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NANCE ENCELL, his . former| sweetheart calls, finds him alone, ofâ€" fers to pay the deficit but is‘ ro-1 buffed. Then Nance kisses himâ€"and| is seen by Patsy who had called lo[ attempt a reconciliation with her husâ€"| __band, _ Pat Jeaves without listening | The Leading Characters: EDISON FORBES, a young resiâ€" dent of Scottdale with an inherent craving for liquor is held for the death of a woman who has been killed by a bootlegging truck. Circumstanâ€" tial evidence points to Forbes and raâ€" ther than tell the truth of the epiâ€" sode, he stands trial, which results in a long prison sentence. He is soon pardoned, however, but back in Scottdale he and PATSY JANE, his pretty wile.' agree that public sentiment against him would warrant their migralionl up north where Eddie has a quarter | section of land. While there they form the acquaintance of t ISAIAH Sealman, a shifty neighâ€" bor who is anxious to buy their propâ€" erty. Eddie learns that the back taxâ€" es total over cigbht hundred dollars and must be paid in five months to avert forfeiture. Scalman makes a generous offer which is refusedâ€"Edâ€" die thinking the land must have some value unknown to him to warrant his neighbor‘s interest. Things do not go well. Eddie fails to get work and suecumbs to his old yearning by his neighbor‘s interest. Things do like a d not go well. Eddie fails to get work| as the c and suecumbs to his old yearning by| "And 3 falling in with a bootlegger‘s gang,‘ Encell, getting drunk and being shanghaied| "So t to Chicago. Upan his return he disâ€"/ rememb covers that Pat has left him and will ; course t not return until he has quit drinkâ€"| if it h ing. This he determines to do. He| breath > secures work on a nearby ranch, run, away w by Davenant, and after many temptaâ€"| well, I tions at last beats his enemy, John | grinned Barleycorn. All this time he is slow.; _ Abser ly earning money but realizes (hat‘ empty s when the tax is due he carrt possibly | and wh have enough. Sealman renews his‘,hame 2 offer and is again refused." One dayâ€"â€"| the sacl Eddie regarded him speculatively. "Well, of course I‘d like to see Enâ€" €ell‘s stock do well," he said mildly. "But wouldn‘t it be courteous to ask should I ask you? You lose this place on taxâ€"title the first of next month. I‘m already the owner. I bought the title from the Brower estate by teleâ€" graph two days ago." The Brower estate?" echoed Edâ€" die, puzzled. * "Sure. You don‘t know what‘s goâ€" ing on under your own nose," was the contemptuous retort. Old Brower died suddenly, and the family doesn‘t care about this northern Michigan estate idea of his. All his tax titles were put on the market. I got this. So, really I have more right here than ‘The leanâ€"jawed expressman rubbed his bristles nervously. ‘"Don‘t biame me, Mr. Forbes," he pleaded. "He suid he owned this when he hired -,;mmm ?fi!';mone}' ‘and one moiâ€"ningt.ear!y while berry picking, notices fresh tire marks. on his property. "You meanâ€"this?" The youth nodded at the truck. "Well, they say this stuff is good for stock, salt in it, you know. So I was getting some for the cattle at Encell‘s." "Listen, kid," commanded Eddie, quietly. "You‘re offâ€"away off. You haven‘t any right here until after the first day of next month: Then you. only have a right if I fail to redeem the property. Well, it‘ll be redeemed. So right now you‘re a trespasser and a thief. You‘re stealâ€" ing my property." rewass CHAPTER XIX | Just Dessert [ A light truck was standing near | the scar on the side of the moundâ€"‘ the scar which be and Pat had noticed | on the first day of their journey of! exploration. Two men were busily* at work, scraping and shoveling the sourâ€"smelling earth into sacks which | they loaded onto the truck. One of them was the Long Portage express-{ man. Eddie‘s face hardened at sight of the other. . It was his companjoni of the night of the accident, the| youth who had so cravenly deserted to avoid the possible consequencest of discovery. | know ?" me first about this stuff ?" As Eddie came upon the workers, the youth started. Then he learned on his shevel. He smiled insolently. "Gee, you‘re an early riser," was his first remark. "Have to be, to keep my farm from being carried away. What‘s the big ‘The sneer in the young man‘s smile ollars toâ€"take care of that taxâ€" cooly. "Thief, ch?" Tll show I‘m visiting over there, you ian renews his| name and address were printed on’ Peter consulted his canvasâ€"jackâ€" sed." One dayâ€"â€"| the sack in black letters. He whistled | cted _ book. "Three fortyâ€"eight, sevenâ€" , _ _his . former| when their significance came to him}tyâ€"two," he reported. "Seems pretty : him alone, ofâ€"‘ with the other. He was, the slick| heavy taxes on poor land, but they icit but is‘ reâ€"| one, a director of the bank, Eddie reâ€"| built two roads and widened and Cisses himâ€"_and | called. | deepened Portage creek, all in the o had called to: When he drove back to the big|same year. Then the penalties are n with her husâ€"| ranch, Davenant himself, black with| heavy. It makes. it pretty binding, ithout listening| passion, met him at the door of the‘ even though the improvement costs T mkOn menrhen | DURIKBOHSEAT: :z oi | :C semgs s wucs.. L WeTe Lprewd over three years." Mn en itc s n 1 U Nee in ee Te n en lnporee 1 Oe cce pnraine in o m n ne na P uie The youth‘s reply was to drop his shovel and rush, a scowl on his weak, dark face. Eddie met him with a straight right hander that puffed the lloose lips. . As a fight it did not | compare with the fierce battle against {!he motorâ€"tramp. This adversary had neither the courage, the strength nor the resolution of the wanderer. His eyes were blackened and his nose bleeding, though he had scarcely left a mark on Eddie, when he turned his back and clamored onto the track. | _ "All right, you big bully!" he comâ€" | plained. "Ill have the laugh when the sheriff throws you off. You put | your foot on here and I‘ll shoot you like a dog. "Yes, I will!" he raved, |as the expressman started the truck. | "And you keep away from Nance Encell, or I‘ll drill you anyway." i _ "So that‘s it?" mused Eddie. "I | remember he always did like her.> Of course he wouldn‘t have been so nasty {if it hadn‘t been for booze. His | breath was like a distillery. He got ;awa_\; with that dirt, after all. Oh, > Absentmindedly he picked up an Iempty sack, one which had been left | and which had been overlooked. A “name and address were printed on {the sack in black letters. He whistled | when their significance came to him ‘with the other. He was, the slick { one, a director of the bank, Eddie reâ€" | called. \ _ Millig, another farmhand, had ?mana:ed heretofore to keep his poâ€" tations from the notice of the owner. i But he had, seemingly, been careless, ‘had been thrashed when he grew imâ€" { pudent, and discharged: "But I didn‘t give him liquor," proâ€" tested Eddie. ' i "You did. Don‘t lie to me." | "I tell you I didn‘t," returned Edâ€" ‘die. sharply. stalling here because you don‘t dare show your face.in Scottdale Why you escaped being a jailbird because that old crook of a governor pardonâ€" ed you. So don‘t get fresh with me." "So that‘s it, eh?" was Eddie‘s comment. ‘"Well, I don‘t think those few sacks of earth are worth much. But you‘ll leave them, just the same. Unload." "Matter?" echoed Davenant, doubâ€" ling his fists, and Eddie noted that the formidable knuckles were barked, "matter? You‘ve been giving liquor to Millig, that‘s all." s though feéarful of being . overheard. "But you know how it is. The old man‘s crazy on the subject of liquor. What in thunder did you want to keep that bottle around for" You might have known that nut Millig would smell it out." and later, as he was q-h.u.lv.uu--lu-‘v-u'o.ufi\ goods and chattels to make the cabin| of the check again. The forgery had ovily Hivable, he had Hime to porder | been‘cleverly . done, _ though _ slose the big man. ,__ +. â€" "Why, Mr. Bavenant, what‘s the matter?" asked Eddie, in surprise. voice rose to a shout. "You know how I hate booze, but you brought it here. I suppose you figured on Eddic‘s pay check for wages toâ€" the end of the month. He bought Eddie‘s "He didn‘t. Iâ€"" he began, and stopped. He recalled the bottle in his suitcase. give-yw'vhtluvglljm." He adâ€" vanced, his arms swinging. s "Well, maybe you can, but you‘ll get something in return," snapped Eddie. "You won‘t be beating up a drunken squarehead if you try any funny business with me. Ill leave glanced over his shoulder as he spoke, toward the main ranch house, a comâ€" "Well, he got it from you. You had â€"it." â€" "Hah!" growled Davenant at his hesitancy. "You‘d better admit it." Eddie entered the bunkhouse. His suitcase open, lay in the middle of the floor. The bottle was gone. He returned to the outside. "You‘re right, Mr. Davenant," he acknowledged. _ "There was some liquor in my bag, and it‘s gone. I didn‘t give it to him, or tell himâ€"" Bull, the foreman, was, and he was regretful shd sympathetic. _ _ "Get off my piieg.'v WD,VQâ€" "Oh, I don‘t know, I‘d forgotten guess ANE Thanc ~ paid for it." ‘The owner‘s " He He l CHAPTER XX He drove to the railroad station and sent away two telegrams. He went to the . county building and | stated his errand to Peter Wimple. That official nodded, as though conâ€" ifl_rming something that had long been {a matter of doubt. 4 Tvmrh} an under hold and pinnedâ€"its {shoulders to the mat, first flop. He | had licked. booze and he had saved | his home. Now to find Patsy Jane and | ‘tell her what pride had forbade hn‘ | telling before; The identity . of hjs, {companion the night of the accident.| And,.also, take her home. | | __Of course he had no job. â€" But" he could get one. Of that he felt certain. And he would begin building up his | land against the day he would crop it jand stock it and make it pay good | dividends. | He went into the bank to deposit the Davenant check and the loose cash he was carrying. There was three persons behind the cheap partiâ€" tion of white pine stained to look like hardwood, and iron grills stained to look like bronze. Gray little Gilman, the cashier; Harold Faunce, the young bookkeeper; and Seaiman, slick and rotound, combing his beard with his fingers as he talked earnestly. "We were just, about to get in touch with you, Mr. Forbes," began "You know, Forbes," he explained, puffing on his pipe, "I‘ve thought a good many times that maybe you didn‘t understand me. I suppose you knew that a taxâ€"title issues for each year of back taxes, but that you have two years from the date of issue of each to redeem them. ed to the back of his mind by> more stirring events. "The address on that sack means something," he thought. "It‘s up to me to squander a little something on telegrams to find out exactly what. His story about carting the stuff away as salt for the stock is all bosh. The pure salt is on top. "What about the other remark of his? What did he mean by talking about three hundred and fifty dollars for the ‘first‘ taxâ€"title* Didn‘t I get the dope straight from the county treasurer? Guess I‘ll get downtown right away and find out where I‘m "There are two such plasters out against your property, To settle them both would be eight hundred and thirtyâ€"odd dollars. But if you‘ll pay the twoâ€"year old one the first of the month, you‘ll still have a year for the other« one." For he. needed but three hundred| and fifty dollars, and he had mm{ than that sum in the Long Portage| bank. He consulted the stub of his checkbook. He had about four hnâ€"’ dred dollarsâ€"a young fortune‘! And more in his pocket. | Eddie â€" swallowed jerkily. "How much is the first ‘one ?" Gilman nervously, currency forward deposit slip. "Why*" asked Eddic. He felt Sealman‘s bright, bold eyes upon him. "I wanted to notify you of your overdraftâ€"Mr. Forbes." The latter exclamation was a flustered u--‘ strance. For Eddie, thrusting an arm through the wicket, seized his deposâ€" it and pulled his bankbook from the mfiu’-hw:.nuthna-yj pen left 3 long, black mark down the fashion as if to make sure that Sealâ€" man were there in support. "You‘re crazy," was the brief reâ€" fensively. Eddie leafed them over. They were all in orderâ€"Hold on, the check to Sealman for the pig had been raised from five dollars to five hundred. Eddic turned the check over. It was "Looks to me as though the bank for | this bank was negligent in taking it." swindle me out of ~my place ever since I came here. You‘ve connived at this trick to tie up my money. But it won‘t do you any good. You‘ll never put a finger on a grain of that white sand. You hear ?" : "We‘ll have to ask a jury to deâ€" dd-i'mm;l&h-h disavows responsibility. ‘You were negligent in drawing it If the line after "Five" had started closer to the ‘e‘ and had been drawn clear through, there would have been no negligence. But you left a space and the forger took advantage of it." was not responsible for the forgery, but he has taken advantage of it to tie up his funds until after the pasâ€" sage of taxâ€"day, two weeks away. He thrust his head and shoulders thru the wicket, so that the flimsy grill creaked under the strain. said harshly, "you‘ve been trying to "This is slander, Forbes," warned the other, his combing fingers movâ€" ing agitatedly. "I have witnesses." "Witnesses be damned," retorted | the angry man. "You daren‘t go into . court." He turned on his heel and | strode out, banging the door viulemly} behind him. He had barely reached | the street when he beard his name called. Sealman must have moved rapidly, for he was in the tiny vestiâ€" bule of the bank. He came hurried) y] toward Eddie. was for five dollars. I passed it on for a load of huckleberries to a stranger. HMe didn‘t want to take them to town because it was late. I‘ve never seen him since. 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