Show jirim an the any peter 1130 0 0 0 0 by rater IL CHAPTER IV continued a very nice of roberta I 1 should say bay mr lathram La thrim but then roberta was always it a good sport witness the sporty manner tn in which she eho took that beating I 1 was losano insane enough to inflict on tier her tn in a moment of pique I 1 wish my tongue had cleaved to the root roof of toy my mouth dont you wish anything of the sort women Robert robertas als type of women love rough stuff from their men im not her roan ma n you follow my lead aud and you will be youve given her one ona licking and im giving tier her another now sties figuring ways and means of avoiding all her old friends shell never place herself in the position of baing pitted by her set of being patronized roni zed of oc being tho the reel recipient plent of favors she cant repay she knows her sot set knows that money la Is king and that those who cannot hold their place in tho the race must fall behind and be forgotten my boy a change of fortune Is going to make that girt girl do somo solid constructive thinking still I 1 do not quite julto follow you im not surprised where roberta Is concerned you do not think very clearly now listen to me my boy robertas going down to texas to look after her interests she want to go it if sho she could avoid it but now ashes beginning to think it Is tier her duty to go she must be on oil the job to protect every dollar coming to her from tom kantrims An trims estate sties the little mother now got to take care of poor uncle bill latham or else poor old uncle bill will allf never raise his head ragain im going to give you A chance to be a liero to put roberta under obligation to you tonight at dinner this sad story ivo ive just told you Is 18 going to coma com out youre going to suspect something and start probing mo me and ana when you discover oil all Is over youre going to suggest saving caving me illow howl crooked dill rubbed jils hands together and smiled a coyote smile youre going to tell me that this rise Is undoubtedly one of the greatest bull movements ever noted in ili the market but that from sources of information you cannot in honor bohor divulge you happen to know that tho the bears arent licked that they have tho the belll in a tight corner and that securities are duo due to crash then you rawhide mo me for not coming to you with my troubles when the going got slippery you tell me 1 I was a old fool for not doing so that if I 1 could only have held on a a little bit longer the tide would have turned and that you would have been delighted to have I 1 loaned roo me a million to carry me over ove r sabe babe that yes sir then wl 1 at 4 why ill ba overcome with emotion and say glenn you ought to know id be the last man in the world to suggest a loan from you of nil all men under the circumstances and ill give bobby a look that will be well significant shell bo be grateful to me tor for not having placed tier her in position of having to be grateful to you for helping me but at the same time shell bo be grateful to you for suggesting it well ill tell you its ita too late now that the fats in the fire alre and you jump up and yell that it you prance up and down the dining room thinking liard hard act like a movie actor show ellow roberta who will Roller taa fals tape of woman vroman lovo love litiff st from thel their r 96 ddn n be watching you fascinated chakin tha in an emergency nobody need look beyond you prove to her you are a strong mari mad a quick thinking bold adventurous brave fellow but bili be careful tu ignore I 1 tier it er comille completely tely then out witia your plan to save the old homestead and the family fortune the plan glen hackett ackett II demanded tho the plan crooked Crook PJ bills old eyes fairly popped with deight at the part it ho e was playing when I 1 first jumped into the market olenn glenn I 1 sold twenty five flye hundred bredof of a certain stock short then the stock started up grade so BO T sold out toot my loss and immediately bought double tho the amount I 1 bad sold and spread it as aa thin as I 1 could on margin excellent strategy well then your plan will bo be to suggest that now with tho the stock at its peak price the obvious thing thine for me to do Is to sell five thousand shares or even ten thousand put up tho the margin for me assure tile ino there to Is no risk that tho the stock will drop a hundred points within sixty days you can elto any number of stocks that havo have dropped that much some of them thein in a week here Is a list to refresh your memory remind me 1110 that for a while during tho the postwar post war panic liberty bonds sold away below par advise vie mo to mako make the gamble and assure tile ino I 1 will not noi bo be called upon for any more margin that tho the price of my stock has now reached a point that Is unhealthy wildly speculative not backed up by assets pretty soon it will begin to slide and when it has slid far enough nil I 1 have to do Is sell out oui my line clean up tip and be back where I 1 started less the sums I 1 owe you point out that by tills method of procedure I 1 can at least get back a million dollars but insist that when I 1 do you must havo have my solemn word of honor nover never never nover never to do any mote more stock gambling illow how will you receive this philanthropic offer mr latham 1 I shall ba over overcome coffie again nt at tills this exhibition 0 or your and generosity ero ceo sity but I 1 shall refuse to borrow money from you on my worthless note and ill give another meaning cleaning look then do you know what shell do no 00 shell get you off in a corner privately and make you figure out for her just how much money will be required to margin five alvo thousand shares then shell ask you secretly tomake to make the deal in tier her name and accept an assignment of her interest in tom kantrims An trims estate at something less than it would bring at a sacrifice sale bale as security for the money you will put up for margin sho she will insist insisi on tills this and reluctantly you let tier her have her way you two will now have a delightful secret tog ellier you will have ft a community interest my abject hope less self while this mythical deal deaf la Is on not a a word of love to roberta there must be no sentiment in this business or spoil everything well in the falness of time when the market breaks as you and I 1 know bla medwell it will you make the mythical cleanup clean up hand me back the deed to hillcrest Hlll crest and a take fake check for my winnings or rather let roberta do it so BO shell feel that the credit for tile the coup la Is all hers remind roe me of my w word ord of lionor honor to quit stock gambling shake hands till all around bid roberta a somewhat suppressed goodby good by and announce you are off for a trip around the world to bo gone a year and at that moment old son if you play your cards with the skill and judgment which a lawyer of your proved ability should roberta will go with you or im fit for an insane asylum im not so certain your plan will work out as perfectly as aa you appear to think mr air latham hackett replied doubtfully of course it will why not roberta will bo be serious now edw no more flirting no more attempting fo 0 o work her wiles on you to seo see you squi squirm rm and satiate her with a sense of her power over you shell begin io study you then to appreciate the bidet that you have qualities she aha must respect shell feel grateful to you but bill owing to the fact that she secured adur loan the obligation will bo be more nil ml no than afian hers fiers no love business then love will bob up of its own accord glenn hackett looked genuinely distressed ir essed Croo crooked fied dili bill rambled atif on ill 1 I want roberta togo to go to texas to look after that estate she has a jolt com ing to her hadr when she gets thare and im the littleboy that know knows sIt lf awen ty five years ago age I 1 was ld in via the cattle business myself in laa cruces county texas I 1 owned the rancho verdugo and sold out to a chap named bill tl obart I 1 I 1 know this Higue higueres nes fit tilly I 1 dont kaow lahl aalmo but I 1 did know his anther and a grand piece of work he be was spanish with broad streak of irish or irish with a broad streak of spanish I 1 forget which I 1 remember the old man had an infant son nam named cd balme so this chap who killed tom antrim must be that boy boi sayo say a man named jim killed antrim roberta told me over the telephone jaime la Is spanish for or james readily ily corrupted to 3 limmy and Is spanish for or niggles ns don jaime went ver to kantrims An trims camp to order him nod and tits hta sheep oft off tile range antrim the skunk figured on oil murdering tho the boy without risk to himself fortunately a third nah mail was present it that confer conference ened just before the kil linga A ranger named hamod kenneth llonart son of old bill Holi firt to whom I 1 sold tho the rancho Vot verdugo dugo borrowed tho the mangera ran gerd gerA unknown to antrim and although antrim shot three times event eventually itallY got 0 out bt of range then lie ho stalked antrim and killed him I 1 have had a report on tile the matter from the coroner at los loa algo donea very interesting mr linin boat ive had in fifty years glenn but what challenges my interest ter esi la Is tills this antrim Is dead niguenes lives anil and is not seriously injured yet kantrims An trims sheep with tho tacit consent of continue to trespass meanwhile ts Is doing all ho he can call to protect li oberta whom ho he lias nover never met and fill fall at lass tind and inconvenience to himself because those sheep aro are ruining tits his range slice sheep foul a up and cattle will not graze where a d sheep has grazed also a sheep dt de strays the range kats eats the grass down t to the roots and then some soffie now why Is ones doing this search me sir 11 lie lifts liaa some borne ulterior motive and roberta will discover it of course well I 1 want roberta to go down doah there till nil het fiet up with the mental picture she has painted of this romantic To mantle find A brandhof brand bran dOf ot man inna site never met before all AH I 1 hape Is in that lie he makes love to her fer with latin batth impetuosity because if he doci hell bo 60 put in his place roberta will not be bb rushed by any roan mail all tho the men shell meet there hlll be so dIt different Terent shell bo be disillusioned shell bl egin begin to appreciate a man mail who bathes and shaves dally daily who dresses in id good taste who kiowa something besides cattle and sheep and local poli politics tim who lives in a regular house and moves in cultured society shell see the other side of the picture and it will be good for her immortal soul there may be a great deal I 1 in 6 what you say mr latham Lat liam and perhaps your cute citte financial plans will work out exactly as you expect but im here to tell you you they will naf and tor ono very potent reason rm im not so blamed certain that I 1 want roberta crooked bill stared at the young man in un undisguised disguised horror and amazement tm im afraid of tier her fl hackett ackett resumed in his slow methodical way ashes too blamed modern and im too old fashioned ill not change and she cant I 1 fear wo we would be mis mated and ill not risk a brief happiness I 1 can stand to loso lose roberta now but I 1 care to have to stand to lose her after id won her break ray my heart to discover at some future time that she happy with me 1131 mares ares nests crooked bill protested 1 I tell you I 1 know women they way may hoot for years at a masterful man but end up by marrying him film and adoring him until death do them part however why cross the abrl bridge dge until you come to it if go through with thy my little plan and then stand by to see how the cat jumps remember member He were out to humble this proud damsel to make her see life without looking at it through amber glasses she has some things to learn and some to unlearn nothing like worry and adversity to clear a proud head im telling you well I 1 it t cannot hurt to try the thing out mr bir latham if theres any back alre later aull be the one to get scorched for deceiving folks who trust you spoken like a man suid said crooked bill CHAPTER V halt half an hour after don jaimes coup had resul resulted teJ to in the capture of bill dingle and hla his then men another dust cloud to the south attracted doo don balmes attention ken hobart and eismen hl men returning he explained to mrs birs ganby presently his cheerful efie erful grin welcomed wel domed hobart as hei he entered 1 I bother sending a medge mesge messenger nger with tho the news that it was a false alarid ken I 1 figured have one roan man drop out of your party to watch the road to valle verde while you rode on taking your leisure 1 I did exactly that replied when he galloped after us and reported seven mounted men had come out of a canyon to tho the east and taken tile the road to valle verde tit at a fast trot I 1 concluded your suspicions were well grounded mill and that I 1 might visit returning so dingle dinglo arrived blood lu fit tits hla oyo eye fell ch don jachiel Jal hio hiel don juinio nodded and ami masked too I 1 wo lujo nn nil iden idea they planned to hand rid mcf from one bno of tho in id my awn grape arbor well caraveo has fins them over il a tile tho badra under guard it ii occurred fo t 0 nio me it would bo be a 0 ino idon idea to enforce my hospitality on oil dingle and ills hla nien until counted those sheep hobart nodded approval the file bast way to win will a ight iri id to avoid lf it ho he agreed well caraveo can count ciuni tho lie slidell na while I 1 go fio up to ith el paso for that crippled boy three days later inter lie ho returned with airs son ark an ethereal little boy sohl on tits hla left side white lid ho could walk it wad with a loose uncontrolled swing of leg and arm accompanied by a slight light limp lie ho had been greeted by ilia his mother ho he was waa brought to don jaime to ila bo presented im awfully glad you consented to como come down hero here rind and keep mo me company pany hobble bobble the young voting man mail greeted him lie ilo lifted the frail little body to lils ills lal ifie what can you do to keep A fellow ul amused used lie ho demanded hobble ris as surprised ile iio find being amused not bel being na culled called upon to amuse another cripple so lie ho pondered don jaimes Jal roos question and replied presently that ho he could play piny tho the bo be popular robbie did you bring your harmonica yes sir or ken bought me a grand conein ono in hi el paso think you get along without fighting hobble laughed at tile the baro bare idea of conflict with ills his newfound new found friend lie ile stared hard at don jaime 1 your name mister my name la 19 jimmy you got any boya boys no why I 1 sent non ken up p afir you ive betm beon lonesome it lot hero here lately so whew your mother told TOO me she had a boy why I 1 thought id borrow you did ken toll tell you about tile the pony we have ile here re for you Rob bobbies Robb loa bies wistful eyes glistened 1 can ride a pony I 1 know I 1 can when I 1 get well well go riding to gether I 1 think fiovo now bobble your mother wants wanis 0 visit with itai you so ao better run along after dinner well have another visit and really get acquainted having changed from alif store clothes to the accustomed freedom of chambray shirt and light cool khaki I slacks elac ka ken hobart dropped into the long chair beside hla his employer yes were counting the sheep don jalmer jaime said bald ile ho had the gift decidedly celtic of telepathy had it toi to a a marked degree in fact any trouble none bill dingles foreman made abloff a bluff at starting some but caravel paid no attention to him I 1 instructed caraveo to ignore him and tell him |