Show WHEN A MAN PLAYS FAIR A few CeW months after Herman Whitaker Whitaker Whit Whit- aker returned to California from Mexico Mex Mn Leo ico ilo where here ho he had been gathering facts to use UBO in in his new Dew Harper novel of ot plantation plantation plan plan- tation life liCe t The t The Planter he ho ree received ed eda a letter from an American a contractor of labor for one of the plantations upon which Mr Whitaker had been particularly arly hard bard in a newspaper article The Tho letter etter said with cold formality that the writer bein being in San Fran Francisco illco proposed pro pro- posed to call on the author next day Knowing Knowin his correspondent for a hardman hard hare hardman man and one greatly feared by bv his neighbors even in the rough tropics Mr Whitaker sat down and waited at least east for a beating It was altogether a surprise when instead of the threats of violence the others had made this man talked the matter over in the friendliest manner Moreover when he be left eft ho he said Dont Don't t go near the Rio Colorado Im I'm not afraid that you wouldn't wO take care core of yourself Still they hey were pretty nasty when I left They'd sure make trouble And he be made it pretty clear elear to his hil host why he 10 wasn't wasat makin making trouble himself Im HIm playing fair he ht said and somehow I haven't haven t got it in me to resent resent re reo re- re sent what's to so |