Show 4 THE MAN 1 OM M YONDER 90 9 0 k r harold atif us W wadu pt 4 IL a n T V s i c SYNOPSIS den 11 allott froni rom yonder makes hla his entry into the lumbering town of tincup lie ile tins has brought along an old man don stuart who had been eager to reach tincup el llott liott defeats null duval icing 0 of the river and town bully in a loic log birling contest nicholas Dra 13 randon nilon the towns leading citizen regents rese stuarts pre presence ence trying to to orce r ng him to leavo leave town anti Kl llott re the ho act knocks him down 11 ll llott Is arrested CHAPTER 11 II continued 3 ns as charged eh ch able fumbled with tile tho papers what baroug glit t you such a long ways waya into Xin cup anyhow lle ISec cause id heard tincup was a tough nut to crack A stir in tho the crowd then a sharp look from brandon randon Il to elliott Kl llott oh oft fond or of nuts fire are you able asked and the look in ills eyes was enuch less severe so heard about tincup and started for it from a long woys ways ore off and now this matter of nuts you like all kind hindsill sIll not all outa nuts no the stem steel gray erny eyes were a bit narrowed now as elliott tried to plumb the old mans mood well for instance like pea nuts no cant stand pent em 11 not at nil all almonds then A twinkle was wag surely coming to life in tile the courts eyes but seeing it the defendant only frowned cant vote very strong for almonds 11 icum m how flow about black walnuts val nuts now declared elliott with a nod now youre getting into real classy men in tile the crowd looked at one another not knowing what to make of tills this well it if you HIM black walnuts would you say they were your favorite vo rite tile the other considered this question with great it if not wholly genuine seriousness no not exactly id put block binck walnuts val nuts high up in the list all right your honor but since youre interested about my preferences in nuts id say that the best nut that ever ver hung outdoors or offered itself for tile the cracking wash waa a good old hickory nut iteal tough ones eh eb real iteal tough ones yes able wiped his fits fare face with a palm wet kits ills lips the two looked long at one another and that sport spark passed which will jump from man to man carried sometimes by a deed often by a word frequently by only a glance that message which says as plainly as though inscribed in black characters against white background 1 I like you I 1 nin am your friend I 1 it went from the old aann to the young and back again from young to old nicholas 11 randon understood and the in tits dark eyes played more briskly more ominously arid and so aoud cud figure tincup as a sort of hickory nut 1 I had tincup has a reputation all through the lake states id he heard ard so BO ninny many times that a good nian man with ideas of tits his own with independence and maybe with ambition had better kep keep awny away from here that I 1 round found myself hankering to get a look at t the place Wl flints ints your line of work 1 I follow the timber anything 11 well just what for instance what are some of the jobs youve held field elliott smiled a bit good amny I 1 was a chore boy once nee another time I 1 was a road monkey ni ive teamed and sawed worked as millwright and on rivers once or twice ive run a camp or two wo nut but your avocation I 1 take it la is for hard nuts brandon spoke now your honorl honor I 1 ills voice was well modulated and yet in its quality was something which suggested iron covered with velvet As complaining pla ining witness in this case may I 1 suggest that wo we are beginning to waste time this young man has pleaded guilty of course I 1 do not want to bo put in tile the light of one who attempts to dictate to a court of law but I 1 have pressing in matters to attend to and it if we can got get on outwardly this was only a sug sui eest lon a plea really though it was one wicy of demanding of div III alny an order yes youre aure a busy roan man nick it ibid said sald and nodded id sort of 1 figured being busy here today my I 1 sell self sort of wondered it if somebody brieg in bull duval on a of assault and battery lie ile trimmed my ninn man harrington so BO badly that ties lies gone and my operations without a boss today I 1 sort of thought being interested ns as you me ate in tow law and order that duval bo be brought in that Is id something I 1 know noth lib ing about brandon said severely I licely not you cant be expected to keep its as close track of the nion illon who work for you ns as I 1 do of mine that to Is it reasonable to think a man ot of your would lie ho spoke and I 1 Kl I llott watching the two could soo see that tits his words stung shing brandon the justice straightened lu in tits his chair however hut but maybe wo we are delaying things now mr air ellliott Ell El tott llott dont you think it a little out of the wily to come into a town a total stranger and upset all that towns precedents if you instead of ono of mr Bran brandona dons hired men had cleaned up on my man harrington for instance it might not have been lucli astle a grave offense Tense of cut but here you come and pick out tho the ono one man it in tincup who been struck or even threatened in longer than I 1 can recall a man who la Is regarded regard cil here about like most folks would regard a n baron of the middle ages agea a and i nd toss him out into tile the mud dudl I 1 why elliott El llott not ever happened before I 1 probably it hurt nick much but there are ills fits feelings feell nga to consider arent you ashamed asti amed of giving people a chance to jeer at mr brandon Dr andon it a very smart thing to do r I llott admitted its not likely now that ril ill even get a chance to see how hard bard a nut this town really Is and no DO worse than you de deserve servel able said sharply you know better than to carry on that way IN el llott ilott ive got to give jou a fine commensurate with your offense ill flee fine you a dollar and seventy alve cents for costs or send you to jail for a day in the rear a sacrilegious titter or two F from rom the sheriff a grunt from nicholas brandon a breath of offended dignity and n R look that scorched but on ben elliott Ell lotta a face only appeared a foolish smile Tl iata reasonable enough he said but tile the joker la in tills this I 1 even got the dol dollar larl 1 well our jails real comfortable im told A day therell let you think over the advisability of going around the country muddying up the pants of respectable aitt bons zensi r elliott Cl llott though fenced even so short a jail sentence with anything but relish 1 I CUD can get the money easy enough lie he said that Is it if you yon your honor or somebody easell send it a wire for me that might bo be arranged where to tor here ile he reached for a sheet of poper paper and pencil lying on the table swiftly he wrote tile the words badger forest products company deech beech ridge wisconsin ile he handed it to able will you wire for or twenty five dve dollars and sign my name send the message collect vints flints Tl ints a big outfit the judge said you figure do as you ask asal well they never have turned me down for anything ive asked of course theres always the first time if do that until that gets back sheriff Sho jiff I 1 suppose its me for the brig Is that right judge able was studying the address and ana when lie he looked up and grunted an reply his gaze was far away par far far awny away for a considerable interval after his court room had empal emptied ed able armitage sat motionless in his chair his eye eio still held field that faraway far away look staring into space and now nad and again he picked up the scrap of paper bearing the address young youn elliott had written and scanned it closely ky illy rac kyl ill he said an hour after being left alone by by gingi it might be you know it may be possibly perhaps might bell bal thereupon he rose went w ent to a wall telephone and put in a call for nathan bridger general rna manager nager of the badger forest pany of beach ridge wisconsin after this flits lie he stood for a time in the front window peering out into the street A man came along the sidewalk a man of about abou f ables years bearing a limp and rusty bag which stamped him as a physician lie ele approached the entry 1117 nin 11 lay day able as tile the justice opened the door yeah big old dons back so I 1 heard bad shape too 1 I heard that real bad emory T emory siveret nodded gravely Ife hearts arts like a sponge lie ilo cant last long ions nick was all for or sending him back to hemlock but I 1 told him it would be to move him now oil nick showed allowed up did he like the notion of duns dons boing being in this vicinity its ita about as aa popular with him film as smallpox when id prevailed on film to lot let don alone I 1 told him the truth that he cant last more than a few weeks and nick looked like a man who well like one heard good news able nodded safer for brandon to have him film in his grave hut but when old ilan don goes like ilko tile lust last chance of ever clearing the tiling thing ups gone too looks that way unless holl hell talk before lie ho dies even ven so BO it amount to much iles hes an old bunt bum tie lie was a known drunkard at the time it t happened so long ngo ago and with tho the courts controlled by who they aro are all hut but yours and mine without any jurisdiction in sure enough trouble lo tho the doctor started out but baltej in the doorway irenr gone yes yea tile hull bull ann him out of town brandon brondon Bron dnn dont bo be simple kinary who else ile ho certainly cant forgot forget tho the hoot owl call ilef he what are you going to do now able the other shook his hend gravely 1 I wish I 1 could give you an answer or myself nn an answer all forenoon ivo ive had a 8 feeling in that palm ox extending tend ing hla fits creased right hand as if the end or of a rope were slipping through it tough muttered doctor as n he went out ott an hour later inter ablo Armitage left ills hla office lie moved with gront grent alacrity for one of its hla years and stopped only once ind and that was wag to draw birdeye bird eye illaine from the throng of onlookers that lined the Bi sidewalk dewalk got your car in town birdeye bird eye ho he asked clavel run her around by the jail will you slight might need you again I 1 might not best to be prepared though birdeye bird eye nodded assent and tho the old justice went on ben elliott El llott solitary prisoner in tho the county lay on the least objectionable of the bunks blinks he found there smoking and staring at the dingy ceiling cel ling ile iio raised hla his head sharply when a key grated in the big steel door lending to the cell block and rid stopped putting on his pipe when huram Kum rn he says say youre no good tho the opening barrier revealed able armitage 1111 hello ello judge elliott cried and grinned able wasted no time ive just been talking with bridger 11 BrId bridgeit gert ile he here oh no I 1 called him on long distance able smiled as the other gave a puzzled frown bridger and I 1 are old friends we fought spain together and malaria when we had spain whip whipped ped I 1 think a lot of bridger ive a great respect for him and his opinions 1113 sove ore L I 1 everybody tins has gium m ue he says youre no good elliott started what a it t why funny do you mean he stake me to the I 1 money I 1 asked for oh I 1 dont know I 1 ask I 1 forgot it I 1 interested in your fine we ell can n take care of that I 1 was interested in finding out about you what kind of a nutcracker nut cracker you are the young gray eyes were studying ln the t e old blue ones closely now 1 I 1 found out able continued ile he says youre no good in the baube the justice chuckled softly lie ile says saya youre absolutely no good to yourself or anybody else ue he tells me that you know more about logging and sawmills than any wan man your age tins has a right to know and lies hes seen a lot of men ue ile sais saya you can inake the worst crew that ever infested a shanty ett eit out of your hand ila says you dont know what it Is to bo be tired or afraid arid and then he says agalia ngali that youre nr no use usa on earth so far na as lie can toll tell I 1 elliott was grinning a bit foolishly now and rubbed his chin able went or he told me eliat before the war your war not ours ng ared urcu you ns its otio olio of tho the prize young men in their organization but that since youve collie homo theres nothing 10 lo you voit efla to ilo tiny thing lio lie says but you wont I 1 litin why unit anil lie ho said lie ho guessed it was ans because everything they had to olter offer you was too sill ilin pie I 1 translated to that they a rood good tough toimi h hickory tint nut to offer you the others rather sed ditillo faded im corryl sorry 1 I 1 think ri lot of mr bridger lie ho certainly lind been white with ill inc ile ive tried judge fl honest onest ivo ive tried to give le cm I 1 U all I 1 had but hut but ties lies t the upset nie ile like n lot of others I 1 rot got my illy feet ott on tho yet after the big show everything else seems too d d easy ansyl I 1 likely you t r led my jot job yet ablo able said at gravely 1111 heang cing a justice in tincup Titi cup no not that my real job jobby illy real tough nut Is bring being aan for nn an estate tho the mcmanus estate which Is nothing more ijuro 1 tanin 11 11 11 as aa pretty a piece of hardwood tian lwood ns as ever stood outdoors tho the hoot owl wi staff wo call it trying to operate it to a profit and hang on as 09 adain admin intrator so other man wont step in n mid and give tint that stuff away awny is my particular hard nut 1 I like tho the way that you looked at nick brandon in III court tills this after noon no young ninn man looked at him that way since I 1 can remember why I 1 telephoned er cr because I 1 liked tho the way yu you looked at brandon and because ini im about worn out trying to crack a hard nut why im here A maybe faybe from what bridger told oie and front from what ive seen of you you night might mabe perhaps like to tako take EL a crack at this flits nut the fact Is im ill through elliott El llott ive given tho the job nil all I 1 have im at my wits end and tho the estates at its ropes erid end were licked ns as we wa stand now and the truth Is that maybe per hanpa possibly I 1 might do ft a right fair job of bogging begging you to come collie and help me mol 11 elliott did not speak but watched able as lie he fumbled furn bled la in his pocket for a sketch map able paused for ft a moment ino ment and then continued come over by tile the window now heres the layout lay out spreading tho th gnp on the sill heros leres I the railroad main line this Is loot hoot owl elding with our mill hlll its a long narrow strip you see seventy six sir forties uncut four miles of slash to north of the mill our railroad goes up tip through the chopping so weve an old coffeepot coffee pot of twenty ton rod engine and freight cars all more or less ready for junk iierda the camp now and were cutting on the second forty north got thirty odd hands there that pass for men II arrington was handling it for me man named cullers bullers millwright and a fellow named hupperts boss nt at camp gone driven out and were in the goupill soup I 1 he paused and looked tit at billott El Hi llott whose keen eyes were studying the details of the map its a haywire outfit the locomotive toco co broke down yesterday and unless the boys got get her working the mill will bo be out of toga logs in A week the mill itself Is a grand old ohl ruin but saws after a fashion the lumber in the yards Is mortgaged up to the last cull piece theres not i enough in the bank to meet interest and payroll pay roll and theres no boss on the job elliott looked at the 10 old man you said it was waa as pretty a piece of hardwood as ever stood 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