RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF THE CHAPTER XXI. Continued. 16 "When I get through with the Judge, 1 shall want to go out to tho dam. "Will you wait nnd tako mo?" "Surest thing on earth" with prompt acquiescence And then: "Is it as bad as you thought It was going to bo, Johnr "It's about as bad as It can bo," was tho sobor reply, ond with that Smith went In to wait for his Interview with tho Tlmanyonl's best-beloved Jurist. At nlno o'clock, or a few minutes beforo tho hour, David Klnzle, nt his desk In the Brewster City Natlonnl, telephoned a message that presently brought Colonel Dexter Baldwin ti tho prlvato room In tho bank known to nervous debtors as "the swentbox." "Sit down, Dexter," sold the banker shortly; "sit down n minute while I look at my mall." It was ono of David Klnzle's small subtleties to make a man sit Idly thus, on ono pretext or another; It rnrcly failed to put tho Incomer at a disad vantage, nnd on tho present occasion It worked llko a charm. Baldwin had let his dgnr go out and had chewed ,tho end of It Into a pulp beforo Klnzle JBwung around In his chair and launched out abruptly. "You and I have always been pretty Rood friends. Dexter," ho began, "and ft havo called you down hero this morning to provo to you that I nm iBtlll your friend. Where Is your man Smith?" Baldwin shook his hend. "I don't jknow," ho answered. "I haven't seen Mm sluco last evening." "Has ho run away, then?" Tho Missouri colonel squared him self doggedly In tho suppliant debtor's .chair, which was tho ono Klnzlo had placed for him. "What are you driv ing at, Dave?" he demanded. "We'll tackle your end of It flrst," fcald tho banker curtly. "Do you know (that you and your crowd havo como to (tho bottom of tho bag on that dam proposition?" "No, I don't" "Well, you have. You've got Just ono moro day to live." The Mlesourlan fell back upon his nattvo phrase. "1 reckon you'll have to show me, Dave," asserted Baldwin stoutly. "But KO on. You've got your gun loaded: (what are you aiming it at?" "Just this: lttold you weeks ago that tho other people wero carrying too many big guns for you. I don't "want to see you killed off, Dexter." Tin no quitter; you ought to know Ithat, Dave," was tho blunt rejoinder. "I know; but thero are times when It Is simply foolhardy to hold on. Tho compromise proposition that I put up o you people a while back still holds good. But today Is tho last day. Dex ter. You must accept it now, If you iaro going to accept It at all." "And if wo refuse?" "You'll go to smash, tho wholo kit of you. As rvo said, this Is the last 'call." By this tlmo Baldwin's cigar was a hopeless wreck. "You've got something up your sleeve, Dave: what Is it?" ho Inquired. Tho banker pursed his lips and the bristling mustache assumed Its most taggresslvo angle. "There are a number of things, but tho one which concerns you most, Just no.v, Is this: we've got Smith's record, iut lnet. lie Is an outlaw, with a prlco on his head. We've dug out tho wholo story. P is a defaulting bank cash ier, and before ho ran away, ho tried to kill his president" Baldwin was frowning heavily. "Who told you all this? Was It this Kiss IUchlandcr over at tho Hophra ouse. i i ' "No; it was her father. I sent ono of my young men out to tho Topaz ,to look him up." "And you havo telegraphed to tho chief of police, or tho sheriff, or who Sever it Is that wants Smith?" "Not yet I wanted to give you ono jmoro chance, Dexter. Business comes prst Tho Browster City National Is ja bank, not n detcctlvo agency. You go and find Smith and Ore him; tell him ho is down and out; get rid of h!m, onco for all. Then como back 'hero and we'll fix up that compromlso Iwith Stanton." Baldwin found a match and tried to Irollght the dead cigar. But it was (Chewed past redemption. "Let's got it plumb Btralght, Dave," tho pleaded, in tho quiet tono of ono who will leave no peace-keeping stone unturned. "You say you'vo got John dead to rights. Smith is a mighty com mon name. I Bltouiun't wonucr it there wero half a million r so John Smiths taking tho country over. How do you know you'vo got tho right ;ono?" "His mlddlo namo is 'Montague,'" snapped tho banker, "and tho man (who is wanted called himself 'J. Mon tague Smith.' But wo can Identify him positively. Mr. Rlchlandcr's daughter can tell us if ho Is tho right ,Smlth, and sho probably will if tho po .lice ask her to." Baldwin may havo had his own opinion about that, but if so, ho kept It to himself and spoko feelingly of ethftf thUio. r- ? REAL By FRANCIS LYNDE (Copyright by diss. Scribner't Sou) SkflBPB "gp "Dave," ho said, rising to stand over tho square-built man In tho swing chair, "It's llko pulling a sound tooth to have to tell you tho plain truth. You'vo got a mighty bad caso of money-rot Tho profit account has grown so big with you that you can't Hco ovor tho top of It You'vo horsed back and forth between Stanton's out fit and ours until you can't tell tho dlffcrenco between your old friends and a bunch of low-down, consclcnco lcss land-plratc. You pull your gun and go to shooting whenever you get ready. Well stay with you and try to hold up our end nnd John's. And you mark my words, Dave: you're tho man that's going to get left In this deal; tho straddlcr always gets left" And with that ho cut tho interview short and went back to tho High Lino o dices on tho upper floor. CHAPTER XXII. Witnesses. Driven by Starbuck In tho brand- new car, Smith reached tho dam at half-pnst ten' and nan in tlmo to seo tho swarming carpenters begin tho plnclng of forms for tho pouring of tho final section of tho great wall. Though tho high water was lapping at tho foot timbers of tho forming, and tho weath er reports wero still portentous, Wil liams was In lino fettle. Thero had been no further Interferences on tho part of tho railroad people, every man on tho Job was spurting for tho finish, and tho successful end was now fairly in sight "We'll bo pouring this afternoon," ho told Smith, "and with a twenty-four-hour sot for tho concrete, and the forms left In placo for additional se curity, wo can shut tho spillway gates and back tho water Into tho main ditch. Instead of being a hindrance, then, tho flood-tide will help. Under slack-water conditions, It would take a day or two to finish filling tho reser voir lake, but now we'll got tho few feet rise needed to fill the sluices al most while you wait" "You have your guards out, as wo planned?" Smith inquired. "Twenty of tho best men I could find. They nro patrolling on both sides of tho river, with Instructions to report It they see so much as a rabbit 'Jump up." "Good. Tm going to let Starbuck drive mo around the lake limits to see to It personally that your pickets are on tho Job. But, first I'd llko to uso your phono for a minute or two," and with that Smith shut him self up in tho small field office and called Martin, the bookkeeper, at the town headquarters. Tho result of tho brief talk with Martin seemed satisfactory, for when it was concluded, Smith rang off and asked for tho Hophra House. Being given tho hotel exchange, ho called the number of Miss IMchlander's suite, nnd tho answer canio promptly in her full, throaty volco: "Is that you, Montague?" "Yes. rm out nt tho dam. Noth ing has been done yet. No telegraph ing, I mean. You understand?" "Perfectly. But something Is go ing to be done. Mr. K. has had Colonel B. with him In the bank. I saw tho colonel go In while I was at breakfast When are you coming back to town?" "Not for Home tlmo; I have a drlvo to make that will keep mo out until afternoon." "Very well; you'd better stay away as long as you cud, und'ihen you'd better communlcato with me beforo you show yourself much in public. I'll havo Jlbbey looking out for you." Smith said "good-by" and hung up the receiver with a fresh twinge of juhu. y ii muuu . 1" S Rffi moro complete. Corona Baldwin: what would sho say to this newest al liance? Would she not say again, and this time with greater truth, that ho was n coward of tho basest sort; of tho typo that makes no scruplo of hid ing behind a woman's skirts? Between tho noon-hour and tho one-o'clock nophra Uouso luncheon, Mr. David Klnzle, still halting be tween two opinions, left his desk nnd the bank and crossed tho street to tho hotel. Ho wrote his namo on a card and let tho clerk send It up. Tho boy canio back almost Immediately with word, that Miss IUchlandcr wus waiting In tho mczzanlno parlors. Tho banker tipped tho call-boy and went up alone. Ho had seen Miss Blchlander, onco when sho wns driving with Smith nnd again at the theater In tho samo company. So ho know what to expect when ho tramped heavily Into tho parlor overlooking the street None tho less, tho dazzling beauty of tho young woman who roso to shako hands with him nnd call him by namo rather took him off his feet David Klnzlo was a hopeless bachelor, from choice, but thero aro women, nnd wom en. "Do you know, Mr. Klnzlo, I havo been expecting you all day," sho said sweetly, making him sit down bcsldo her on one of tho flaming red monstros ities billed in the hotel Inventories as "Louis Qulnzo sofas." "My father sent I mo a noto by ono of your young men, MAN and ho said that perhaps you would that perhaps you might want to " Her rich voice was at Its fruitiest, and tho hesitation was of exactly the proper shade. Klnzle, cold-blooded as a fish with despondent debtors, felt himself sud denly warmed and moved to bo gentlo with this gracious young woman. "Er yes, Miss Blchlander or n dlsagrcenblo duty, you know. I want c'd to ask about this young man, Smith. We don't know him very well here in Brewster, nnd as he has considerable business dealings with tho bank, we that is, I, thought your father might bo ablo to tell us something about his standing In his homo town." '"And my father did tell you?" "Well yes; he; er ho says Smith Is a a grand rascal; a fugitive from Justice ; and wo thought " David Kln zle, well hardened In ull the processes of dealing with men, was making dif ficult weather of it with this ail-too-beautiful young woman. Miss IMchlander's laugh was well re strained. Sho seemed to bo struggling earnestly to mako it appear so. "You business gentlemen aro so fun ny l" sho commented. "You know, of course, Mr. Klnzle, that this Mr. Smith and I aro old friends ; you'vo probably seen us together enough to bo sure of that Hasn't It occurred to you that however well I might know tho Mr. Smith my father has written you about, I should hardly caro to be seen in public with him?" "Then there aro two of them?" Kln zle demanded. The young woman was laughing again. "Would thnt bo so very won derful? with so many Smiths in tho world?" "But er tho mlddlo name, Miss Blchlander: that isn't so infern so very common, I'm sure." "It is rattier remarkable, Isn't it? But there are a good many Montagues In our part of the world, too. Tho man my father wroto you about al ways signed himself 'J. Montague,' as if ho wero a little ashamed of the' 'John.' " "Then this Brewster Smith isn't tho ono who is wanted in Lawrencevllle for embezzlement and attempted mur der?" "Excuse me," said the beauty, with another very palpable attempt to smother her amusement "If you could only know this other Smith. J. Mon tague, as I remember him, was a typl- "He Says Smith Is a Grand Rascal." cal society man tho kind of man who wears dress clothes even when he dines alone, ond who wouldn't let his beard grow overnight for a king's ran som., But wait a moment Thero Is a youug gentleman here who camo last evening direct from Lawrencevllle. Let me send for him." Sho roso and pressed tho bell push, and when the floor boy came, ho was sent to the lobby to page Jlbbey. Dur ing tho little wait, David Klnzlo wus skillfully mado to talk about other things. Jlbbey was cosily found, as It appeared, and ho camd at once. Miss Blchlander did tho honors graciously. "Mr. Klnzle, this is Mr. Tucker Jlb bey, tho son of ono of our Lawrence vllle bnuk.crs. Tucker Mr. Klnzle; tho president of tho Brewster City Na tional." Then, beforo Klnzle could be gin: "Tucker, I'vo sent for you In self-defense. You know both Mr. John Smith, at present of Brewster, and also J. Montague Smith, somctlmo of Lnw- renccvlllo and now of goodness only knows where. Mr. Klnzlo is trying to mako out tha't they aro ono and tho same." ' Jlbbey laughed broadly. Ho stood In no awo of banks, bankers, or stub bly mustaches. "I'll tell John, when I seo him again and tako a chnnco on being ablo to run faster than ho can," ho chuckled. "Ripping good Jokol" "Then you know both men?" said Klnzle, glancing at his watch and ris ing. "Llko a book. They're no moro nllko than black and whlto. Our man hero is from Cincinnati; Isn't that where you met him, Vcrda? I recol- Jlect you didn't Ilk him at first, be- I cause he wore a heard. liey told me, Itlin Inst ft mo I wiir nvrr (n Hind. Unit he'd gone West somewhere, but they didn't Buy where. He wns the first man I met when I lit down hero. Lit tle world, Isn't it, Mr. Klnzlo?" David Klnzlo was backing awny, watch In hand. Business was very pressing, he said, nnd he must get back to his desk. He was very much obliged to Miss Blchlander, and was only sorry that ho had troubled her. When her father should return to Brewster ho would be glad to meet him, and so on and so on, to and be yond tho portieres which Anally blot ted him out, for tho two who were left in the Louis Qulnzo parlor. "Is that about what you wanted mo to say?" queried Jlbbey, when tho click of tho elevator door latch told them that Mr. Klnzlo was descending. "Tucker, thero nro times when you aro almost lovable," 'said the bpauty softly, with a hand on Jibbcy's shoul der. "I'm glad it's what you wanted, be cnuso it's what I was going to say, any way," returned the ne'er-do-weel Bober ly, thus showing that he, too, had not yet outlived the Influence of tho over night hand-grip. Since Brewster was n full-fledged city, Its banks closed ot three o'clock. Ten minutes after the hour, which hap pened ulso to be about the same length of time after Starbuck and Smith had reached town, Mr. Crawford Stanton got himself admitted by tho Janitor nt the side door of the Brewster City Natlonnl. President Klnzle was still at his desk In his prlvnte room, and the promoter entered unannounced. "I thought I'd hang off and give you tho limit all tho time there was," ho said, dropping into the debtor's chair at tho desk-end. And then, with a quarrelsome rasp in his tone: "Are you getting- rendy to switch again?" Though liis victims often cursed tho banker for his shrewd caution and his ruthless profit-takings, no one had ever accused him of timidity in a stand-up encounter. "You've taken that tono with me be fore, Stanton, and I don't like it," he returned brusquely. "You may as well keep It in mind that neither you, nor the peoplo you represent, own the BrewBter City Natlonnl, or any part of it in feo simple." "We can buy you out any minute wo think we need you," retorted Stan ton. "But never mind about that Your man camo back from the Topaz last night You've let tho better part of tho day go by without saying a word, and I've drawn the only conclusion thero is to draw." Klnzle frowned his impatience. "If I have to do business with your peoplo much longer, Mr. Stanton, I shall cer tainly suggest that they put a man in charge out here who can control bis temper. Here, is Mr. Bichlander's let ter." Stanton read the letter through hastily, punctuating its final sentence with a brittle oath. "And you've muddled over this all day, when every hour is worth more to us than your one-horse bank could earn in a year?" he rapped out. "What have you done? Have you telegraphed this sheriff?" "No; and neither will you when I tell you the facts. You see what Mr. Blchlander says. We had nothing to go on unless wo could Identify our man definitely, so I took the straight forward course and went to Miss Blch lander." Stanton's laugh was a derisive shout. "You need a guardian, Klnzlo; you do, for a factl" he sneered. "Of course, tho girl pulled the wool over your eyes; any woman could do thatl" "You aro not gaining anything by being abusive, Stanton. This man of Baldwin's Is not the one Mr. Blchland er is trying to describe in that letter." Stanton bit the tip from a cigar and struck a light "Klnzle," ho said, "you think we're going to lose out, and you are trying to throw mo off the scent You had a long talk with Colonel Baldwin this morning I kept cases on that, too and you figured that you'd make money by seesawing again. I'm glad to be able to tell you that you are Just about twenty-four hours too late." The round-bodied banker righted bis pivot chair with a snap and his lips were puffed out llko the lips of a swim mer who sees the saving plank drifting out of reach. , "You aro wrong, Stanton ; altogether wrong J" he protested. "Baldwin was hero because I sent for hlra to mnkc a final uttempt to swing him over to tho compromise. You arc doing mo tho greatest possible injustice I" Stanton roso and mado ready to go. "I think that would bo rather hard to do, Klnzle," ho flung back. "No body loves a trimmer. But in tho pres ent case you aro not going to lose any thing. We'll tuko your stock at par, as I promised you we would." It was at this crisis that David Kln zlo showed himself as tho exponent of tho saying that every man has his modl,cum of saving grace, by smiting upon tho arm of his chair and glaring up at tho promoter. "Thero's another promise of yours that you'vo got to remember, too, Stan ton," ho argued hoarsely. "You'vo got to hold Dexter Buldwln harmless l" Stanton's srallo was a mask of pura malice. "I'vo mado you no deflnlto promise as to that ; but you shall have ono now. I'll proralso to break Bald win In two and throw him and his ranchmen backers out of tho Timan yonl. That's what you get for playing fast and looso with two people at tho samo time. When you look over your paying teller's statement for tho day, you'll seo that I have withdrawn our account from your tln-hom money, shop. Good-day." (TO BB CONTINUBDU FORCED TO CRIME BY FATHER'S SINS Sixteen-Year-old Girl Joins Band of Robbers and Lands in Jail. Fremont, O. A girl without love in her heart Is paying 'for tho sins of her father, John Sherry, n wife slayer serv ing a penitentiary term. Sho Is Frnnces Sherry, sixteen years old, who camo from Cleveland a month ngo nnd who threw in her fortunes with those of Stephen Nnrmcth and Milton Tonslng. The trio then plun dered many houses before arrests came. She probably will be sent to a homo for girl delinquents. Frances operated with the boys at tired In boy's clothing. , Eight years ago tho girl was happy In her Cleveland homo with her fnth- Saw Her Mother on the Floor. er and mother. But one night the parents quurreled. The little girl lay in bed and listened. Then thero wus a dull thud and a woman's scream and another thud. She lay awake until daylight and then her father came in to her room and dressed her for school. She looked Into the front room and saw her mother on the floor. The fa ther had slain the aunt, too, when she came to the house. In the days that followed sho -was shifted about from homo to home. All love was gone from the girl's heart with her mother dead and her father In the "pen." She had loved them both. Now she Is being tried as a bandit. HIS STOMACH IS A MUSEUM Padlock, Chain, Nails and Hooks Among Articles 8 wallowed by Phlladelphlan. Philadelphia. More than 450 pieces of metal, weighing three and one-hnlf pounds nnd Including nails, screws, tacks and safety pins, were found In Joseph Qulnlln's stomach, when he wns operated upon for gallstones nt tho Philadelphia hospital. In addi tion, 250 gall stones were removed. Among the other articles found were a small padlock with a three-Inch chain, a cigar cutter, tenpenny nnlls, 34 spoon handles, one dozen safety pins, 40 pieces of type and the same number of lead slugs, two three-Inch hooks for screen doors nnd several American medals, coins nnd badges. Dr. E. L. Ellnson of tho hospital staff, who operated on Qulnlan, said he would probably survive. M1K GIRL ASKS MAYOR FOR "MAMMA NOT CRANKY" New York. "Wanted A good mama, not cranky." This mod est request comes by mall to Mayor MItchel from "C. O. S., Tucson, Ariz." "0. O. S." Is ten years old, so, In a way, sho does not need u mother. But her brother Is only five, so according to the writer's way of thinking ho ought to have at least a couplo of parents, nero Is her letter: "Denr Sir, I read your ad. In tho pnper. Pleas confer on mo n fnvvr. I nm a little girl ten years old going to school. I've got a brother flvo years old. Pappa works so brother has only neighbors to look after him through tho day. Please, ' Mayor MItchel, get some good mama. Wright my Pappa. Ho Is a good Pappa. $5.50 per day. he 85 Years old. I llko good Mamn Irish-American. My ma- , ma Is dcud long. I would JIko a good Mama, not cranky. I don't llko tell full name and oblige, "Yours Bespcctfully, "0. O. S." uwyuwyuMMyuyuMywuwyywyMuytf Man's Arm Nailed Up Like Basket Laurel, Del. 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Thero Was Another Hero In Wild Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Reminds a Writer. Paul Rcvcre's name wns made im mortal when ho rodo from Boston to Lexington and Concord, wnrnlng the patriots along the way of tho British approach, and his fame has been se curely enshrined In the henrts of all Americans. Historians have honored themselves In honoring him. Poets hnvo found In spiration In praising him. no Is an idol of childhood, an example in the prime of manhood nnd n solacing mem ory of old age. How few characters loom up like great peaks above the mountain ranges of time! And Paul Revere was ono of these. Ho wns ono of the precious few great enough to grasp nn opportunity to do an Incalculable good to mankind. But whll'o we give deserved glory to Paul' Revere, let us no longer forget thnt there was another hero In that wild midnight ride, says a writer In tho Christian Herald. There was tho horse. "Any other horse might havo dono as well," you think? Well, so might any other man have dono ns well, perhnpR. So might we flippantly disparage any here. But tho fnct remains thnt it was Paul Revcre's horse that did It. And tho harder work fell on tho horse. But for tho true horse's faithfulness, Paul Re vere would have been n fnlluro. Sound Logic "Mamma," said a Mvc-ycar-old boy the other day, "aren't there any other senses 'cept hearing, seeing, feeling, tnstlng nnd smelling?" "No, my child," answered the moth er. "It Is usually considered thut these flvo nro enough." "Well," said tho little one, with an air of ileep conviction, "I s'poso talk ing would be called a senso if thero wasn't so much nonsense about It" Pearson's. Where there's a will thero's always an heir. Irn helping to save white bread by eating more PostToasties 7im K iW4Mk1 -wJ H W 'm 1 MM .aSLV WMAT ARE u Xi II re:r 4 f lmWMsmshasw