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"VII go over to Craig's bank an' de. enz A WPTRT) VI/TT
posit it," he said to Alan. "It '11. tak
a day or two to. collect it, but he'd, let
Pie cheek on it right now fey any Os,
souable amount."
bellere I'd ask )11141/0t to mention
the deposit," suggested Alum
"Huh! I reckon I've got Sense ene:sil
to do that." .
"I thought you intended to pay o
the, mortgage on 'our farin the fus
thing," ventured Mrs, Bishop. •
"We can't do it till the .note's du
next J'anuary," said Bishop shortly
"I agreed to keep the money a yeer
an' Martin Doe '11 make me hold to It
But what do you reckon I' care as Ion
as I've 'got some'n' to: meet it with?"
Mrs. Bishop's face fell. "I'd feel bet-
ter about It if it was cleer," she faltered
"But the Lord, knows we -oft to. fee
thankful to come out as we have: X
it hadn't been for Alan -Mr, Mile
said that Alan" -
"Elf you all hadn't made sech a eter
nal row," brokeInBishop testily, 41'd
.'a' had more timber laud than this
Colonel Barclay lads as thine strip' e
any I got, an' he's bantered Me for a
trade time en'
• Abner Daniel Seldom sneered at any
body, no Matter what the provocation
was.
was. but it seemed impossible for him
to refrain 'from it now. •• '
"you've been lo.okin' for the Is
three months like a man that needed
\more land," he ,said. •"Iest furder
back 'an last night you 'lotted ef you
• conld git enough" fer yore folly to rais
'the debt ofrn yore farm. You'd die hap
:ay, en' now yo're it-frettin' iseca'se you
didn't buy up the sides,o' the, earth in
•
give nobOdy • else a foothoid:
tell you the truth, even .e.e: it' does bur
a little. Hf Alan hadn't thonght. es
this hoer railroad Idea, you'd beet
the biggest human. penchke that eye
laY flat, in its own grease." ••
"I hairet said itothin' to the contra
ryi" admitted Bishee, who really tool
the 'reproof Well. "Alan knows who
think about it."
Then Bishop. and his wife ' went to
Craig's bank, and a moment later Mll
ler returned, rubbing. his lands with
...satisfaction. ... • .
••I "We. got' through, :and he's, tone to
catch his tealn," he said,;, • •
; -"It,Worked as smooth as goose grease
L Wonder what Pole Baker saidto hint
or if he ea* him.. I have 'an idea. he
did, 'front the -way Wilson danced to our
Music" • • .• •
."PfeeeS Pole saikAbns liern
the . door.. • "Oonse in beer; yen triftin
,loaker, : ate give 'account .o' .yore
Se'f." • • 1,' '
.4.1: seed yini nitticite'..fer: the: train,'
laughed Pole,'"an' so X' sneaked in to
tee .what you this done,. ,Hes Walked
like he awned the town." ,• . • •
"It went through like.lightnin', with
Out. a hitch 'or: a bobble',":, Abner fold
him.
o . e, said et,: e
Pole and 'Alan were silently .chtsping
handa. "Now told you've Wouldn't
forget you, Go down to Winibley'S and
tell 'him .th 'give you the best snit of
clothes he's got and .to charge. them to
me and Alan," . .„ . •• ' .
S' ?Ole drew 'himself up to ilia full
height. and, stared 'at 'tile • lawYer with
flashing eyes, ' „ •
931aet yore ,soull" said, "Don't
you say .a thing like that to me agin.
.11% have you know 'rye got 'feelitea
as well..ae you or anybody else. I'dYitt
nff this right arm an' Oiler, wince to tie
Alan bishop a.favo eat'i andangets.
ef anybody kin lo,ok'the oVer after I've
.done:a little one an' Pay' the for it in
Atere clothes. X don't like that one:bit,
• an' I ain't afeerd to say so" • .
• "I didn't mean any offense,. Pole,'
apologized Miller most humbly., :
, "Well, you ivotildn't said it to
some men," growled Pete. "/ know
that. . When I want pay ter a thing
like that; jest go to that 'corner o'
'the street an look' down at' that rock
pile 'whar Alan found me on& flay an'
paid nie•Out jest be keep me from belie
the laughin'.stoek o' this town."
Alan put his arm over his shoulder.
"Raybarzi didn't mean .any hetet," he
said geetly. "Yoe are both my friends,
and We're had a big victory today,.
Let'a not have hard feelings." • •
• Pole hung his heed stubbornly and
Miller, extended his hand. 'Abner Dan-
iel Was an attentive' listener, a half
smile on histace. •
Pole," he' said, with a little
laugh, "you run • down to Wimbley'e
an' tell 'im not to wren. up that suit.
a-owite him a bill, an' be kin jest
credit the- value of tion my acCount"
Pele laughed..heartily And thrust his
big hand into Miller's:
"I.Incle Ab," he said, "you'd, inake a
dog laugh."' •
"I believe yo're' right," field Abner
Significantly, and then they ail reared
at Pole's expense.
The next day Alan received the fol-
lowing letter from Dolly Barclay:
. bear' Alan-eltayburn Miller told Me in
BOUT a week after this trans.
aetion Rayburn Miller went
o Atlanta on business for
one of his clients, and 'while
there he incidentally called at the of.
flees of the Southern Laud and Timber
company, hoping to .meet Wilson and
et learn something about his Immediate
•t plane in regard to the new rellrotta:
But he was informed that the presi-
• dent of the company had. Just gone to
New York and went(' not be back' for
a 'week. •
Rayburn was waiting in the rotunda
g of the Kimball House for his train,
which left 410 o'clock,, when he ran
across his friend, Captain Ralph Bur-
. ton of the Gate City guards,' a local
military company.
e... "Glad to, see- you," said .the young
r
officer. "Did you run up for the ball?"
• • "What ball is that?" asked • Miller.
"I am at the first of it". . - •
"Oh, we ate giving one here in this
haute tonight," answered Burton, who
• was. a handsome man' of thirty-five,
tall and.erect, and abpeared at ilia best•
fu his clese fitting evening suit and
. light overcoat. "Conic: upstairs, and
'introduce you to a lot of atrau-
gers."
"Can't," Itayhurn told 111131. "I've
t • got to leaveiat 10 o'Cloek."
"Well, You've got II, gbocl hour' yet".
Insisted the officer. "Come up on the
next flew, where the orchestra Is. tiny -
e way, and we can sit down and watch
- the, crOwd come In."
' Miller' CeMplled; .and they found •
' • tea' on the spacious doer oveelooking
e• . the thronged office. , From where they
t •-sat they could look through, Several
, Cirtrivifig rooms into. the ballroom be -
1, , yond. Aiready a considerable number.
r • of people bad. aSsembled, And inanY
couples were walking .about even' quite
near to the two .young men. ' •• •
"BY 'George!" suddenly exclaimed
▪ Miller as'.£1 Couple passed them. "Who
•• is that stUnnleg looking blond? She
walks. 'Ike a queen."
"Where?" asked Burton,. looking In
the wrong direction. •
"Why,' there.' with .Charlie Penrose."
•' "Oh, that due," said Burton, trying
i 1' • 1-
, o thin . mew as we 1 as 1 know-
*
anything, but her .natne. bat • slipped
, • my' Memory. .WhY, she's visiting the
Bishops on on.,Peachtree streeta. MISS
•
Bishop; that's it." , •
• . . .
.. .• . Adele- little Adele? Impossible: .
• cried Rayburn -"And I've been. think-
ing of her as a.child all these years,"
▪ • • "So you -know her?"..Said Captain
Burtell, • . • • .
."Her brother Is a chum :of Mine," ex -
plumped .Millet. "I haven't. seen her
• .• !duce she Went -to Virginia . to spool
;live. years ago.. • I never would have
recognized tier in the world. My Lord,'
- . she's simply, regal!"
"I haven't had the IpIeasure of meet-
ing ber,".seld. the captain, "but I've
heard lots about her from ;the boys 1
Who go t� Bi he s p' s. ley say s le s ro-
markablY Clever -recites, You knew,
• . d
takes off the' n1nutrtion no"ro to
confidence of your wonderful success Yes-
terday, and I simply cried with joy.
ltbasit-4 felt that you would win, and
thie is, as he says, a glorious, beginning,
• I am so proud Of you, and I am so fun of
hope today. All our troubles will come
Out. right some day, Mid now that know
you love use can wait, itayburn would
net have confided so much to tee, hut ho
mid while he would not let me tell father
anything about the prospeetive railroad,
he wanted me to prevent him front selling
hie tract of land near yaws, You know
my father consults me about an Ms busl-'
tees, and he win not ()Wiese of that
property without my knowing of it. Oh,
wouldn't it be ft fine joke on to have
him profit by your good judgment.
Alan wae at the little postalice in
Vilmorela store when be received the
letter, and he folded It and restored it
to its envelope with a heart filled with
love and tenderness. As Ire walked
home through the woods it seemed to
him that everything in nature was
ministering to his boundless happiness.
lie felt as light as air as he Strode
Meng. "God bless her dear, dear little
Mull" he said fervently,
a thousand thing* to Say and, Oil, GO
nanny thaitkel"
There was something in this lawn)»
sive greeting that gaire Miller a delec-
table thrill all over.
"You were suelt a little thing the
• last time I saw you," he said almost
tenderly. "I declare, you have changed
-so, so remarkably."
She nodded to Penrose, who was ex-
.' casing himself, awl then She said to
Miller; "Are you ping to =Vance to-
night?"
! • Ile explained that be was obliged to
'-take the .train which loft in few
Minutes.
' Ile saw lion face actually fall with
'disappoint-mt. The very genuineness
of the expression pleased him inexpilea-
biy. "Then I must hurry," .abe
dWould you mind talkitig to oleo, little
• while?"
"Nething Could possibly 'please me so
Much," said he, "Suppose we strod
around,"
Site took his arm,, and be led her
beck to the rotunda overlooking the
°mc
"So you Are Rayburn she
Bald, looking at him wonderingly. "Do
you know, I. have pictured you in my
-
mind many times since mother wrote
we all about bow you rescued us from
ruin. Oh, Mr. Miller, I could not iw a
thousand years tell you how my heart
filled With gratitude to you, lily moth- .
er goes leto the smallest details in her.
letters, and she described your every,
word and action during that trensne-
•tion in your °Mee, I could tell just
where • her eyes, filled and‘ber throat
choked up by her ‘quivering handwrit-
ing. declare, I looked' on you as a
I sort OeltIng With unlimited power,' . If'
I were e man,' I'd rather. use My brain
to help suffering people than to be
made president of the United States
and he a mere figurehead:. You must
not think I am, spoiled by all this gilt -
tee and parade 'down here, . The truth
• is, Iheartily despise it,. I wanted, to
. be at home so bad when I. got that let-
ter that I cried myself to sleep,'!
• "You 'mint not forget that your broth•
er emiceieed the plan," Willer protest-
ed, "and that 1 only"-,; :
. "Oh; yes, I knew Alen thought of it,"
she interrupted; "but without your ex-
Perienge, and. tininess It winald haye re.
• mained th his dear old brain 'till the
knows :when. The Idea • or their
being in debt was sloWly killing. my:
fatherand mother, and you came te
their relief, just w,hen theywere un-
able to beer it any longer. .I'm so glad.
, you thought of borrowing thatinoney."
[ ;lust then 4. young man bta a head
:shorter than Adele. mine Up 'hurriedly.
"Oh, Imre you. are". he eXelaitned in a
, gasp ot'eellef, "I've been looifing for
you' everywhere.. This is mine. You.
. know --the grand march, They are all
ready.". • • ,
;Adele smiled pleasaetly. "I hope
you'll excuse tne •from it, .Mr. Tedces,
tle,": she said. , "Fee just met a friend
. from home. .1 want to talk 'with him,
and"- . . • - • ••
"But, Aliss'Bishop, .
. "I. asked 'you to, .please excuse me,
Mr, Tedcastle," • Miller .saw her. face
'harden 'R&M from the 'sneer of con.,
tempt that passed over It "I 'thine it
not he necessary forme to explain •
. my. red'sens in detail until I -have n lit-.
tie moretinte et my disposal." •.
certainly not, • Mise'/Bishop,"
. .
said. the young "man, red with anger,.
as he bowed himself away. .
"What's society coming .trir :Adele
, diked 'Miller, with a nervous: IPitle'
:laugh. "Does .a lady have. to .get cloWn'
:en bet knees and beg Wen -little jump-
ingjacks, like, that One-to..eXense her;
.and • to pet 'thent Into ty. good helium
'when she tuts' good reason to Change
her mind, about an, erigagentent?' 'That's
a sort 94 slavery' don't intend to en.
• tee." " • . • '
,
"You served him right," said
who bad 'himself resented the young
''impetuosity . and .felt
like.slaPpiag him for his Impertinence.
•, Adele :shrugged her film, shoulders.
'"Let's not Waste any. more time talk-
lag'abont him," she said was going
to tell you bow happy yon • Made them
all.. When ,I. reed mother's, description
of their yeturn h'onte that night -'-how
. she • Went round looking at each, object
• and touching it that she might 'mete&
it woe hers again, and how ;tether fiat
pp till past midnight talking incessant-
ly about it, and all the :droll things ttn-
. .
.cle Abner sitids4 cried and laughed by
tures,. I longed to see you, to tell you
how I :felt about what:yon did,- and yet,..
now that with you, all I say'seems
utterey. NVOak thici-lintilegttete." ., •
"It teems, wonderfully nice to .me,"
Miller cleelaged. ,eI'don't deseitte.any-
things and yete-well, I like to.hear you
• talk." He langlted. "Whether I. do.
Serve It or not. could listen to you
. for a. week on a Stretelt," •
. 'In troth Raybiirn Miller bad never
in all .his varied social career .beeome.
SO Suddenly and startlingly Interested
hi* any woman. 'it all Reaped like -a
dream, and a most delielotts one -the
gay , assefablege,. the • Intermittent
strains Of the music, the tomb of the:
stately' Creature' ori his arm, the per ,
Nine of her flowerssiter hair, her eYep..
He suddenly felt fearful Of the' pcipsege
of time,. the leaving, Of WS train, the
approach of some one to claim her at-
tention. lie could not explitin thespell
She . had thrown on. hlin. • Was it 'be-
cause she was his friend'ssister and so
astoundingly pretty, frank and sensl-
ble, or could it be that"-
His train of thought was broken by
the approach of Miss Ida nishop,
A.dele's ,eottaiii, a rather plain girl, who
with her 'scrawny neck and scant hair,
Willett rebelled against, being =de
much cif, would have appeared' to bet.
ter advantage in a street costume. •
"Oh, Adele," ehe cried. reproaafully,
"what do you mean?' Do you know
you, bare mortally offended Ur. Ted
-
castle? . Ile' had the March With you."
"And I asked him lis'n favor to ex-
cuse me from it," said Adele simply%
"I had just Met Mr. 'Miller, wind is to
leave on an early train, and / wanted
to talk to him about home. Have you
been introduced? My Cousin, Miss
Bishop, Mr...Rayburn Miller."
Miss Bishop bowed indifferently and
looked as If she still saw no justiflea.
tion in the slight under question.:
awfully sorry," she said reprovo
!ugly.; "Mr. Tedcastle has been as
nice to you as he could be, and this le
the zrey you show appreciation for It
don't blame hint for being matl,"do
you, Mr. Miller?"
"I'm afraid I'd be it prejudiced wit -
lees," he smiled, "benefiting as I am by
he gentleman's discomfiture; but real -
y I can't think that any eiretniudanceit
ould justify a Man in pressing a lady
to fill an engagement when she elneellieli
4istassectese,-.1, 0-e-• •
•••• '
perfeetion, ..Sbe's a great favorite With'
Major Middletonwho doesn't often
• take to the frying size. ' -She 'has 'been'
a big drawing card out tit Bishop's
..ever since She came.. The boys .say the.
• house oVerflowS every eveniee% .A.re
you going to speak to her?" .
• "If I get a goOd chOnee." said Ray
• burn, his eyes on the couple as they,
disappeared in tin, ballroom. "I .don't ,
• like to go in looking like tais, hut She'd
wOut to hear from home."
"Oh,. I sec.". suld Burton. "Nc'ell,
you'd -better try it, before the:grand
march sweeps everything befoiv it."
As Miller entered the ballroom Pen-
rose WaS giving Adele a seat behind a
.cluster of fawns, near the grand Plano,
around Which the German orchestra
was grottPed. Hti. rent 'straight to her,
• "You won't, remember. me, Miss'
•
• Adele," he said, With a SIMI% "but I'm •
going to risk eeeaking to yell anyway."
'•She looked up: from - the buncla of
flowers in her lap. and in a startled, .
•
eager sort Of Way began Study his
face. •
"No, I do not," She said, flushing a.
Ill and yet smiling agreeably,
• • "Well, I call that a good joke," Pen-.
rose breke In,. With a laugh,.. as he
greeted Miller with a fainillar slap on,
• the shoulder: "Why, Rayburn,.011
"Von are, net Anibal% Alntee Ade
exclaimed,
word, she hasn't talked of anybody
else for the last week, and here she" -
',inn are not Rayburn Miner!" Adele t
exclaimed, and she stood up to give /
l'r PAYS TO ADVIMTISII him her haul. "Yes, I have been talk. e
lag Or yout atal it seems to mo I have
TUE NIM.UCORA;
thhootu:,o'41to too or aGY restiOn of bets."
It is I, for the way ho baa acted
Without waiting for My eXidana-
"If anybody bas a right to be offended,
"I knew you'd slay that," said Adele.
"Oh, that Is a high.and mighty course
that will do better for novels than real
life," disagreed ISliss Ida Bishop. "The
A71143; we irmitenatitalietenflobagn wleleedghoet r tee' alsnud,
.vaor them," •
"They shall not be ,spoiled by me,"
declared. Adele; "Why," Shrugging her
shoulders contemptuously, "it I bad to
run after them and bind up their,
bruises every time they fell -down I'd
not appreciate their attentions.
aides, Mr.' Tetleastle and his whole ilk
aetually put me. to sleep, What de
they talk about? Driving, pet dogs,
flowers, candies, theater parties and
silly bosh generally. Last Sunday
Senator OM dined at uncle's, and aft-
er dinner be and I Were, haring really
a wholesome sort of talk, and I was
respecting myself -well, a little like I
am 'now -when hi traped Teddy, with
his bangers on. Of course I bad to in-
troduce theta to the senator, and felt
like a feel, for be knew they were my
'company,' and -it was :impossible .to
• keep them ,quiet, They went on With
their baby talk just as it Senator Bare
'were being given an iatelleettiel treat.
•Of course there are some grown UP
'Men In Atlanta, but they are driven to
the chubs by the ;swarths of little fel-
lows, • There comes Major Middleton,
'one' Of the old regime., He may ask •
Me to dance with him, Now watch,
If he does, I'll answer him just as I
did Mr. Tedeagtle, and you shall see
how differently he will treat It,"
The major, a handsome man of pow;
erful physique ,and le great shock of
curly Wee gray hair, approached Adele
and with a' low bow- held out hit hand,
"I'm after the next dance, My dear,"
he sald,•". "You are one Of the very few
who ever dance with me, and I don't'
want to go home without it,"
Adele Pinned. "I'm Verysorry, ma-
jor," she said, ."but. I hopd, ex-
. Oise me thiS &veining." -
"Oh, that's all right• my.dear child,"
he said,. "No; don't • explain. I .know •
jour reasonsare' all right.. Go: ahead
and etijey 'yourself In. your &eel way."
"I won my bet," Adele laughed. "Ma-
jor, I knew so well .what you would
say that I bet on•'it" And then she
explained the situation. . •
"r
"edeastie ought to be spanked,"
said the major In his high keyed volee.
"A. ,girl wite. had net 'rather hear freni
.'home than spin around with him ought •
not to. have a home.- I'm ving to mine,
.rather early tonight. r came oxily• to
show-the:boys bow to make my famous
• Icentucky punch.
. When the majorand Miss Ida -Bish-
op bad gone and, left them together,
Adele :lookedover theiaillng at the •
but, lock in the office. "We kayo' only
. . . • .
few minutes longer, if you are ;to,.
take that. train," she said regretfully,
."I never. had as. little interest in
traina in my life," he: said, and, he
meant it. • • • • , ••
. "Not in the 'trains on otir new...road?"
she'lauglied. • • - • ' •.
. • "They .are too far, ahead t� interfere
with, My comfort" he retorted, "This
• one is a steam nightmare," .•
• eX, presume you really could ha miles
At?", Her long lashed eyes *were down.' :
. He hesitated: The siMple thought
suggested I by. her thrilled hfin he
had never been thrilled before
"Because," . she added,' '"It.
sonice to , have you come out,tomorrow
,iiatft‘Re ver.ai:ocortitn..4ly,
tote‘a,• .4b..out. 4,"
drew out Idswat
ch and looked at
• .; "r could send a • night message," he
said finally. "I really don't went to
go 'Miss 'Adele, I don't want to go at
- • • • .
• "I -don't . want you .to' either," She.
Said Softly.. "It .Seems almost as if .we
satritngepu?l,t,e'' old ...frie.nds.' Tsp.
. He restored his wateh to his pocket
'"l shall Stay," lie Said ''and: I . shall
call tornorrOw efternopii." ,
!. Some one Caine for her e few, Min-
•utes later, and :he went down to the
office ...and out into the •street He.
wanted to wailt, to ;eel his body in tic-
• tion,' keoing pace with throbbing,
bounding brain. • His Whole' being was
aflame With. a .fire which ' had :never ,
'burned in him before. ' •
"Alan's little sister!" he kept repeat;
• lag to himself:. "Little Adele -she's •
Wohderful,:. wonderful! Perhaps She
May be the Woman 1_4 George, shnig
-she is! A. creature like 'that; with '
• that soul foil of, appreciation for a
'Man'e best efforts, would lift at' chow
. to the highest rung on the !adderof
human effort Alaff's little sister i And
[the Idiot never told. 'Me, neer intl
mated that she was --A goddess.!'
Ill his room at the 'hotel that night
he slept little, his brain being se 'active
with IfiS new. experience: He saw, her
. the neXt afternoon *me "Over a dainty.
' tea service of fragile China in a Turkish
. Corner in William Bishop's- great, quiet
house, and then proposed driving her
the, next day to the Driving club. He
remaineda. week, seeing her under
seine pretext Or other every day during
that time,. Sometimes it 'was to call
With her on friends of beta.. Once it
was to attend a barbecue 'given by
Captain 13Urt6rk at a clubhouse lit the
country, and onee he gave her and her
cousin a luncheon at the Capitol City
•elub, with 4 box at the matinee after-
ward. • lietold himselfthat he had
never lived before and that somehow
be was just beginning,
"No," be mused as he sat in his train
homeward bound, "I can't tell Alan. I
Simply cOuidn't do it after all the rub-
bish' I have crammed into him. Then
She's his sister, Icouldn't talk to him
abOUt her-nOt noW, anyway,"
OXIAPTIat
MliN Miller reached his office
about 10 o'clock the next
morning and opened the door,
be noticed that Craig's bank
on the corner across the street Was
still closed. It Was an unusual oe,
currenee at that hour, and it riveted
Miller'e attention. Vetv people Were on
the street, and none of them seettied
tb have notided it. A bell was ringing
for the prayer meeting which was be..
lug condued by a traveling evangelist
in the church in the next block, and
miter saw the merchants and lawyers
hurrying by On their way to worship.
Stiller stood in his front door and how.
ed to them as they passed, *alms
hustled out of his ale., pulling the_
door to with jerk.
"Prayer mettIngr, be asked, glane•
7 at Mille. ire mi" r, or Sale b
wait" net;
"got' sonic writing to do."
"That preacher's a hummer,/' said
the niti lawyer, "I've never seen hie
equal. ile'd 'a' made a bang up crim-
"I aee /jou vino tahro8ateihdt.rg Oraie'S door,"
inal lawyer. Why, they say old Joe
Itlurphy'S oonverted- got out of his
bed at foldeight and went to Tim Sb -
cum's house to get 'ira te pray for 'Ira.
• He's denied than was a God all lila life
till now, I say a preachee's worth two
hundred to a town if it Can do that sort
of work."
'• "He's certainly worth•lt to Slocum,"
said Miller, withra smile.. "If I'd been
denying there was a .Gati• as long as
he has. I'd'pay, more than that to get
rid of the habit, Slocum's able, .and
4litill.i!!iik,lie,ought•to feat that 'preacher's
"you are a tough customer, Miller,"
said. ' keewilag
"You'd better leak out -ire's got all ey4,
. on 'you, call out yore name some.,
ce• these, daYs an' ask us to. pray ter
• 'you,"
• • "I was jUstwendering if tbere's any- .
thing wrong 'with Craig,".said Miller.'
' "I see ills door'(not •
. "011,-1 reckon, not," said the old
"He's been taking part in the:
'meeting.' may ,have overslept."
• There wits', a grocery 'store near Mn.
let's Oilice, and the proprietor 'came out:
on the :sidewalk and, the two
.Men. ills name was Burnett., lie was
.powertul. Male -Arno stood si.x feet
five le hie boots., HO Wore no coat, and
his' s.useenders'ivere.ediled and 'knotted;
*' "I see •yon: ens us watelibe :Craig's
*door," he Said: "I've had my eye -on it
ever•since breakfast hardly 'know
• what to make .ef it. I weet that' to,
buy some New York exchang,e' to pay
for a bill et flour; but be.Wmildn't let
me in•I' know he's thar,: far I seed
• 'im go in: about an hour ago. I mighty
nigh 'shook thedoroff'n the binges.
•Ills ererk, that' western felloW, Win.:
..Ship,...has gone oft to visit his folks, an'. •
reekoa Maybe- Craig's got 'ell: the •
, • .3 • '
••10-
wite't stitac tett ONO
yesterday. Oh. I reek=
though I do remember
body say Craig ilogglet
an' soraetimet *at
about meetin' his obligations.
"I have never heard that," wild Bap
• burn Miller, raising his Wow&
"Well, I have, an' rye hserti the
tinleeveor' WietinittlbglinOnfurdert4 th4-1frree.rI als'`t"tianot
• hand to circulate ill reports agin a good
Member of the church."
n w nt7 -
• walked
eler on,
b1 Up, *ad an mapthounleasaawn;
thrill passed over him tut Trobue
he thought, is no small amount. Ig
•....Yvould tempt five men out Of ten it
• they were inclined to go wrong and
were in a tight." _
ilyT.he grocer Was looking at him stead.
• have no money there right new. X
Miller nodded, "But I happen to
„bank Om, don't you?" be asked.
tme ra";yua. deposit at the other bank yes. -
"Suspicious, belga Now, jest a lit.
• tie, wasn't you?" The grocer now
spoke with undisguised uneasiness.
"Not at an," replied the lawyer, "I
• was doing some business for the other
• bank and felt that I ought to favor
them by my cash deposits,"'.
• "You don't think thar'a anything the
matter, do you?" naked the grocer. his
face still hardening. •. •
41 think Craig. Is acting queer'
very queerly for banker," was MI.
ler's slow reply. "He has always been,
most particular to open up eatly arie--
"Hellor cried out a cheery voice,
• that of the middle aged proprietor of
• the Derley Plouring mills, enierging
from Barnett's stere. ."/ tee you fel-
lows bare your eye, on Craig'S, front.
'-If be was a drinking man; We mig•ht
suspicion he'd been on a tear last
night, wouldn't we?" •
"It looks shaky to me," retorted the
grocer, growing more excited, "I'm
gain' over there an' try that door again.
A man 'at has my money can't attract
the attention Craig has an' Me say'
grayt°,tth enbu 131;1 1 di e bar ene pulledand wl:f a 1Blittle
nye bt tt 11: to
said, with a tentative inflection. "He's
easily rattled. By the way, now that.
I think of it, it does seem to me / heard
some of the Methodists talkin' .about
reproving Craig ant Winship for*spee-
ulathe in 'grain an' cotton. I know
tlehnetya'r."° beell dabblin' in for °Mfg
beenalways de wmyithabmarketuck ertei..smhtortps . ItHAe
• "I'm going over there," Said• ,.
abruptly,. and 'he hurried across in the .
wake of the big groeer. The miller .
lowed him. On the other side of the
street Several people were curionsly
Watching, the bank. deer, and when
handle andbeganegthanittottnedhafeasiptedvigtohre^
ouslythey crossed over to him.
"Whate...wrong?" said, a dealer in
fruits, short, thickset MAU with a
florid face, but Barnett's only reply
was anothee furious shaking of the
,I;i00.1rke,e,plit to do. •
: lieeeligittlittIO keep his i's
closed
closed at this time ofdii
'Miller. "A men who, Fils•other people's'
money in hie charge. ban't be. too care -
'mi.". • ) •• .
"He's got sonie..e': mine," .sald t_e•
grooer,: "and Mary Ann Tarpley, .thy.
•
•
.1 -• . • •
•
"Why, man, What's got into you?"
protested the, fruit dealer in a rising
tone of astonishment "Do you intend
to break that door. down?" •
- (TO I3R "CONTIN't RD.)
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