| Show PU 1 T b I W 1 1 J v va a 1 A n o I y alx AI TAW a a TOP Y I Calvin Gray Grav Gra occupies the moat moate e p enano 0 slit suite In lh the e mo most mood et- et e e dusl hotel In Dallas Dallos Gus Gua BrIM BrIM- I e-I koa 01 of oC Ranger ha having struck st ck oil ks Gra Gray to act os as guld gulda for l ow and hu Allegheny on a shopping tour ot of o Dala Hob Bub I crier daughter ot of Tom Parker larker Is home from a year four college course She otters offers to 10 help elp the Iho kowt In the selection of oC suitable earing apparel Colonel Henry Heney son ot of Bell J Nelson banke anke tanke promises s to 10 bu buy and sell Bell real estate through Hob Holo Parker when hen she ohe r cokes to start luto Into that business nith Ith her father NOW 0 GU GG 0 GW ON G W STORY onY I was as sure oure iou Sou OU did That Is 1 what hat attracted In mv attention You arc a person of o taste If It you ou I will III I pardon liardon ardon a II perfectly ob Iou from i a total stranger strange an nee need l such a sl guidance But they need ned n en enmore more a little bit of tl tact t t tand and sympathy empathy Look He tie shovel el showe tI I Gus Briskow ow s blank check Th The whole hole storo It Is I theirs If 1 wl 1 11 It Think shat w hat t that hat ought to mean n to 10 two to poor starved 1 creatures nhu 10 I have newer never owned l enough clothing to 10 sad Mad ad a 8 shotgun I I have hate 1 e all day clay the wo- wo woman man no-man 0 man Inan confessed I T merely came In Into Into to yarn I arn o o ci el the pretty things n hA h 0 messenger from Neaten Heaven lied cried more Inore hopefully Would It ir el I If It I 1 all appear e r presumptuous as you In return for tills this fIn favor frier or o 0 I pick Dick ld lire err sery i cry h prettiest gown g In th's th shop for tor sour our ery ery 0 own non n n The otter offer was liS refused but bul firmly I Id Il d I be Ip paid ten Q over oser er i bs ithe the fun of oC spending oodles A of oC money even It If 1 it were sere not my m mown consent to toha 01 own onn n But would they ha hao a stranger stranger-r stranger er- er erH It It H Sou ou will III permit a tiny deceit Im I'm suro sure they will HI I shall burden my conscience with Ith a a white lie and pretend that you vou ou are a friend to whose hose judgment I ha have base 0 appealed further ado a o Gray Grav Gra hur hur- hurrIed hur- hur hurried ried ned his hl new ne acquaintance back to the dress dreos department then In fn easiest manner Introduced Introduced her to 10 the She fhe flashed him n alook look 1001 of oC amusement as aa he made her known n as MIs Mis Mi's Good Good as aa they could see pos pos- posseS seS unerring good Rood taste but hat was was mOl more moie e she sho had a real genius I for finding bargains As Ao a bargain hunter 1 Good was as post post- th un I ue Ma Briskow pricked up her ears aTS at this soon toon she sho and the nea newComer comer conler had their heads together and thin a a 11 tea minutes Gray Grayr r that his experiment was a success Gray relied called Miss Good aside al Please Tease let me mo return at lunch limo s I f promise to talk upon that subject which every esery man can ran 1 di- di cuss dis-cuss cuss to best advantage himself advantage and an and l I pledge myself not to ask one single Ingle question about vou OU 1 Good sot I ot one one- He bow boa ed er over oser 0 er he her hei head Al Al though as you ou can an Imagine I m md dying d Ing to ask R k a thousand CHAPTER VIII I 1 Pa end anil lu Nn Are Ue t hocked Th The Tho l luncheon hour was long In arriving and when hen It did como mound Cal Calvin CalIn In Gray Oray l regretted d he had elected to playa play a game o of believe make believe with Ith JIll Miss os Goo I for she sh rigidly held him hint to his promise hi-promise promise and ho ever eHr adroitly h he undertook to ascertain who ho or shat hat she ahe was as she foiled tolled him went sent enough then Gray wag aas again ban ban- banished ban with lIth Inh to return n 01 at closing time limp But a disappointment n Cabin Gray Grav Ura when hen late that after Cler afternoon noon atter-noon noon he returned to the store Iles Good ha had l gone Kone At first ho he to 10 o blIe Ma Ia statement but lut It was Wall true Irue she hi he h 11 I disappeared a d as quietly and as Un- Un un unobtrusively obtrusively as she he had I and what shat hat was u more anno Ing she sh had left no word whatever hate er for him Where here Is Allie Gray j Lord Lord knows nos kno s She he s a around bein worked 0 over er by a couple of no women nen Gettin her har washed an an n her finger nails cured nn an I dunno what not Merc Mercy Ill The Tho things Miss II Good had em cm II do doto to h her hr r An AH the tho mon money weve we've e l spent Allies 11 gone hog wild 11 1 Gray to listen as the good oman woman babbled on but he was n thinking about the girl who hold had disappeared ed So fo engrossed was as he ho In hla thoughts that he be did not notice Al AI Allegheny i until she h he stood close cluse beside him Then Indeed Ill ne a shock for It was dlf- dlf dif dlf difficult to 10 In this Ihlo hanl modish young oung woman the hald a country girl gir lie he had seen at noon Mile Allie was pool po l th completely ely stunning She Sh was as complete complete- ly 11 transformed from the soles roles of oher her u r shod well shod II-shod feet feel to tl II t If tip of oC her and what sire more astonishing she ho had lo lost t mull of or her Belt on 1 carried herself Ith a nah nahe natso 0 gr gate e that became her 1 well hell ell hy 1 hy Mlle Allie Gray jray iI iII I You re wonderful Let me ml ace lieo you vou He tie stood ore oft and gazed gared at ather ather ather her while hill the she re before him hint Sakes akes 1101 ho d es e er fi II poya po Io e loud ou d look like that the mother It was as on the second day dllY there there- thereafter thereafter after that hat Gus Gun appeared t o otI atthe 1 the hotel He Ito came unexpectedly I p C Cand und and h he still wore oro his hla rough ranch ranh clothes After ACter an n hour or more nl spent with Ith his wife and anil daughter I went ent down n to Ora Gra s a room and V NAJ V f I If f C 1 I Mil t 1 Mile Gm claimed Youre wo wo o thanked ed him for or the assistance he 11 had rendered 1 the two too women 1 followed ed a re tea few moments of oC dp- dp conversation COD then he put an abrupt question Mr Ur Ir Gray out a rich man aint your ou la I-am I I am so considered m lm m Lm Dunno's Dunno I 1 Im m glad blad orson or I son SOrl Yo y Indeed What difference can It mal make e to out out- ou 7 A l lot Its It's Ilk like this nl nil boy bo Buddy has took a shine to 10 tilou ou an he can talk about else 1 I was seas as sort of oC hopin- hopin hopin Yes Y Yes es r Budd s a Il Hed He'd ought to togo I go o to school chool but but he says sais h lira lies s too big an lied he d ha have hate e to set with a lot lotof lolo ot of little children Him an Allies Allie's alike that lt aay way It cm em up on theIr hind feet to be laughed at Get Get a tutor for them abet 1 hat Rhea hen V hen Gray Grav had ex- ex explained explained the meaning of or the word ord Mr Ir B Di loko loko's s 's face cleared hats 11 1 hat what I on but I didn't know I now what hat ou called ailed em cm ws h 1 Im m sorry Sou ou oure re so well off off l 1 see aee Id I'd of oC paid ou anything I an I I d dof dof cof of doubled whatever yours ou rt get gal gettin tin eal-tin tin tin- The speaker raised a hope hop hopeful hopeful ful Cui gaze he paused as It I to make ma mak maksure sure suro that his heal healer er was as I temptation I I thought hits hila and ou oud 1 like lIe to trawl travel tra el some t some s o lo to see places places see the hull world orIel I kin afford aHod rt IL L It was as In a voice oice graver pr than usual that the younger lounger man spoke Briskow vou sou re sensible enough to t understand plain talk I 1 I n ni m not a arlt fit man to teach Buddy what hat ho hought ought to 10 know now In fact I m about the Iho worst person you ou coul could l select The rhe father sighed I I s a po pose so you kno knon but but- butt but t vell ell I m dis lis app But Hut It wasn't I bully hully on that account I come to Dallas Vallas Ma a told me over oser 0 er the telephone how nice nii you been b en an what hat iou Sou ou done for Cor her n a so I says So s to myself Iii I square Quare things 0 b gh ln gl In him a chance chanco to 10 make Home come mones mone Cray Grav Gra stirred Blight In his hair and regarded the speaker mote keenly l hen hen oil com come In at Ranger nobody no thought It would could goo get go o odour our oura a v a but Ma la had a dream t dream lot lot or of o dreams about about oil on our farm so I 1 got a an outfit to sown com conn an as mY and we e didn t expect thed find much a ourselves e 8 a few w bar bail I a day would of o looked big big- big but I allus anus had ambition ambition- to 10 be good an rich sO 60 I 1 got Jot options on Quite a 1 lit of oC It didn t take tae no money at the time causes land was sae what people had most moat of Along with the th rest theres there's u a hundred an sixty right next nest to ours hill hill atu stuff C I that hat would n t teed feed teeda a goat Its It auth uth a lot of oC money no but the option options s a most run out When hen doe does It expire Saturday That's tomorrow Gus Gua nodded Its It's cheap nt at ti thou and dollars an acre an anIt It it cods Is two tao hundred Of OC course you'll take It ol ope ope e Why hY not Ier one thing I got a lot of oC oth other land just as aa good an o me better an I been It up out ot of the royalties that come In We got lIrot enough nough sure money mony In eight sight to 10 todo todo do us but I 1 promised Ma II to pla pia cafe de we an-we an we can an t take e er thine 1 tau ou kin ha have hate e that option Gray Uray tot foi lou Iou ou kin sell Hell time the les lease Inside of oC a n week an mak fitly ity thousand dollars or ot you ou kilt kill hel held l It an make mako mak ma mabo bo a million AUlt All It 11 II cost you Is II thirty 0 thou thou- thousand thousand sand dollars 1 I dont don't make a cent out of It t Gray Oray as he l thanked the neuter neater then Ihen from i hW pockets he ho removed remo several crumpled wads o of currency and It a handful of sliver stiver The These he counted before sa aa InK W v hat capital I 1 hate e Is 10 entirely entirely liquid liquid-It liquid Its s a all In 10 cash There Is It tight seen seven en dol- dol dollars dol lars and three forty cents It Is eury estry dollar In the tho world worl that I ose possess Huh Huh Gus Gug Briskow's bright e eee eo searched the smiling counte counte- countenance Countenance countenance nance before p him You re re I though you iou ou said salil iou Sou ou was as rich t I I am rich I don t t owe oae 01 e a nickel a sod wont won't until my hotel bill It I du due day after afler tomorrow I m In full Cull of oC all aU my faculties Im I'm pt perfectly healthy and cheerful I 1 know Inow men who oho ho would fin pa pay a million lion dollars for tor m mv health alone alon and another million to enjoy ms In frame of or mind t two too 0 mL- mL ml- ml llon ell doggone Well doggone me There Them was as wasa waa a pause then Ihen Briskow sighed d I could could of oC sold cold It thought myself myself I I had It sold to a bunch from W R Ichita tn to hut Kul they tricked me I offered It Ac Ie lay day vou ou wis at t our house for Cor eighty tIu thousand and and nelson kelson eloon more u II hal halt agreed to- to to Who ho Briskow looked ip by at the ton tone I of oC othis this Ihlo Inquiry One One of or the fellers from W 1 Falls FalIo I 1 s a pose pee h know kno ed the option was about torun to torun run bod odnie out od anyhow ho s e b been 1 nie me oft off from day to 10 day clay till Ito It s II too toolate tolate late now non fer ter me to- to to hat y hat Is 11 his hlo name Gray broke In sharply Namen am lame a Nelson lon Bell Nelsons Nelson's son Dells Bells Dell har hard boiled holled t b but Henry Henry Henrys Henry's Nelson on el-on That Thal s a shim him I G Glay ay ros rose from hiss his hi anti and strode Irod swiftly to II the l Tie lie tood there staring down don do n Into Inlo the Ihl Ih street street for tor a moment before sa saying In curtly Go nn on C III h Our nur seal et teane lc |
