sev
enteen different kinds of a rotten fail
ure ; there's no manner of doubt about
that; and onco In a while Just onco
In a whllo I've got sense enough to
know It You saved my ltfo when It
would have been all to the good for
you to lot mo go. I guess tho world
wouldn't have been much of a loser
If I had gone, and you knew that, too.
Will you cr would you shako hands
with me, Monty)"
CHAPTER XX.
The Pace-Setter.
Smith made an early breakfast on
tho morning following tho auto drive
fft tho ntinnrinnnfl tnlnn tinnlncr thnrahv
v to avoid meeting both Miss Rlchlander
f and Jlbbey. The nophra cafe was
practically empty when ho went in
and took his accustomed placo at one
of the alcove tables, but ho had barely
given his order when Stnrbuck ap
peared and carao to Join htm.
"You're looking a whole lot better
this morning, John," said tho mine
owner quizzically, as he held, up a
finger for the waiter. "How's tho
grouch?"
Smith's answering grin had some
thing of-lts former good-nature In it.
"Today's tho day, Billy," ho said. "To
morrow at midnight wo must havo tho
water running in tho ditches or loso
our franchise.' It's chasing around In
tho back part of my mind that Stanton
will make his grandstand play today.
rm not harboring any grouches on tho
edge of the battle. They aro a handi
cap, anyway, and always."
"That's good mcdlclno talk," said tho
older man, eying him keenly. And
then: "You had us all guessing, yester
day, and the day before, John. You
sure was acting as If you'd gone plumb
locoed."
"I was locoed," was tho qulot ad
mission. "What cured you?"
"It's too long a story to tell over tho
breakfast table. Wlwt do you hear
from Williams?"
1 "All qulot during tho night; but the
weather reports aro scaring him up
a good bit this morning."
"Storms on the range?"
Voo Thrt rlvnr cm I nod fnnr fpol
last night, and thcro Is flood watsr and
drift coming down to beat tho band,
i Just the same, Bartloy says he Is
going to mako good."
Smith nodded. "Bartley Is all right ;
the right man In tho right placo. Dave
you soen tho colonel slnco he left the
offices last evening?"
"Yes. I drovo him and Corona out
to tho ranch In my new car. He said
'he'd lost his roadster; somebody had
sneaked In and borrowed it"
"I supposo ho told you' about the
latest movo our move In the stock
selling game?"
"No, ho didn't; but Btllllngs did. You
flayed It pretty One, John ; only I hopo
to gracious we won't have to redeem
those options. It would bu'st our Uttlo
9 laalde crowd wide open to havo to buy
In all that stock at par."
Smith laughed. " 'Sufficient unto tho
day,' BUly. It was tho only way to
block Stanton. It's neck or nothing
with him now, and he has only ono
more string that he can pull."
Tho railroad"" right-of-way deal?"
"Ye8;ho has been holding tnat In
reserve that, and one othor thing."
"What was tho other thing?" Star
back was absently fishing for a se
ond lamp of sugar In tho sugar bowl.
"Has It got anything to do with tho
bunch of nowa that you won't tell
ut about yourself, John?"
"It has. Two days ago, Stanton had
!.. .. . -..- , 0t wu .
pte fairly, but a friend of mine stepped
In. Last night, again, ho stood to win
out. But a man fell Into tho river, and
Stanton lost out onco more."
Stnrbuck glanced up soberly. "You'ro
talking In riddles now, John. I don't
sabo."
"It Isn't necessary for you to sabo.
Results aro what counts. Barring acci
dents, you Tlmanyonl High Line
people can reummubly count on having
mo with you for tho next few critical
days; and, I may add, you never
needed mo more pointedly."
Starbuck's smile was face-wide.
"I hopo I don't feel sorry," ho re
marked. "Somo day, 'when you can
take an hour or so off, I'm going to
get you to show iuo around In your
little mu-2ceum of self-conceit, John.
Maybu I can learn how to gather me
up one."
Smith matched" the mine owner's
good-natured smile. For Bomo unex
plalnablo reason tho world, his particu
lar world, seemed to havo lost Its
malignance. Ho could even think of
Stanton without bitterness; and tho
weapon which had been weighing his
hip pocket for the past few days had
been carefully burled In the bottom of
tho lower dressing-case drawer before
he came down to breakfast
"You may laugh, Billy, but you'll
have to admit that I've been outflgur
lng tho wholo bunch of you, right from
tho stact," he retorted brazenly. "But
jet's get down to business. This Is
practically Stanton's last day of grace.
If he can't get some legal hold upon
us beforo midnight tomorrow night
or work somo scheme to make us lose
our franchise, his Job Is gone."
"Show me," said the mlno owner suc
cinctly. "It's easy. With tho dam completed
and the water running In tho ditches,
we become at1 onco a going concern,
with assets a long way in advance of
our liabilities. Tho day nfter tomor
rowIf wo pull through you won't
bo able to buy a single share of
Tlmanyonl High Lino at any figure.
As a natural consequence, public senti
ment, which, we may say, Is at pres
ent a Uttlo doubtful, will come over
to our side In a landslide, and Stan
ton's outfit, If it wants to continue tho
fight, will havo to fight the entire
Tlmanyonl, with the city of Brewster
thrown in for good measure. Am X
making it plain?"
"Bight you are, so far. Qo on." ,
"Billy, I'll tell you something that
I haven't dared to tell anybody, not
even Colonel Baldwin. I've been
spending tho company's money like
water to keep In touch. The minute
we fall, and long beforo we could
hope to reorganize a second tlmo and
apply for a new charter, Stanton's com
pany will bo in tho field, with Its char
ter already granted. From that to tak
ing possession of our dam, either by
means of an enabling act of tho leg
islature, or by purchaso from the pa
per railroad, will be only a step. And
"Good Qloryl" He Sighed.
wo couldn't do a thing! Wo'd havo
no legal rights, and no money to fight
wlthl"
Starbuck pushed his chair away from
tho table and drew a long breath.
"Good glory I" ho sighed. "I wish to
goodness It was day after tomorrow!
Can you carry It any further, John?"
"Yes; a stop or two. For a week
Stanton has been busy on the paper
railroad claim, and that Is what mado
me buy a few cases of good rifles
and send them out to Williams ; I was
afraid Stanton might try force. Ho
won't do that It ho can help It; he'll
go in with somo legal show, If possible,
because our forco at the dam far out
numbers any gang he could hire, and
ho knows we are armed."
"He can't work tho legal game," said
Starbuck definitively. "I've known
Judgo Warner ever since I was knee
high to a hop-toad, and a squarcr man
doesn't breatho."
"That is all right, but you're forget
ting something. Tho paper railroad is
or was onco an interstate corpora
tion, and so may ask for relief from
the federal courts, thus going over
Judgo Warnor's head. I'm not saying
anything against Lorchlng, tho federal
i juujjo us xteu uuue. ivo uioi win, ana
I ho is a good jurist and presumably, an
judgo at Red Butte. I'vo met him, and
iti i t
honest man. But ho is well along In
years, and has an exaggerated notion
of his own Importance. Stanton, or
rather his figurehead railroad people,
havo asked him to Intervene, and ho
has taken tho caso under advisement
That Is whero wo stand this morning."
Stnrbuck was nodding slowly. "I
seo what you mean, now," htTsald. "If
Lorchlng Jumps the wrong way for us,
you'ro looking to seo a United States
marshal walk up to Bartley Wllllums
somo tlmo today and tell him to quit
Thnt would put tho final kibosh on us,
wouldn't It?"
Smith was rising In his place.
"I'm not dead yet, Billy," bo re
joined cheerfully. "I haven't let it get
this far without hammering out a few
expedients for our side. If I can man
age to stay In the fight today and to
morrow "
A little new under clerk had como in
from the hotel ofllco and was trying to
give Stnrbuck a note in a square en
velope, and Starbuck wus saying: "No,
that's Mr. Smith, over there."
Smith took tho noto and opened It,
and ho scarcely heard the clerk's ex
planation that it had been put In his
box the evening before, and that tho
day clerk had been afraid he would
get away without finding it It was
from Vcrda IMchlander, and It had
neither superscription nor signature.
This Is what Smith read:
"My little ruse has failed miserably.
Mr. K's. messenger found my father
In spite of it and he the messenger1
returned this evening. I know, be
cause he brought a note from father to
me. Como to me as early tomorrow
morning as you can, and we'll plan
what can bo done."
Smith crushed tho noto in his hand
and thrust it Into his pocket Star
buck was making a cigarette, and was
studiously refraining from breaking in.
But Smith did not keep him waiting.
"That was my knockout Billy," ho
said with a quietness that was almost
overdone. "My time has suddenly been
shortened to hours perhaps to min
utes. Get a car as quickly as you can
and go to Judge Warner's house. I
havo an appointment with him at nine
o'clock. Tell him I'll keep it if I can,
but that he needn't wait for me If I
am not there on the minute."
CHAPTER XXI.
The Colonel's "Defl."
Though It was only eight o'clock.
Smith sent his card to Miss Richland
er's rooms at once and then had him
self lifted to tho mezzanine floor to
wait for her. She came in a few min
utes, a strikingly beautiful figure of a
woman In tho freshness of her morn
ing gown, red-lipped, bright-eyed, and
serenely conscious of her own re
splendent gifts of face and figure.
Smith went quickly to meet her and
drew her aside Into the music parlor.
Already tho need for caution was be
ginning to make Itself felt.
"I have come," he said briefly.
"You got my noto?" she asked.
"A few minutes ago Just as I was
leaving the breakfust table."
"You will leave Brewster at once
while tho way Is still open?"
Ho shook his head. "I can't do
that; In common justice to the men
who have trusted me, and who arc
now needing mo moro than ever, I
must stay through this one day, and
possibly another."
"Mr. Klnzlo will not be likely to lose
any time," sho prefigured thoughtfully.
"Ho has probably telegraphed to Law-
rencevlllo beforo this." Then, with a
glance over her shoulder to make suro
that thero were no eavesdroppers:
"But not one of these Brewsterltcs can
Identify you as John Montague Smith
of Lawrencovlllc tho man who Is
wanted by Sheriff Macauley. My fa
ther, in his letter, after telling mo
that ho will bo detained In tho moun
tains several days longer, refers to Mr.
Klnzlo's request and suggests "
Tho fugitive was smiling grimly. "IIo
suggests that you might help Mr. Kin
zle out."
"Not quite that," she rejoined. "Ho
merely suggests that I am to be prudent,
and to quote him exactly 'not got
mixed up In tho affair in any way so
that It would mako talk.' "
"I see," said Smith. And then J "You
havo a disagreeable duty ahead of you,
nnd I'd relievo you of tho necessity
by running away, If I could. But that
Is Impossible, as I have explained."
Sho was silent for a moment; then
sho said: "When I told you a few
days ago that you were going to need
my help, Montague, I didn't foreseo
unythlng like this. I shall breakfast
with the Stantons in a few minutes;
and after nine o'clock ... If you
could contrlvo to keep out of the way
until I can get word to you; just so
they won't bo able to bring us faco to
face with each other"
Smith saw what she meant; saw,
also, whereunto his wretched fate was
dragging him. It was the newest of
all tho reincarnations, the one which
had begun with Jlbbey's silent hand
clasp the night before, which prompted
him to say:
"If they, should ask yoi about me,
you must tell them tho truth,' Verda."
Her suillo was mildly scornfulf
"Is that what tho plain-faced little
ranch person would do?" she asked.
"I don't know ; yes, I guess it is."
"Doesn't sho caro any moro for you
than that?"
Smith did not reply. Ho was stand
ing where ho could watch the comings
and goings of the elevators. Time wan
precious and he was chafing at tho de
lay, but Miss Rlchlander was not yet
ready to let him go.
"Tell mo honestly, Montague," sho
said ; "Is It anything more than a case
of propinquity with this Baldwin girl?
on your part, I mean."
"It isn't anything," he returned so
berly. "Corona Baldwin will never
t.h-
(IP".
"Tell Me Honestly, Montague."
marry any man who has so much
to
explain as I have."
"You didn't know this was her home,
when you came out here?"
"No."
"But you had met her somewhere,
before you came?"
"Once; yes. It was In Guthrlevllle,
over a year ago. X met her there at a
house where she was visiting."
"I see," she nodded, and then, with
out warning: "What was the matter
with you last nightabout dinner
time?" "Why should you think there was
anything the matter with me?" '
"I was out driving with the Stantons.
When I came back to the hotel I found
Colonel Baldwin and another man a
lawyer, I think he was waiting for
me. They said you were needing a
friend, who could go and talk to you
and 'calm you down,' was the phrase
the" lawyer used. I was good-natured
enough to go with them, but when we
reached your offices you had gone, and
tho ranch girl was thero alone, wait
ing for her father."
"That was nonsense I" he comment
ed ; "their going after you as if I were
a maniac or a drunken man, I mean."
This tlmo Miss Rtchlander's smile
was distinctly resentful. "I suppose
the colonel's daughter answered the
purpose better," she said. 'There was
an awkward little contretemps, and
Miss Baldwin refused, rather rudely, I
thought, to tell her father where you
had gone."
Smith broke away from the unwel
come subject abruptly, saying: 'There
Is something else you ought to know,
Jlbbey is here, at last."
"Does he know you are here?"
"H does."
"Why didn't you tell me before?
That will compllcato things dreadfully.
Tucker will talk end tell all he knows;
no cant neip it."
"This Is ono time when he will not
talk. Perhaps ho will tell you why
when you seo him."
Miss Rlchlander glanced at tho face
of the small watch pinned on her
shoulder.
"You must not stay here any longer,"
she protested. 'The Stantons may comt
down any minute, now, and they
mustn't find us together. I am still
forgiving enough to want to help you,
but you must do your part and let mo
know what Is going on."
William Starbuck's newcar was
standing In front of Judge"Warnor's
houso In tho southern suburb when
Smith descended from tho closed cab
which he had taken at the Hophra
House sldo entrance. The clock In
tho courthouso tower was striking the
quarter of nine. Tho elevated mesa
upon which tho suburb was built com
manded a broad view of tho town and
tho outlying ranch lands, and In the
distance beyond tho river the Hlilcrest
cottonwoods outlined themselves
against a background of miniature
buttca.
Smith's gaze took In the wide, sunlit
prospect. Ho had paid and dismissed
his cabman, and the thought came to
him that in a few hours the wooded
buttcs, tho baro plains, the mighty
mountains, and the pictured city
spreading maplike at his feet would
probably exist for him only as a mem
ory. While he halted on the terrace,
Starbuck came out of the house.
"The judge is at breakfast," the
owner announced. "You're to so la
and wlt What do you want me te
do next?"
do ba ooNToraazvi
Net Like Heme.
Tho bright boy In khaki was dilating
on the woes of army life.
"Yes," ho said to his old mother, "wo
don't get much In tho way of fancy
foods, or anything like that. Our camp
cook's all rlj;ht on stews and soup, but
he can't go beyond them. The other
day you know, when I went bnck, I
took n cucumber with me that I was
going to share with ono or two of the
boys. I gave It to tho cook and asked
lilin to get It renily for in, and whnt
d'you think be did with It? Put It In
the oven nnd Imkcd It."
"Oh, poor boyI"'8nld tho fond moth
er. "A pity I couldn't have been thcro
to look nfter you. I'd have boiled It
lovely for you l"
Flfty-Flfty.
Bernard was present at n dinner par
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their children. Ono Uttlo girl wanted
to play with Bernard's toy's, but he
was sclflHh and wouldn't let her.
"Now, Bernard," said mother, "you
must be u little gentleman."
"Yes," said he, "but sho must bo n
lady."
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