Show JOSEPH r IM PH G efm R ani E N RY liT KITCHELL by the gobbs MERR I 1 LL CO SYNOPSIS 1 1080 preer a black t of efty fifty having led arod n 4 of extracting liber fiber from 14 lax straw Is mado made director ot of a big corporation lor for years dis trusting men it if affairs greer aroet hug played a tons lone hand canil mi noma holding gulding what he considers the kv winning inning bards lie ho la is willing to sublet ua MO wilh to wealth weal ali to protect hla his own interests joe lias has foisted his own secretary upon tile tho company henry cra a blink bank clerk related to john NV Illiamson the millionaire backer ot of breer e new company Is installed ats ia of tho the new company with tho the generally sein rally understood purpose ot of watch ns arver arter joe cultivates ills his friend hep II 11 joo tells jennie that lie e ins has a wife in california and that he 0 li Is about to divorce him in adal loll 1011 1 n lie he discloses Its closes that lie ho liaa has a daugh r now nineteen onra old whom lie bif i q never veen but whom lie ho to la dete r ened tied to havo have come coine and live with him lit wd of enter society by means of his ionly and then the elevator coming up tip joo joe put tier her in it and bade her gobol goodnight CHAPTER ili III I 1 ellk around this time within a week of a hin bin dinner with iab jennie macarthur loc joe got into n quarrel not serious except ns as all business quarrels are serious etli gregory corbett gregory hail undertaken for corbett co the building of the nn nia dilner clil nery for joe and tile his engineers lift lind flinde ninny many changes joe had bun been out hit of town ton ind and when lie he returned in mn fily lie stor rt ined around and anally threatened in a letter to corbett Coi hett to liflie a chop and to do the work aik oik himself ills object lit in all this for toe joe even in ills usually lint one was is merely to raise the temperature temper intire to the steaming ng point ills real leil indictment unstated was as that the ItI verdale peo pie had been fiddling with etli the job in it perfunctory way aj lie ho wanted to kot got t everybody mail enough so that things would krould begin begill to lo liuni and tile the tort lost time voilla be made up tit and it ass evits it a rush job hj by now no for foi it lint had got well all nto may itai tind and the that bluit it was as agi on 3 foi be read for a s not diun many atts uv away y lie ile v was lio he seriously discon opted it to receive rot elve in the course couise of it a few days n coldly polite letter from stating tint that corbett ro io be very glad to the I 1 all worl oila leptin it liall by gregoras gregorys Gre gorys orders beark stopped toes joes Ir giVings wie were baled ii up li find and ready leidy for jo livery to tn am ines messenger lie might ilma I 1 and lie was as welcome it to exec tite acm joicin cherp find how ho tile lie pleased OlIAS s own Miln dont anke a ples pleas anc met for anybody an bodi but bill for foi toe joe to nil crawl down fill aind apologize was as almoite so lie ho appealed to john its as n peacemaker wll 1111 Ita nimon tind had been fishing and for the first floten min ittes joo joe could do 10 noth inglut bittell ditc n to tho the bankers banKc rs summary iri of ills 16 triumphs well avell 41 what aliat liat was as the ro row with ith gregori 11 ll about anyway am rt a 7 joe enin complain of ills manner in inner of deall alth the business ss once ho he had brought tits ills mind around to in it it liia kay hed bed aldei already heart aicard corbetts egl slon blon of the affair and had polite fonio tip to P jila own on conclusion probably that joe joelina J lind mado a d d fool of hlin sef re f 1 I tn p it t then you iou never lilt had any lea iden of of tile jot job n i from or cor tt il J and meint meant gre greg to biad ad anil and that nil all boti ou ant noy is ID to tn linae bliem go ahead the alie way artl star started fed joe that was anns about it oil oh nl right ri ht the hanker banker ajl 1111 see him today was going to tiny how on another inetter Ittel and ill hi r things out the banker r had in ills chair ind nowr now for n minute before lie an tiered ito ho drummed thoughtfully with I 1 its 1 fingers upon the d desk k look here bwy reer h lip feild nt at last ive known orbory it long alm all ion boll tiny spy I 1 knew his grandfather 11 I 1 think colive got the idea that lint hes heg pompous aits nits at least that lies neta till that way about this well lie ifft yoiiro got fidfl him wrong lie hes I 1 s n 1 1 d atje fellow cl lov I 1 ens just think finx K you ever done tiny anny trap 9 clay pigeons you know ile he link andl 11 shoot q f fow ow draines almost alery ery sunday morning we wd both get nc X 4 1 up P rind over und him ann breach roc 11 and then we G go wit to to jab trips und see what sort of in an esq dieco gat put a quarter p ard d an t td it wiy irby 44 font ailt you adfle up tip next sunday and join aar 1 I it sf ouch and go for a matter oti on ands it ds ebether joe oil M maffo 1 6 K to ii hl h l find take tits ills alny pigi th hla hill was it worth ny I 1 antra Ls 1 I lie trying to work in ila I 1 j i 1 fu ul i ng ne tri ailing alln lot lot like 11 ill t ju ti t r pretended spurts spurt CZ lidd it alah slit shooting tIng day clay 5 bardsl arni irni ki gambling 1 hg to to 0 keep them amused I 1 twenty T outlive out live tive cents a bird to and having to ile be coddled into n good temper before attend ao to what was as their own business I 1 it was ns jot joo decided decide afterwards a matter of pure chance cli ince that tipped the beam lie ile had instinctively turn away front the bunker banker in that hist first moment of exasperation and what lint came finder ills his oe eye wills as a flamed di ilac drawing dialing li hanging alone on tile wall mill it portrait by h of a young girl loo joe really look tit nt it until tile the finlin eler ILI glancing round lound to learn why i lio ile answer sv where his gio gaze was nid fixed nii my daughter lie he salt said they tell nio file it us its good artistically ti tic ill another lie he lilt did of tier hut but it looks like tier fill all right it did anyhow two years ngo ago when lion it was na done it wits uns joo joe thought and lie so tits mood ind and intent changing with etli the suddenness of tin nn alternating current as lie ho spoke iola iliin beatrice cattle lio lie fult felt sure sine sho would come iti though hell hed heard nothing its yet elther from f kin tier or front tile HIP lawyer cr lied have letl it a mail as good ns as that to do it fi picture of lioi hot and tilts this girl gill on it tile the wall was as the one hod hed picked out to ile he tits lils girls friend eilind A charming voting oung tiling thing site was MIS too though a bit disconcerting somehow and lie with ith that 1 d I d temper of ills hit had been on in the point of wrecking the biolo whole plan just when lien was making ills list first really friendly advances for it t escaped joos joes attention that the bunker banker had never up tip to now asked ailin to ills house T I 1 i eyd lunched together two to or three t times lines lit at clubs alid rest it arants after till nil lio hed d gone into the lie chinel shop of ills hg own arec f co will t lie then why should lio lie act like it bull jie ile walked over OPI to hold ing out call ills his hand youre youie right till nil the wity MI through lie said ill try di to slow down domi nil and take it a bit easier and ill tie lie B glad lid to come up tip sunday rooming morning the hit direct business result of tile the St inlay morning trap was ta negligible it was s forestalled indeed by bj nn nil action of jennie As hoon as telephone tel ephon tl d that corbitt corbett corbi tt co would go abend bhend with alth tho the of if the order site roto rote gregory nn an adroit letter chieh sit ahe 0 persuaded joe to to sip sign it ind had tile the look of a proffered campron lisp ance since it pointed out that hint the need for the more complicated inac much hnery deiy for foi the lie of the flax lla after it had been teen retted was nai less urgent than for the unloading crushing fill and conveying come ing mit chInery which alch if they wore were to nold avoid heavy lien losses must be ready lend when hen tile the ila als it was ns writ i itten in fit a perfect imitation of joes joea beit be vein eln cothand locious lo Ig ious orous ahot with a gevain of rood good humored extravagance youre it wonder jennie joe sald said as lie ho read it 1 I swear benr ill never to do it again write n letter behind tier her t ha back ch lie lie he hall had ninde made t that lint promise kronfli e before ns as tier her smile reminded him 1 I mean it this time he asserted as ai lie signed the letter it brought till an response from corbett it little stiff in ili its phraseology fui for lie lind had no such executive officer as jennie tit at ills right hand but blit y lit in purport pui the receiving machinery tit at least would bo be ready readi as soon its as the lie flax fla wits as consequently when lin the two to men met in jolin William williamsons sons gun room a mere word or two in ili addition to a mutually greeting was till nil tit alio business needed further than that they wort were never likely to go lint hut if the lie direct result 0 of that sunday morning excursion wits tant its products byproducts by ach not julin john in ills his gun room was it to la hardly too much to say it a revelation to joe joe began to perceive that wll wit alamson hero here in ills his place his fortress it if you like was a different man perhaps on the surface that was just hospitality but underneath more arrogant and perhaps formidable the question ran rang in joes mind like a tap on q a big hell bell lie ile answered it with a grin all the better if the stall fed could slius a little redder blood than lie lift biad credited them with corbett Cor bott who came walking across the lawn to the gun roon room door just about then had n new took look about him too joe had never seen him before except lit in business busine clot clothes lifs lie ile wa was s dressed now in knickerbockers a sport shirt and a sleeveless shooting vest unbuttoned and tho the sight of ills neck and forearms for earnis gave joe something more tp t think about lie ile use used to having to concede tin an unquestionable physical superiority to those in whore company he be found himself ailed often thought 0 of gregory ns as some one out of whom it would be tun fun to take a fall hero here was a misconception I 1 thoroughly corrected I 1 plit he nans mans strength s t was wad prodigious joo joe said bald its iiii lir he shook hands mth kii bolm id d never cavot lii writt lin alito alii 1 icer it u it 1 id soen seen you ou filst tilst with your oin cont olt off 1 I might line have kept iii iiii shirt on though corbett replied anil lil inked ns as if in surprise fit at lilt witticism ho he added ciul ei ul and a n little ills hi appreciation of joen jooa second letter and said bald lie ile 18 eteve ak 0 o thred bu be anything mole inore to eniti om lain of tit in corbett 1 cos coa autum cU tum of tho the order 01 doi nun niell again till nil the morning at the traps lu lie watched lied derisively while lille wint ainson scored twenty tw two tilts out of twenty tivo llo and corbett twenty four it was almost t too absurd liu lie thou thought glitt tu to bu credible you stood nt at a known range eighteen yards ards you hold held your gnu gan tit t ioui shoulder you said duill tu to tho keeper heeper or whatever wh ateer they tailed colled him ailin ho pulled find tile tho laidet tit get hew flew oft tit nt one of three fredet pi arall tied tingles angles in rotation and yell blazed away nt at it with it shell containing two ounces of bit A ills 1114 own failure to score more gioi u than six out of it ble twenty five the t tits ills opinion of tile sport so very much either when lien lie had finished lili his braille lio be laid I 1 nd ills his gun lu ILL the rink rack ind told the servant that lied manage the lever leer while the nuin man went ent to ills abid fetched tin automatic pistol pl stol and a box of cartridges which illicit hod ond in tho left front door pocket ills impression was as that botu uie ole other men regarded this propos pio poil 11 to pot ut tit clay pigeons with it ro na its indecorous but nevertheless al and it was na with ith it a boyl ii air ot of goo guilt i it that they the drew dic tit up when ann ills futa tuini ettoile to see what aliat liat sort of luck lio lie lavil 1 lul lit ile moved up ill to nu five yard md range luno nil aind lot libil the man nt at the lever leei to pull poll whon ver lie ho liked and to mix nil up ill tits ills ung ain 18 fool tuo file if you ou can lu lie added get the idea tilts tills wits ns of tin all idea that no well veil ti lined servant coal 1 I possibly execute so after a iclal or two to Willia nisson relle ed bilm jo JOL following follo liiK up ill tits lilb birds managed niini rt d to smash eight out of the fraine both the others agreed ns nary shooting Willi anison taking ills his turn with joo joe at the lovci level got only three As lie he turned away aai lio lie offered the pistol to corbett tilts mun mails B opposed to bo be tile tho best revolver shot hot in lake county lie explained hell give you iou a better run ran for your ur moni money but corbett thought lie tr 31 it that morning throw tile olt off my til draw lie explained loonsk no end ead of fun though joe blazing away again in tits ills turn was mas startled b by it a re now voice ii a wom om ani speaking from close cloo by 1 Is tilts tills chateau thierry Thle rii or diat alint lie ile spun round and looked anti and ills iret first thought was that this was a tin the girl gill whose liose portrait poi trait in chalk lied hed sin sevil lit in William williamsons sons office the lio next net she cut cleanly through the juni blvd situation by bi holding out n deel H ive hand band to toe joe and 1 I know youre joure mr breer ini im mrs iVillia nison 11 site she nent excessively small hut but his first impression of her nevertheless was ni as something jewel like finished out nut to tin an incredible inci edible perfection in ill detail and despite the rough texture anti ami non fitting cut of the sport blunt sult suit site affected lie felt a sensuous about tier her which these contrasts per pel ciplis heightened heighten and she alie was ns wit 11 llam sons wife man anve allie I 1 she be the mother of that girl gill in uio the picture could slie she the HIP blanco blance seemed to prove it it needed lier her laugh anti till alie withdrawal not brusque though of tier her biond to reil lind that lie ho had been sti tring 1 I suppose like to shout shoot ine file for interrupting she said but 5 auve no idea how ho weerd card it was as to ilear it a noise like this coming from the traps golf lind and billiards find and bridge nie are so sol 1 binn enough but nothing compared to these sunday lundn morning elai pigeons pl geona tilts looks like fun DOU suppose I 1 could lilt hit one so site she stayed staged and took tier turn actually managed to smash it a target or two it long before soot snot away nil all the cartridges by 1 that time joe had become aware anie that the other two men were getting rei lemoth note not hostile lie ho thought but lie bo be sure did dd they resent a certain lack of ceremony between him find and the woman or onn sho she supposed to have hae appeared at all and ili ho tic ac cording to their ideas liae have met her birr halfway half way ay hut but she elic sensing the HIM herself spoke out about it T hese two men r alio he said to joe anro ro feeling ashamed ut of themselves now flow that ive caught them playing hooky lbook and getting ready readi to bo be I 1 very cry severe to make u up for it do you ou want 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