Show fp Q I M S tr 0 ll 1 r A I u A Al f l 1 OI IOn IOn-I ass etA StAce 1 T o Nf NI JIM BEGIN HERE Y Gray occupies the tIme mot most e Suite Bulte in the most mot exclusive ive he 1 hotel 1 in Dallas He make matea friends with Gus GUI Gu Briskow who has struck oil In Ranger and meets insets Ma la Allegheny the thc daugn- daugn daugn ter and Ozark the son on Bob Par Par- Parker Parker Par Par-ker ker comes home from college ollege an and goes S Into th the land s She buys huys and sells for Colonel Henry elson elson son of Bell Uell elson Nelson bank bank- banker banker er Gus Gun Briskow tells Gray of a 0 atrick atrick trick that Henry Nelson elson a works on him to beat him out of the sale ale of sonic land Gray ote offer otters rs to take a hand against Nelson elson I who s ho 1 Is 10 his eu en enemy emy NOW MV O OGO GO 0 Oi O WITH TO STORY It You know them I Henr l know Henr He lie s hard hard n hi his oilman man mall They got a II lot hot 0 o monc mone he- he be behind t- t hind too tm cm too much mone money to act lct like he ho done with m me me I sure hat hatto hatto hatto to s see e him git that Evans t vans Ita for next to after the aay I he done dono I 1 d call it It but neil ell well I 1 can cant than I ban Ie It it hi The man at the window whet suddenly and his face was as his brows bro were drawn n down fly y God Godi he cried tene tensely tensel He lie won on t I tIet get Iet It v here s that option I I got It right tight here Briskow I over oser a paper An I 1 go th the tha hull built title titie too loo Had HadIt Hadit Hadit It all ready for lor Nelson elson eison When he had swiftly Uti scanned the document Gray said Tbs deal means little to iou ou ou Briskow rl kow but It means much to me and I II make It worth orth something to both bothof bothof bothof of us At first I thought the tin e ewas ass a too short hort bu but i but I 1 work ork best I hen ahen I work ork fast tast Iou ou ve so had chance and failed tailed Now Noa then step aside and id let a man run who s knoss how boa Mr Ir Ros ell president of oC the bank where Gray had first made mad himself known I was aas as a shrewd shrew forceful man who had attained a In business and arrived ed tt Jt tta ita a time of life liCe when he could well afford to Indulge his likes and dislikes Boswell had hail liked Gray upon their first meeting and that liking had ad deepened Owing to that fact ho he had neglected to secure a report I upon him assuring lit hi that there was aas as always alays time for or such for for- formalities for formalities formalities He lie was asas 1 today alien Gray strode into II J II- II is office bringing Gu Gus Briskow I with aith Ith him The banker listened sIh Ih Inter Inter- interest Interest est et toI to I what a hat he was as a as told th then n he studied the map that spread upon his desk sho showing liB tha location of his 0 own on 0 and othel nearby wells ells That That looks like a a sure thing Roell said nally As sure as asan asan I an thing in oil can be W What hat hat Is on our mind 1 Id I'd like to get th tIA opinion ot of othe the banks bank's oil expert Gray told tol l him 1 tills Ibis his was as a II matter disposed disposed disposed ed of th the expert was summoned and he lie rendered a prompt opinion lie knew the property he ne consid conola- considered ered erd It a cheap lease at a thousand and dollars an acre It was as pros pro proven en stuff and within 30 das davs da s It probably treble In salue value alu w hen he had gone the tho banker smiled smil- smil ed d eli Gra Grai said he lie I I knew oud o land goo i YOur Youre a 8 hustler 1 Iou ou 11 ii make a fortune out of o that land Gray handed landed him Gus option and the assignment there there- thereof thereof thereof of the tho Ink upon which was ass as scares scares- ly ly Iy dry Theres There's the Joker It ex- ex ex expires pire pires tomorrow night and It and It will go 10 to the Nelsons elsons elsons They They've Theyo e double double- double crossed crossed Mr Briskow BriskO Then rhen dont don t let them get aaa aa aw a a with a I aith It Take It yourself It Is now nosy three 0 o clock cloch and thu Is the golfing season In ew New York Gray told him bin I 1 couldn t reach mv associates associates and get got any before Monday londay No Zo funds ot of your 0 oa own n a avail avail- available available able Not enough at at such short no- no lice no-lice tIcs Well That lease leasa Is worth one hun hun- hun hun- hundred hundred dred and sixty thousand dollars isn IRn t It If 1 the he banker nodded I m flu going to sell It before sl 91 sic o'clock for eighty for eighty thousand I 1 know Inow people here who will III tako It but Ive I've come first to you Get Gel to- to together to together gether ether a Il little S syndicate right rl ht here herein herein In in the bank and buy It I II agree I to take tako It off ote your hands within 30 das at one hundred and thousand dollars I Is sour our guaranty any goo I 1 Is ta for iou ou to determine Aasu me that It Is not and Ill I'll better r mv first offer 1 it undertake undertake to sell off oft the land In t twenties enties right hero heN In Dallas double your mon momi and ond divide dl the tIle profits thereafter saith you It Is a safe speculation and a quick one You no know I 1 can put It through t S Mr It Koswell considered briefly e lug Ing There a 8 DOlse no DO use lse den loll that IVe IVee weve we've e m made mide de money on deals like llIe this this everybody has So It s 5 nothing noll new There a s a big bli play on Ranger stuff and ie couldn't lose But I know nothing about ou except the tho little YOU YOUe e told me When I go Into a I put my trust more In itt the uvin than the proposition And I trust my Iny own oan judgment ot of human character more than that of strangers Gray said quiCklY So do iou ou Thirty days i tr a long longtime longtime time lima with me and th the oil business Is just Juat my Iny speed Permit me to ou that time Is flying an I 1 II that I have gReta given myself only three hours In which to turn this property prop prop- erty I 1 like lIe 3 our en energy the banke confessed banke-confessed confessed and 1 m inclined to b bt t some ot of my own money on ou ow he he pushed a button on hi lets see If It there thore II are re an ao oth others rs here hero who teel feel as a I do It was 1111 early evening Gas BriskOw returned to his wife's al and his daughters daughter's rooms at the Ajax Aja He slipped In quietly and sank nank Into a chair lr Mercy roe met mel I though you was run over Ma MIL Briskow exclaimed I I feet feel like I 1 as saL B the nester do- do de declared clar d with a 0 grin Say Say MIster r rI I pray sold the Evans lease we an-we an got tot more mon money y than ever eser I Then Thon you can eisa afford a anew Sew new suit Allie told him You I look ook like sin Her father nodded but his mind aft full tull ull of the Incidents of ot that afternoon and soil he began at once to tor r recount count them He told the story badly but In I a a language that the tho omen I understood ne Es H hid iad not I W What are arc ou Ott about she roughly demanded sl gone one far tar however howe when the giL Interrupted him to exclaim Walt all h Pa Thu mean to tIter Mister Gray ray sin ain t got ao 10 mone lIe He lie had bad Ie less ics n ml 0 a a hundred bundred dol- dol dol dollars lars lara An him lucre here ere like like- a 0 aking aking king with Ith everybody bowin an Ignoring the effect upon AlUe Allis ot of this Intelligence he be continued his recital All Alt I done wa was set around white him an them bank people talked It 0 over oser er he las said finally Then they got their lawyer in an he examined the title papers Seemed like hed he'd od never git through but he did an they signed some things and we e o com come out an 10 Mis- Mis Mister Mis Mister ter Grav Gray told me I d made forty forty- forty eight eIght thousand dollars Goodness S me Ma 1118 ees es widened Wh that aDS E place ain aln am t the taxes I Its It's moren likely a mu- mu million 1100 lion But think Him tellin me meI mem meI m I d made forty eight thousand del dol- dol dollars lars rs It give gise me a jolt an I say says I didn't make It I told him Im rd Id fell down doan do 0 an turn turned d the tho hull thing over to him lt Its ou that's made mado eight forty eight thousand I says What Alii Allie Inquired sharp sharply Then when her father had repeat repeat- repeated repeated ed himself she asked with Ith even greater Intensity What'd he lie say sayto sayto to that He didn't take It did lie He laughed kinds kinda queer an s all I got to do to give him a good night nights s a r rest q I Is to wire Henry Nelson the deals deal's closed An him with less lesa n 0 a 0 hundred dollars Allie spoke again In great relief Lord Lord You give me a turn H Her r altered her lips III's part part- parted part part-ad od ed In a slow smile So Hes He's pore eh Pore a as we wenas nas as Well ell I 1 declare She rose and turned her her back upon 1100 h her r father Cather No 0 he ain aln am t pore Briskow saId Irritably Not now he aint I sa sass sais s Its It's his deal an his money moncy an w we got plenty An I stuck to It ullie o wheeled suddenly at this announcement Sho She uttered a cry ery of protest then What What are you about she roughly de- de demanded de demanded We e had some an I got kind kindi kind riled Finally he lie sass sas If I feet teel that way ny well we'll go yard yard- ners He Ho wouldn t listen to noth- noth noth-In noth In she else an that's an that's how It stands He fe made twenty four thousand an n I- I You You fool Gus Briskow looked up with a start to find his hla daughter standing 0 oer er him her face ablaze her do deep p bosom heaving hea He Blared at her herin h herIn r rIn In frank amoz amazement m nt doubting hIs senses Never had Allegheny used toward him a word a a tone like this ne never had erad he lie seen b her r look hook as she did at thu this moment Allis Allie the mother moth r gasped She too was as aghast You youre youre you're to your pal pa You give glie him bins four twenty thou thou- thou san san dollars 1 Give Gie eo It to him q had ou OU do It tor for you you- you I harsh exclamation burst Iron from the to girt girl to the astonished par parents par par- parents I sounded like flke an oath but it could not have hae then ben been then she swung herself h heavily a about and rushed blindly Into the next room slamming the stout metal door ba- ba be behind hind her with a crash that threatened threat threat- threatened ened to unhinge It Well II I darned be-darned be darned Gus Bris Bris- Bris Briskow ko kow koa turned a slack empty fuce upon the of ot his joys I I would I I never ne that girl turn out greedy out out-Jr out edv CHAPTER CHATER IX IX tui n Wiggle Stick click tiel I Of all the oil excitements that i which occurred In North orth Texas ass as asI I perhaps the most mot r remarkable It any rate the he worl world t has never pr wit wit- wit witnessed such scenes sc ns as liS were tn en- enacted en enacted lany acted there The fhe strike at Ranger Banger lit the fuse the explosion cam came with Ith th the I first gush of Inflammable lI liquid I from the tho Fowler rOler rO ler farm form at fork Burl burnett Burk-burnett burnett burn tt I Buck Burk urk was a al sleepy little town dozing doling amid parch parched cd wheat felds The pant pont WM wu off oft It nothing l much uch moro more exciting than n a crop failure e eser eer er happened n d there The I topic of conversation con was the I weather eather and as 1 Mark lark Twain paid ald Hr body talked about Jt but butI I nothing was done W IS thin sixty s this soporific linage became Ida a roaring bedl bedlam m every ery e eser ry to town ton n let It was wail leased d derricks rose out o chicken run runs boilers panted d In I front yards mobs of strangers stranger and the theair theair surged through the streets I air aJr grew groW shrill with their bicker bicker- ings I Naturally a II little country like this could not hold the new new- newcomer new comers c comer mera therefore Wichita Falls tb their lr headquarters headquarter Hero Heroth I b became me cl hotels at least a few tew th there re were I and some sort lort of office quarters quarter quarter sheds beneath which the sh shearing Could take place and place and there the tho h herd rd assembled Continued In iii Our thur Monday londAr Issue |