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Local News of the Week.
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Old papers for sale at this o ce
100 for 15 cents.
Jesse Amerson was down from
Wilmington Thursday on business.
E. S. Weber has returned to Hut
tig after a four months stay at Wes
son. _ _
T. B. Weaver and wife left on
Wednesday morning for a short
visit at New Orleans.
C. C. Bell left this week on a
business trip to New Orleans and
points in Mississippi.
Dr. L. F. Magee is home from a
month's sojourn at Mineral Wells
Texas, ana is much "Improved.
If you have any real estate for
sale list same with C. A. Berry, of
Huttig. who will sell same for you.
Prosecuting Attorney E. O. Ma
hony and Ike Feisenthal of El Do
rado were business visitors in Hut
tig Thursday.
The Huttig public schools will
close on Friday. May 9th and the
pupils are already counting the
number of days left.
Mrs. J. C. Phillips has gone to
Junction City to join her husband
who is running the Inter-State
Press at that place.
J. C. Bridges, who had the mis
fortune to break and dislocate his
hip several weeks ago is improving
but it will be some time yet before
he can get out of the house.
Dr. H. C. Rushing of this place
has been elected a member of the
State Board of Dental Examiners
and his selestion is a wise one on
the part of the state association.
-S. M. Smith, who was for several
years clerk in the postoffice here
but who has been engaged in rail
road work for the past two years,
was here Wednesday visiting with
old friends.
After July the 1. 1914. the funds
of Union county will be deposited
in the bank paying the largest in
terest for the priviledge of using
same, as the recent depository
law for the county becomes effect
ive on that date.
Ex-state Senator John H. Green
of El Dorado, who has been a mem
ber of the law firm of Green & Pat
terson for a number of years, con
templates locating in Colorado in
the near future. Mr. Patterson
will continue to practice law in El
Dorado._
Percy Moore tntertained a large
number of his friends with a party
at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Moore, on last Friday
evening from 8 to 10 o’clock. All
had a pleasant time playing games
and enjoyed the fudge and popcorn
which were served.
You will find on sale at the
Union Saw Mil company store,
the Union hotel and Bell’s cream
parlor four different local post card
views in colors. If these sell well
the publisher expects to add sev
eral other views to the list. They
will be sold at two for five cents
The El Dorado Manufact ring
Company, owned and operated by
Johnson & Wiiliamsof El Dorado
has begun making basketsand crates
for the peach growers of this
section. The capacity of the plant
is 2,000 baskets and crates per
day. A sash and door factory will
be added to the plant laier.
Howard Chapter, No. 122, R. A.
M. entertained the members of
Rowland Lodge, No. 594, F. &, A.
M. with a smoker and lunch in the
new auditorium at the Union Hotel
after their meeting last Saturday
night. About thirty members were
and the luncheon prepared by Mrc.
C. Howard was enioyed by ai! pres
ent.
Little Miss Alene Thompson en
tertained a number of her your ;;
friends at the home of her parent':,
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Thompson or
last Saturday afternoon from Z to
5 o'clock in celebration of her ninth
birth anniversary, which fell on
Sunday. It goes without saying
that they all had an enjoyable time
and wish the little lady many more
such happy events.
We shall al! be living on alfalfa f
a man who has an alfalfa mill, at
Manhatten, Mont., carries out his
present claims and delivers the
goods. He says there are unsus
j pected good things in alfalfa. H<=
| is planning to manufacture fiour
; from it and also syrup, and he say:
; that most delicious and wholesome
j candy is also among the various by
products. The Japanese make ver\
: toothsome confections from graim
! as well as from rice, beans anc
| other vegetables.
A gold medal to the school boy
or girl between the ages of 10 anc
15 who writes the best compo
sition, not to exceed 800 words, on
the repair and maintenance of earth
roads, is to be awarded by Logar
Waller Page. Director, Office oi
Public Roads, United States De
partment of Agriculture. Washing
Lon, D. C. All compositions must
be submitted to Mr. Page before
May 15, 1915, and the medal will
be awarded as soon thereafter as
the compositions can be graded
The composition may be based on
knowledge gained from books or
other sources, but no quotations
should be made.
Saved Him.
It didn't kill me but I think it
would, if it had not been for Hunt's
Cure. 1 was tired miserable anr
well nigh used up when 1 c >m
menced using it for an old and se
vere case of eczema. One app'i
cation relieved me and box cured
me. I believe Hunt's Cure will
cure any form of itching known to
mankind.
Clifton Lawrence, Helena, Oklo
Sjnday Services.
Services at Union church Sun
day will be as follows: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock a. m.; preach
ing at 1 1 a. m. and at 7:50 p. m.:
3. Y. P. U. at 4 o'clock p. m.
Everybody is urged to attend any
of these services.
The United States petroleum out
put in 1912 reached 220.300.000
barrels. _ _
How Foolish.
To suffer from Skin Diseases
[Itch. Eczema. Ringworm, etc j
when one 50c oox of "Hunt Cure"
is passively guaranteed to cure or
your money promptly refunded.
Every retail druggist in the state
stands behind this guarantee. Ask
your druggist and see the guaran
tee with each box. You don't risk
anything in giving it a trial. adv
Prince Edward island cans and
exports $800,000 worth of lobsters
every year.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they oannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
find that is by con3titution..l r* medics.
lJeafn as is caused by aa Inflamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta
chian Tube. When thl3 tube is Inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
no ring, and when It is rnti.-ely closed,
Dcafr.i ss is the result, and unless the In
flammation can bo ta’ on out and this
tube 1 ;3torod to Its normal condition,
hearing will bo destroy' i forever: nlno
can s cut of ten arc caused l,y Catarrh,
which is nothing but an l"flamed condl
t! n c? tho mucous surfaces.
Y7o t 11 rlTeOnnllundrectrollars ferany case of
Iw'fn< . (ennsr tbycatnrrtotbatci-nnotbocuredty
Hall's Catarrh Cura. Scud for circulars, 1 rr \
F. J. n ENEY, & CO. Toledo, Ohio.
Bolt by Prnttrl 's, fa
Take Uali'a J/auUlr t'ilii for consUDatloa.
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ment. Circulation, Etc. of The Hutt g
News, published weekly at Huttig. Atk.
required by the Act' of Aug 24, 1912.
Editor. Business Manager. Publisher and
Owner. C. A. Berry. Huttig, Ark.
Bondho ders, None.
C. 4. Bfrsy.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
l 4th day of April. I 91 3.
[stalJ F. vV. Mulkey, N P.
hj; ANNA KATHAiiUNE G8EEN
M Author of “the lbavenworth cask**
THE FILIGREE &AI.IT THE HOUSE OF THEWfflSPERINC: KN£S’
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHARLES .W. ROSSER
COPYRIOHT
conrHioirr
1911
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by
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER T—George Anfl^rpon ar
vff»» sec a remarkable man come out
lie Clermont hotel, look around fur:ive’
*ash his hands in the snow arid pass o
’ommotion attracts them to the Clermo*
where it is found that the beautiful M
Edith Challoner has fallen dead on tl
j nezzanlne Moor.
CHAPTER II—Anderson describes t’
omn he saw wash his hands in the sno
| The hotel manager declares him to »
I r>rl^rvV Rrr.therson.
CTT.'1‘TTTt *ITT T’hyslclans flr.d th
v'y Challoner was slabbed and not sin
j b:< h sei ms to clear Brotherson of su
; piclon.
( HA! TER TV Grvce. an aged dt*t‘»
I tive, and Sw. wahT Ms assistant. ta'>
I l,P the cas*1. rriiey believe Miss Challonei
! sf ahhed _hp[f.
v*7?~~ . *’4T*—A paper cutter found
near the scene of tragedy is believed to ,
he the weapon used.
CHAPTER VI Mr Challoner tells of a
hatch of letters found in his daughter's
desk, signed with initials strange to him
All are love letters except one which
shows that the writer was displeased I
CHAPTER VII—This Utter was slimed !
’>v Orlando Brotherson. The others bore
• dials which lead to th*1 conclusion that
Brotherson wrote all of them.
CHA? *7 ER VIII —Anderson goes with;
Sweetwater to identify Brotherson. who «
> to address a meeting of anarchists
The place is rahlgd by the police and i
Totliersori escapes without being tdenti
lied.
CHAPTER IX Brotherson is found llv
Ing in a tenement under the name of
Punn. TTy is an inventor.
CHAPTER X Brotherson tells the cor
oner of his acquaintance with Miss Chal
loner and how she repulsed him witT
^•orn when he offered her his love.
CHAPTER XT-Sweet water rem’ls the
mystery of th*» murder of a washerwonv
m in which som^ details were similar to
'he Challoner affair Brotherson was a
tenant of the building adjoining the onf
in which the noma" died.
CHAPT’lTt XC T':ffher comparison of
the two case4* spurs Gryce and Sweetwa
ter to renewed activity.
CHAPTER XT!I -Challoner admits his
daughti r was deeply interested, if not in
love with Brotherson.
CHAPTER XIV Brotherson gives the
police a plausible explanation of his con
duct. Gryce and Sweetwater are given
permission to pursue their investigations
independently.
CHAPTER XV — Sweetwater plans to
disguise himself as a carpenter and seek
lodgings in the same building with Broth
erson.
CHAPTER XVI—He watches the inven
tor a! work at night and is dot*' ted by
the latter. The detect* ve moves to a
room adjoining Brotherson’s.
CHAPTER XVIT Tie bores a hole In
th«- wall to spv on Brotherson. He visits
him and assists* the Inventor in his work.
CHAPTER XV’LII—Repetition of the
tune played by the orchestra the ntght of
Miss Challoner’s death arouses the sleep
ing; J3r.pt hereon to uneasy mutterings.
CHAPTER XIX—A girl sent by Sweet
water with Edith Challoner’s letters is
ordered out by Brotherson. He declares
the letters were not written to him
CHAPTER XX - Sweetwater Is un
masked by Brothers*m. who declares he
recognised him at once.
CHAPTER XXI—Sweetwater g°ts a
message that Gryce has made a d.^ ov
cry which changes the whole situation.
CHAPTER XXII — Closer inspection
shows that the letters signed “O. B.”
were written by two different men Sweet
water goes to Derby in search of the sec
ond "O B..” whom he expects to find
through one Doris Scott, mentioned in
Miss Challoner’s letters.
CHAPTER XXIII- Doris Is found act- 1
Ine as nurse for Oswald Brotherson. who i
Is critically ill from typhoid fever, and
calls In his delirium the name *>f Edith.
He Is the manager of the local work?
and is idolized hv the people.
CHAPTER XXIV Oswald passes the
crisis and the doctor says he will recover.
CHAPTKR XXV—Sweetwater comes !
across a peculiar hut in the woods. He
sees a 1 oe»d of boxes marked "O Broth- |
erson.” taken into the hut under the su
pervision of Doris Scott.
CHAPTER XXVI -Sweetwater returns
to New York and reports to Gryce. bwt
omits mention of the hut in the woods,
the sole discovery of importance.
CHAPTER XXVII—Challoner appears
In Derby
CHAPTER XX VIII - Doris tells Thai
loner of seeing In a dream tl* face of .
the man who killed Edith. The door oell .
rings and she recognizes In the visitor
the man of her dream.
CHAPTER X XIX Tt is Orlando Broth
erson. who requests an interview with his
brother It is denied He seems greatly
perturbed when Doris tells him the
boxes have been safely placed in the hut ;
CHAPTER XXX Orlando Is greatly '
agitated at the realization that he has
fallen in love with Doris. He demands
to he present when Oswald Is informed of
Fd’th’s death.
CHAPTER XXXI It develops that Or
lando is working on a Hying machine,
whkh Sweetwater, who has arrived again
on the scene, declares will revolutionize
air flight.
CHAPTER XXXII Oswald is told of
Edith’s death.
CHAPTER XXXIII Orlandp teiia hfs
brother of his repulse by Miss Challoner. i
CHAPTKf XXXIV—Orlando asks his
brother to assist in testa of his air car. !
a* he can trust no one else. Oswald re
fuses owing to his weakened condition.
He did not need to continue. Os
wald understood nnd flashed a grate
ful look his way before saying:
“You will make the attempt at.
night?”
“Certainly.”
“And on Saturday?”
“I’ve said it."
“I will run over In my mind the !
qualifications of such men as I know
nnd acquaint you with the result to
morrow.”
“There are adjustments to be made.
A man of accuracy is necessary.”
“I will remember.”
“And he must be likable. I can do
nothing with a man with whom I’m
not perfectly in accord.”
“1 understand that.”
“Goodnight then.” A moment of
hesitancy, then, “I wish not only your
self but Miss Scott to be present at
this test. Prepare for the spectacle;
but not yet, not till within an hour or
two of the occasion."
And with a proud smile in which
he flashed a significance which
.artled Oswald, be gave a hurriec j
od and turned away.
When in an hour a fifes lrds, Don
Joked in through the open uo<.., :?b* :
>and Oswald sitting with fact tmriei
i his hands, thinking so deeply tna
e did not hear her. He had sat iik' ,
lis, immovable and absorbed, evei ;
nee his brother had left him.
CHAPTER XXXV.
Silence—and a Knock.
Oswald did not succeed in finding j
man to please Orlando. He sug '
posted one person after another to
the exacting inventor, but none were
satisfactory to him and each in turn *
was turned down. It is not every
one we want to have share a world j
wide triumph or an ignominious de
feat. And the days were passing.
He had said in a moment of elation
“I will do it alone;” but he knew
even then that he could not. Two
hands were necessary to start the
car; afterwards, he might manage it
clone. Descent wan even possible, but
to give the contrivance its first lift |
required a second mechanician Where!
was he to find one to please him? And
what was he to do if he did not?
Conquer his prejudices against such ;
men as he had seen, or delay the
attempt, as Oswald had suggested, till |
he could get one of his old cronies
on from New York. '"lie could do nei
ther. The obstinacy of his nature was
such as to offer an invincible barrier
against either suggestion. One alter
native remained. He hud heard of,
worn n aviators. If Doris eould In
induced to accompany him into the
air, instead of clinging sodden-like to
the weight of Oswald’s woe, then
would the world behold a triumph
which would dwarf the ecstasy of the
bird's flight and rob the eagle of his
kingly pride. But Doris barely en
dured his as yet, and the thought was
not one to be considered for a mo
ment. Yet what other course re
mained? He was brooding deeply on
the other subject, in his hangar one
evening—(it was Thursday and Sat
urday was but two days off) when
there come a light knock at the door
This had never occurred before. He
had given strict orders, backed by
his brother’s authority, that he was
never to be intruded upon when in j
this place; and though he had some
times encountered the prying eyes o'
the curious flushing fro& behind
the trees encircling the hangar,
his door hud never been ap
proached before, or his privacy
encroached upon. He started then,
when this low but penetrating
sound struck across the turmoil of
his thoughts, and cast one look In
the difection front which it came:
but he did not rise, or even change his.
position on his workman’s stool.
Then it came again, still low b”’
with an insistence which drew hi
brows together and made his hand
fall from the wire he had been uncon
sciousiy holding through the mental
debate which was absorbing him
Still he made no response, and th
knocking continued. Should he j;.
nore it entirely, start up his mote
and render himself oblivious to a!
other sounds? At every other poin
in his career he would have done thi
hut an unknown, and as yf unnamed
something h d entered his heart dur
ing this fatal month, which made oh
ways impossible and oblivion a thin;
he dared not court too reckless!;
Should this be a summons from Do,
is! Should (inconceivable idea, yet i
seised upon him relentlessly an;
would not yield for the asking!
should it be Doris herself!
Taking advantage of a momentary
cessation of the ceaseless tap tap, h1
listened. Silence was never profound
er than in this forest on that wind
less night. Earth and air seemed, tc
his strained ear, emptied of all sound
'lhe clatter of his own steady, un
There Came a Light Knock at the
Door.
hnsteaod heartbeat evas all that
bro>.n *’ .s. »i » —' ht
ue rwoiiv ,.i i
foi all
of life beyond those walls, or so he ;
was saying to himself, when sharp
quick, sinister, the knocking recom
mend <1, demanding admission, insist
ing upon a< t? ntion, drawing him |
against 1 is own will to his feet, and
finally, though he made m, re than
one stand against it, to the very door
“Who’s there?” lie asked, imperious
ly and with some show of anger
No answer, but another quiet knock
“Speak! or go away from my door.
No one has the right to intrude here
What is your name and business?”
Continued knocking—nothing more
With an outburst of wrath, which
made the hangar ring, Orlando lifted
his fist to answer this appeal in hi:,
own fierce fashion from his own side
of tlie door, but the impulse paused at
fulfillment, and he let his arm fail
again in a rush of self hatred which
it would have pained his worst en
fray, even little Doris, to witness. As
it reached his side, the knock carne
again.
It was tf>o much. With an oath.
Orlando reached tor his key. But bo
tore fitting it into the lock, he cast
a look behind him. The car was in
r’-ain sight, filling the central space
from floor to roof. A single glance
from a stranger’s eye, and its printer
pul secret would be a secret, no longer
He must not run such a risk. Before J
he answered this call, he must drop
the curtain he had rigged up against :
such emergencies as these. He had
but to pull a cord and a veil would
fall before his treasure, concealing it
as effectually as an Eastern bride is
corcealed behind her yashmak.
Stepping to the will, he drew that
cord, then with an Impatient sigh,
turned tc the door.
Another quiet but insistent knock
greeted him.
In no fttry row, but with a vague
sense of portent which gave an as
peet of farewell to the one quick
glance he cast about the well-known
spot, he fitted the key in the lock
and stood ready to turn it.
“I ask y u again vour name and
business," he shouted out in loud
command. “Tell th m or—" He meant
to say, “or 1 do not turn this key."
But something withheld the threat
He knew that it would perish in the
utterance; that he could not carry
it out. He would have to op'*n tli
door now, response or no response.
"Speak!” was thp word with which he
finished his demand.
A final knock.
Bulling a pistol from his pocket,
with his left hand, he turned the key
j with his right.
The door remained unopened.
Stepping slowly hack, he stared at
its unpainted boards for a moment,
then he spoke up quietly, almost cour
■ toon sly:
j "Enter.”
j But the command passed unheeded;
I the latch was not raised, and only the
■ slightest tap was heard.
'Vith a bound he reached forward
and pulled the door open. Then a
great silence* fell upon him and a rig
idity as of the grave seized and stif
fened his powerful frame.
The man confronting him from the
darkness was Sweetwater.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
_
Ths Man Within rind the Min Without. i
An instant of silence, during which j
(he two men eyed each other; then.]
Sweetwater, with an ironical smile
directed towards the pistol, lightly re
marked:
Mr. ( halloner and other men at the
hotel are acquainted with my purpose)
and await my return. 1 have come—” i
here he east a glo wing look at the j
huge curtain cut ting oiT the greater j
portion of the illy-lit interior—“to of
fer you my services, Mr. Brothers-on.
1 have no oilier motive for this intro- <
sion than to be of use. 1 am deeply !
inter* sted in your invention, to the!
development of which 1 have already j
lent some aid, and can bring to the!
test you purpose'a sympathetic help'
which you could hardly lind In any !
other person liviug."
The sd nee which settled down at ;
the completion of these words had a
weight which made that of the previ-1
oua monu ht seem light and all athrob |
with sound. The man within had not !
> et caught his breath; the man with- !
out held his, in an anxiety which had
little to do with the direction of the!
weapon, into which he looked. Then
an owl hooted far away in the forest,1
and Orlando, slowly lowering his arm,
asked in an oddly constrained tone:
How long have you been in town?” :
J he answer cut clean through any
lingering hope he may have had.
“Ever since the day your brother
was told the story of his great mis
fortune.'’
‘‘Alii still at your old tricks! I
thought you had quit that business as
unprofitable.”
”1 don't, know. T never expect quick
returns. He who holds on for a rise
sometimes reaps unlooked-for profits.”
The arm and fist of Orlando Broth
etson ached to hifl this fellow hack
into the heart of the midnight woods.
But they remained qu'escent anu he
spoke instead:
“l have buried (lie business. You
w ill never resuscitate it through me."
Sweetwater smiled. There was no
mirth in his smile though there was
lightness in his tone as he said;
"Then let us go back to the matter
in hand. You need a helper; where
are you going to lind one if you don't
take me?”
A growl from Brotherson’s set lips
Never hud he look« d more dangerous
than In the one burning Instant follow
Ing this during repetition of the dr
tective's outrageous request. But a
he noted how slight was the figure op
posing him from the other aide of the
i>.ar »■ . - - i
ura] admiration of pluck in the physi
cally weak, and lost his threatening
attitude, only to assume one which
Sweetwater secretly found it even
harder to meet.
"You i.re a fool," wns the stinging
remark ho lioartl flung at him. "l»o
you want to play the police-officer
here nd arrest me in mid air?"
"Mr. Brotherson, you understand me
ae little as I am supposed to under
stand you. Humble as my place is in
society and. I may add. in the depart
ment whose interests I serve, there
are In me two men. One you know
passably well—the detective whose
methods, only indifferontlj clever,
show that lie has very much to learn.
Of the other—the workman acquaint
ed with hammer and saw. but with
some knowledge too of higher mathe
matics and the principles u|»on wh'ch
great mechanical Inventions depend,
you know little, and must imagine
much. I was playing the gawky when
1 helped you in the old house In
Brooklyn. 1 was interested in your
airship—Oh I recognized it for what it
was. notwithstanding its oddity and
lack of ostensible means for flying —
but. I was not caught in the whirl of
its idea; the idea by which you doubt
less expect, and with very good reason
too, to revolutionize the science of
aviation. But shice then I’ve been
thinking it over, and am so fille.d with
your own hopes that either 1 must
have a hand in the finishing and sail
ing of tlie one you have yourself con
structed, or go to work myself on tha
hints you have unconsciously given
me, and make a car of my own."
Audacity often succeeds whera
subtler means fail. Orlando, with a
curious iwist of his strong lip, took
bold of the detective’s arm and drew
hirr in, shutting and locking tlie door
carefully behind him.
"Now,” said he, “you tell me what
you think you have discovered, to
make any ideas of your own available
in tlie manufacture of a superior self
propelling airship."
Sweetwater, who had heen so vio
J
"How's That for a Start’"
lently wheeled about. In entering (Hat
he stood with his back to the curtain
concealing the car, answered without
hesitation:
“You have a device, entirely new so
far as I can judge, by which this car
can leap at once into apace, hold its
own in any direction, and aligltt ag.on
upon any given spot without shook to
the machine or danger to the p ;ople
controlling it."
"ICxplain the device.”
‘‘1 will draw it.”
"You can?"
‘‘As I see it.”
As yon see it?”
"Yes. It’s a brilliant idea; I could
never have conceived it."
"You belWe—”
“1 know.”
"Sit here. Let's see what you
know.”
Sweetwater sat down at the table
the other pointed out, and drawing
forward a piece of paper, took up a
pencil with an easy air. Brotherson
approached and stood at his shoulder.
He had taken up his pistol again, why
he hardly knew, and as Sweelwa'er
began bis marks, his fingers tightened
on its hurt till they turned white iu
the murky lamplight.
"You see," came in easy tones from
the stooping draughtsman, “1 have an
imagination which only needs a slight
hllip from a mind like yours to send
it in the desired direction, i shall not
draw an rxaet reproduction of your
idea, but i think you will see that I
understand it very well. How’s that
lor a start?”
Brotherson looked and hastily drew
back, lie did not want the other to
note iiis surprise.
"But that is a portion you never
saw," lie loudly declared.
"No. but 1 saw tins.” returned
Sweetwater, working busily on some
curves; “and these gave me the fillip
1 mention *d. i lly* rest came easily."
Brotherson, in drtad of his own an
ger, threw his pistol to Hie other end
of the shed*
“You knave! You thief!" he furi
ously cried.
“How so?" asked Sweetwater smil
ingly, rising and looking him calmly
in the face. "A iliief is one who ap
propriates anotiier man's goods, or.
let us say, another rnaus ideas t
have appropriated nothing—yet. I've
only shown you how easily 1 could do
so. Mr. Brotherson, take me In as
your assistant. I will he faithful to
you, I swear it. 1 want to see that
machine go up.”
"Tor how many people have you
drawn those lines?" thundered the in
PXr»-qhle voice.
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