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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28, 1919 ' - ' : TKE INDEPENDENT. ELIZABETH CITY"! N. Cl tir:7r TVTr 9 9 X . J V J Jl X A -I - Big- ua THE COW PUNCHER By ROBERT J. C. STEAD Author of 'Kitchener, and Other Poems Illustrations by IRWIN MYERS Copyrio21 Harper & Brothers Coward's livid face had become tfiire, and it was with difficulty he controlled his anger. They are all printed i hat way," he explained. "I aci ?oing to have them indorsed over to wo." You a -e not," said Dave. "You are cfcargiss tllis woman twenty-five thou sand dollars for a house that won't t,ri:i- ton thousand. The firm of Con ttaril .V: Elden will have nothing to do xritli iVmt transaction. It won't even Indorso it over." A fire was burning in the grate. pave walked to it and very slowly and deliberately thrust the agreement into tIie flame. "Well, if that doesn't beat all !" Mrs. Hardy ejaculated. "Are all cow puncher! so discourteous?" "I mean no discourtesy," said Dave. "If rny behavior has seemed abrupt, I assure you I have only sought to serve Poorer Hardy's widow and his daugh ter." "It is a peculiar service," Mrs. Har dy answered, curtly. "I can only apologize for my part ner's behavior," said Conward. "It need not. however, affect the transaction in the slightest degree. A new agreement fl-ill be drawu at once an agreement In which the firm of Conward & Eld en will not be concerned." "That will be more satisfactory," said Mrs. Hardy. She intended the re mark for Dave's ears, but he had moved to a corner of the room and was conversing in low tones with Irene. "I am sorry I had to make your mother's acquaintance under circum- "Are AU Cow Punchers So Discour teous?" stances which, I fear, she will not even try to understand," he had said to Irene. ' Oh, Dave Mr. Elden, I mean that is you don't know how proud you ckn't know how much of a man you male me feel you are." She was fiu.-hed and excited. "Perhaps I shouldn't talk like this. Perhaps " It nil depends on one thing," Dave interrupted. 'Vv Lat is that?" rll depends on whether we are Hardy and 2.1r. Elden or whether we are still Ileenie and Dave." Her bright eyes had fallen to the fi'VT and he could see the tremor of h'j; Kncrers as they rested on the -back cf a chair. She did not answer him directly. But in a moment she spoke. ' jL ther will buy the house from llr. Cun ward," she said. "She is like thf:t. And when we are settled you i'l crime and see me, won't you Dav.-'r" i "i the Hardys had gone Conward to Elden. "We had better try out where we stand," he said, to speak dispassionately, but "as a tremor in his voice. an-1 llr try info-:,. - "I aiTee," returned Elden, who had DO eon IT- tS.".'. re to evade the issue. "Do you , r it fair to select mexperi nmeii for your victims?" 'a rd made a deprecating ges ' "There is nothing to be gained ttf fi'inrreling, Dave," he said." "Lpt cs r ;:t the facts. When we have 8?r-f 1 i-s to facts, then. we may agree 85 procedure." -)x." said Dave. He stood with .shoulder toward Conward, watch ir? th-Qusk settling about the foothill city. "I think," said Conward, "we can e that the boom is over. We have fee v.-rii, on paper. The thing now fcto convert our paper into cash." &ave turned about. "You know I J'et claim to be any great moralist, Conward," he said, "and I have no pity for a gambler who deliberately sits in Snfl pets stung. Consequently I am nt troubled with any self-pity, nor Pity for you, and if you can get J:rl of our holdings to other gamblers 1 have nothing to say. But if it is to 3e loaded onto women who are in vesting the little savings of their lives "pvornon like Bert Morrison and Mrs. Hardy then I am going to have a ?m deal to say."; Dave went on with ing heat: "If business has to be ;0n that way, then I say to h with Business !" "J asked you not to quarrel," Con tra returned, with remarkable com posure, "i suggested that we get at lIle facts. Now, granting that the r-"m is over, where do we stand? We re rated as millionaires, .but we javen't a thousand dollars in the bank 1 mis moment. This" he lifted Mrs. I wdys cheek "would have seen us next payday, but you say the must have nothing to do with it nd wnleh is the more immoral since u havi spoken of morality to ac Pt labor from clerks whom you can't J'l Sir to sell property to wpmen who Ykwif 6 say they want it and are satisfied tne price? We have literally thou sands of unsettled contracts. We must keep our staff together. We have aebts to pay, and we owe it to our creditors to make collections so that we can pay those debts, and we can't make collections without a staff. Why, on the property we are now holding the taxes alone will amount to twenty thousand dollars a year. And I put It up to you, 4f we are going to stand on sentiment, who's going to pay the taxes?" "I know ; I know," said Dave, whose anger over the treatment of the Har dys was already subsiding. "We are in the grip of the system. Still in war they don't usually kill worna-n and noncombatants. That is the point I'm trying to make. I've no sentiment about others who are in the game as. we arer If you limit your operations to them" "The trouble is, you can't. They're wise. Most of them have already moved on. A few firms, like ourselves, will stay and try to fight it out; try, at least, to close up with a clean sheet, If we must close up. But we can't wind up a busines" without selling the stock on hand, and to whom are we to sell if not to people who want it? That is what you seem to object to." "You place me in rather an unfair light," Dsve protested. "What I ob ject to is taking the life savings of people people of moderate circum stances, mainly in exchange for prop erty which-we know to be worth next , to nothing." - "Yet you admit that we must clean up, don't you?" "Yes, I suppose so." "And there's no other way. Dave," said Conward, rising and placing his arm on his partner's shoulder, "I sym pathize with your point of view, but, my boy, it's pure sentiment, and senti ment has no place in business." Dave 'dropped the subject. There appeared to be nothing to gain from pursuing it further. They were in the grip of a system a system which had found them poor, had suddenly made them wealthy, and now, with equal suddenness, threatened to "make them poor again. It was like war kill or be killed. Night had settled when Dave left the office. A soft wind blew from the southwest ; June was in the air. June too, was in Dave's heart as he walked the few blocks to his bachelor quar ters. What of the drab injustice of business? Let him forget that; now it was night . . . and she had called him Dave. He dressed with care. It was not until he was about to leave his rooms that he remembered he must dine alone; he had been dressing for her. unconsciously. The realization brought him up with something of a shock. "This will never do," he said. "I can't eat alone tonight, and I can't ask Reenie, so soon after the incident with her mother. I know Bert Morrison." He reached for the telephone and rang her number. Her number did not answer. He thought of Edith Duncan. But Edith lived at home, and it was much too late to extend a formal dinner invita tion. There was nothing for it but to eat alone. He suddenly became conscious of the great loneliness of his bachelor life. The charm of bach elorhood was a myth which only need ed contact with the gentle atmosphere of feminine affection to be exposed. He took his hat and coat and went into the street. It was his custom to take his meals at a modest eating- place on a side-avenue, but tonight he , directed his steps to the best hotel the city afforded. There was no wisdom in dressing for an event unless he was going to deflect his course somewhat from the daily routine. The dining hall was a blaze of light. Dave paused for a moment, awaiting the beck of a waiter, but in that rao- Mmtemv art Dave Paused for a Moment but in That Moment His Eye Fell on Con ward. ment his eye fell on ConwarS, ggated at a table with Mrs. Hardy and Irene. Conward had seen him and was mo tioning to him to join them. The situation-was embarrassing, and yet de lightful. He was glad he had dressed for dinner. "Join us, Elden," Conward said, as he reached their table. "Just a little dinner to celebrate today's transaction. You will not refuse to share to that extent?" - Dave looked at Mrs. Hardy. Had he been dealing with Conward and Mrs. Hardy alone he would have excused himself, but he had to think of Irene. That Is, he had to justify her by being correct in his manners. "Do join us," said Mrs. Hardy. It was evident to Mrs. Hardy that it would be correct for her to support Mr. Conward's invitation. "You are very kind," said Dave aF he seated himself. "I had not hop for this pleasure." And yet th. pleasure was not unmixed. He felt that Conward had outplayed him. It was Conward who had done the gra cious thing, and Dave could not pre vent Conward doing the gracious thing without himself being ungra cious. After dinner they sat in the lounge room, and Conward beguiled the time with stories of sudden wealth which had been practically forced upon men who were now regarded as the busi ness framework of the country. As 'hejse worthies strolled through. 4he richly furnished room, iel&s?ly smoking their after-dinner cigars, Con ward would make a swift 'summary of their rise from, liveryman, cow puncher, clerk or laborer to their present affluence, , occasionally appeal ing to Dave to corroborate his state ments. It was particularly distaste ful to Elden to be obliged to add his word -to Conward's in such matters, for, although Conward carefully re frained from making any direct ref erence to Mrs. Hardy's purchase the inference that great profits would ac crue to her therefrom was very ob vious. Elden was glad when Mrs. Hardy remembered that she must not remain up late. Her physician had prescribed rest. Early to bed, you know. Dave 'had opportunity for just a word with Irene before they left. "How did this happen tonight?" asked, with the calm assumption of one who has a right to know. "Oh, Mr. Conward telephoned an in vitation to mother," she explained. "I was so glad you happened in. You . have had wonderful experiences. Mr. Conward is charming, isn't he?" Dave did not know whether the compliment to Conward was a per sonal matter concerning his partner or whether it was to be taken as a courtesy to the firm. In either case he rather resented it. He wondered what Irene would think of this "ennobling" business in the drab days of disillu sionment that must soon sweep down upon them. But Irene apparently did not miss his answer. "We shall soon be settled," she said as Mrs. Hardy and Conward were seen approaching. "Then you will come and visit us?" I will Reenie," he whispered, and he was sure the color that mounted to her cheeks held no tinge of dis pleasure. CHAPTER X. Elden lost no time in making his first , call upon the Hardys. Irene re ceived him cordially, but Mrs. Hardy evinced no more warmth than propri ety demanded. Elden, however, al lowed himself no annoyance over that. A very much greater grievance had been thrust upon his mind. Con ward had preceded him and was al ready a guest of the Hardys. Dave knew Conward well enough ,to know that purpose always lay be hind his conduct, and during the small talk with which they whiled away an hour his mind was reaching out acutely, exploring every nook of pos sibility, to arrive if it could at some explanation of the sudden interest which Conward was displaying in the Hardys. These explanations narrowed down to two almost equally unpala table. Conward was deliberately set ting about to capture the friendship, perhaps the affection, of either Mrs. Hardy or Irene. Strangely enough, Elden was more irritated by the for mer alternative than by the latter. Perhaps this attitude was due to sub conscious recognition of the fact that he had much more to fear from Con ward as a suitor for the hand of Mrs. Hardy than as a rival for that of Irene. Conward as a prospective father-fn-law was a more grievous menace to his peace of mind than Conward as a defeated rival. The more he contemplated this as pect of the case the less he liked it. To Conward the affair could be noth ing more than an adventure, but it would give him a position of a sort of semi-paternal authority oyer both Irene and Elden. When at lensrth Mrs. Hardy besran to show signs of weariness Irene served coffee and cake, and the two men, taking that as an intimation that their welcome had run down, but would rewind itself if not too con tinually drawn upon, left the house to gether. On their way they agreed that it was a very delightful night. Dave turned the situation over in his mind with some impatience. Irene had now been in the citjr for several weeks, and he had had opportunity for scarce a dozen personal words with her. Was he to be balked by such an insufferable chaperonage as it seemed the purpose of Mrs. Hardy and Conward to establish over his love affair? No. In the act of un dressing he told himself, "No," suit ing to the word such vigor of behavior that in the morning he found his shoes at opposite corners of the room. Several days passed without any word from Irene, and he had almost made up his mind to attempt another telephone appointment, when he met her, quite accidentally, in the street. She had been shopping, she said. The duty of household purchases fell mainly upon her. Her mother rested in the afternoons "How about a cup of tea," said Dave. "And a thin sandwich? And a delicate morsel of cake? One can alwaj'S count on thin sandwiches and delicate morsels of cake. Their func tion is purely a social one, having no relation to the physical requirements." "I should be very glad," said Irene. They found a quiet tearoom. When they were seated Dave, without pre liminaries, plunged into the subject nearest his heart. "I have been wanting, an opportu nity to talk to you wanting it for weeks," he said. . "But it always seemed " "Always seemed that you were thwarted," Irene completed his thought. "You didn't disguise your annoyance very well the other night." "Do you blame me for being an noyed?" "No. But I rather blame you for showing it. You see I was annoyed too." "Then you had nothing to do with with bringing about the situation that existed?" . . "Certainly not.- Surely you do not think Shat I would that I would " "I beg your pardon, Reenie," said Dave, contritely. "I should have known better. But it seemed such a strong coincidence." She was toying with her cup, and for once her eyes avoided him. "You should hardly thilfk, Dave," she ven tured "you should hardly conclude that what has been, you know, gives you the right entitles you'";, "To a monopoly of your attentions? Perhaps noL But gives me the right tofa fair chance to win a monop olv .of your, attentions." - He was speaking low and earnestly, and his voice had a deep, rich timbre in it that thrilled and almost fright ened her. She could not resent hia straightforwardness. She felt that he was already asserting his claim upon her, and there was something tendei and delightful In the sense of being claimed by such a man. "I must have a fair chance to win that monopoly," he repeated. "How did it happen that Conward was pres ent?" "I don't know. . It just happened. A little after you telephoned me he called up and asked for mother, and the next thing I knew she said he was coming up to spend the evening." Dave dropped into a sudden reverie. It was not so remarkable as it seemed that Conward should have telephoned Mrs. Hardy almost immediately after he had used the line. Conward's tele phone and Dave's were on the same circuit; it was a simple matter for Conward, If ha had happened to lift the receiver during Dave's conversa tion with Irene, to overhear all that was said. That might happen acci dentally; at least it might begin in nocently enough. The fact that Con ward had acted upon the information Indicated two things : first, that he had no very troublesome sense of honor which Dave had long suspect ed and, second, that he had delib erately planned a confliction with Dave's visit to the Hardy home. This indicated a policy of some kind; a scheme deeper than Dave was as yet able to fathom. He would at least guard against any further eavesdrop 'oe on his telenhnn (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) DO YOU NEED A HORSE OR MULE We can please you, as we have extra good, carefully selected animals which we bought right and will sell right. Every animal must be as re presented or your money will be re funded. 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