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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH. UTAH and I dont know whether Im happ, or broken-hearteNellies so prac tical and conservative she's hard t, understand, but Ill say this of her: shes something that mighty few wom- an are and thats a true blue sport He went home and didnt sleep a ! wink. For two weeks Elmer fought the life of the idle rich around Pilarcitos. And each day of that awful two weeks he wrote to Doris As her accepted suitor he felt it Incumbent upon him to put a note of tenderness in his lengthy epistles, but for the life of him he could not make that note ring true. Doris, however, appeared to suffer from no such inhibition. Hers were sufficiently sentimental to suit the most exacting deadly i Gate-woo- male. Also, . , . she was quick to note the restraint in Elmers correspondence and chided him with it. She bade him assure her that he loved her and only her. Thus cornered, Elmer THE STORY gave the assurance demanded in writHiram Butterworth, miser, dies ing. Later, upon request, he sent his Suddenly leaving his fortune of photograph, on which appeared these more than a million to Elmer To Doris, from her devoted words: Clarke, nephew. Before his death Elmer. Hiram arranged for payment with interest of $40,000 which he Then suddenly, like a swooping falhad swindled a man out of forty con, came a heartbreaking letter. Poor years before. Unknown to Elmer, dear Harvey had Invested all of his his sweetheart, Nellie Cathcart, little principal in an enterprise which bank teller, is heiress of the swindled man. Colorado Charley, had failed. The shock of this terrible crook, and his partner, Mae, plan loss had sickened him, and at the to pluck Elmer. Posing as a remoment he was, according to no less named Doris porter Gatewood, Mae calls on Elmer. Nellie spots than two doctors, developing an abDoris as an adventuress. Elmer scess in his right lung, due to the goes to Los Angeles and visits gassing he had . received in France. Doris and her "brother. Nellie Her own income, earned as a cortakes steps to frustrate the crooks. Elmer is elected school respondent for the American Weekly, trustee and announces his canwas Insufficient to support them even Nellie ardidacy for mayor. in the humble style to which they had ranges with the Los Angeles po- -' lice to trap the crooks. been accustomed, and she faced the terrible necessity of seeing Harvey bundled off to a public hospital. If CHAPTER X Continued Elmer could send her a thousand dol18 lars to tide them over, et cetera. I I knew it, Elmer soliloquized. Elmer, she said suddenly, "youre unhappy. Am I the cause of your un- smelled that touch coming, only I happiness? thought it would come from Harvey. He nodded, afraid to trust himself Well, one thing is certain they need to speak. that thousand dollars badly, or Doris Well, were not engaged, Elmer, would never have asked me for it. Is there, another so speak freely. Still wrapped in the fogs of misungirl? derstanding and still in Incomplete Unhappily there is, Nellie. possession of his senses, Elmer sent "Unhappily for whom? her a check on the . Pilarcitos ComFor both of us, he finally ground mercial Trust & Savings bank for the out sum in question. ' Two days later the for she Elmer, yourself, Speak check was returned through a Los Are you very unhappy Angeles bank for payment. countered. about it? Now, it so happened that Alice ' Quite. , Goodfellow had had an attack of the Why? megrims that day and in consequence You ought to know, he comNellie Cathcart had to take over Miss plained. Goodfellows task of posting the cusI am not a mind reader, Elmer. tomers ledger. Naturally, as she Thats why I ask questions. Now that sorted the checks at the close of the you have decided on a new sweetdays business preparatory to chargheart, are you dissatisfied with your ing them up, she came across Elmer selection? B. Clarkes check for the sum of one No-- o He was ready to weep. thousand dollars, in favor of Doris It it lacerates me, Nellie, but I Gatewood. It had been indorsed by I had to tell you. A fellows got to Doris Gatewood and bore, in addition, come clean with a girl like you no the indorsement of Harvey Gatewood use to play a double game. I Ive and the Los Angeles bank. Pasted to made a mistake. Took you out tothe check was a small red label bearnight to tell you thanks for helping ing the words Please wire if uncolme with the dirty job lectable. Evidently the Los Angeles 'Please do not mention it, Elmer bank had taken the check for collecdear. Its my fault entirely. Nobody tion only. knew better than I the risks I was Fast work, Doris darling, Nellie taking and Im much too wise to murmured. From a stack of printed think a mere man can be a paragon. tags she selected one and checked off You were quite within your rights in id red ink from a long list of standard excuses for failure to honor a check following the dictates of your wandering fancy. I thought you might want the excuse which she knew would to some time, so I decided to give you start a riot between Elmer and the a free hand and let it happen now. I payee without Involving her, to wit: entertain no resentment, Elmer, and Signature of indorser irregular. there isnt the slightest necessity for And that was absolutely true, since you and me discontinuing our lovely Nellie knew the names in both cases friendship. I am of the opinion that were fictitious. With a little smile of you do not know any more about wommalice she inclosed the rejected check en than a gopher does about astronin an envelope and shot it back to the omy and I am perfectly willing that Los Angeles bank. you should have a wide experience And now, she murmured to the before I take on the job of educating adding machine, we shall see that you. To date youre the finest man I which we shall see. This new love of have ever met and Im not going to Elmers will wire him for an explanaruin my happiness by letting you es- -' tion and he will come over to the cape. Ill get you yet, Elmer. Meanbank with blood In his lovelorn eyes while, enjoy yourself. and demand an explanation of Anse And youre not angry with me, Moody. Old Anse will call me in and Nellie? ' scold me for being stupid and Ill have Not the least, little bit. to hand Elmer jolt number one. After Youre positively wonderful! that the other jolts will follow in rapid Youre positively childish. But succession. Alas, poor Elmer then most men are where women are Events fell out even as Nellie had she foretold. A devil with a whip of fire concerned. Dear old booby! murmured. I understand you so well drove Elmer Clarke to the bank early that explanations arent necessary. the next afternoon. His check had Cheer up, Elmer, and be happy. By been questioned, the love of his life the way, the town is agog with ex--- had called him hysterically on the citement over your threat to run for telephone and he had to do or die. mayor. Did you mean it? Only, as he was figuratively dying, he Surest thing you know, Nellie. cursed himself for his stupidity in Great news ! Well, here we are at sending Doris his own check. Why In home.' Good night, Elmer. Gods in the name of common sense had he not his Heaven and alls right with the purchased a cashiers draft in his own She gave him her hand at name and indorsed it to Doris? world. (TO BH CONTINUED.) Whatever you do, Elmer, parting. use your head and not your heart. Be Varieties of Evidence sure you're right, then go ahead. Though no evidence affects the I want to kiss you, he half fancy so strongly as that of sense, yet growled. there Is other evidence which gives us You are u philanderer, arent you? as satisfaction and as clear a confull beor less more a kiss whats Well, to our reason. Atterbufy. viction tween friends and i ! There Value of Compliments She was gone. Elmer sat at the Compliments are something you wheel of his expensive imported automobile and watched the little white treasure all your life; and those who figure disappear within the Tally pay them are always held in pleasant memory. 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