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Possibly he is up at his homestead on the Blue Mesa. Tell Mr. Shoop that I sent you to him. He will understand. But you will have to square yourself with the authorities before I can put you to work." "Yes, sir. But I don't aim to ride back to Stacey just because I know where it is. If they want me, they can find me." "That is your affair. When your slate is clear " "Mr.
One might reasonably expect to find peace and quiet in the vicinity of one's own particular bench at 11.45 P.M. in Our Square. But not at all on this occasion. There sat Phil Stacey. I challenged him at once. "What did you do it for?" To do him justice he did not dodge or pretend to misunderstand. "Pay," said he. "Phil! Did you take money for that stuff?" "Not exactly. I'm taking it out in trade.
"Why believe it?" asked Kennedy quietly. "Why believe it?" echoed McCormick. "Stacey has found shortages in his books due to the operation of her departments. The bookkeeper who had charge of the accounts in her department, a man named Douglas, is missing. She must have tried to cover up her operations by fires and juggling the accounts.
This very necessary preliminary satisfactorily settled, the company was packed into the small boats, about four going in each. In the distribution of the guests occurred the first hitch in the Ingletons' visit. Mr. Stacey suggested that it was advisable to sandwich children and grown-ups, and he and Lilias started in the first "barca" in charge of little Luigia, Vincent, and Pepino.
"They say he's put more than one man across the divide," he told his father. "But not on an even break," said Waring. "Get that hombre on his horse. He's in bad shape." Lorry helped Waco to mount. They rode toward Stacey. Waring rode with them until the trail forked. "I was on my way to the Starr Ranch," he told Lorry. "I think I can make it all right with Starr, if you say the word."
She advertised feebly in the "Where to Eat" columns, catching a few stray outlanders, but for the most part people didn't come. Until the first of the month, that is. Then too many came. They brought their bills with them. Evening after evening Barbran and Phil Stacey sat in the cellar almost or quite alone.
If I were you I wouldn't go so far another time. There's a lot of cotton velvet and satin about it, you know, between ourselves, and Finnigan's people will be getting the laugh on us. That's one of the things I wanted to mention. Don't be quite so good to us. See? Otherwise well, you know how Calcutta talks, and what a pretty girl Beryl Stacey is, for example. Mrs.
But O'Neil, the night operator, was dead. Murdered by Indians while we slept." "Thot's hell!" replied Casey, seriously, as he lit his pipe. "The message went through to Medicine Bow. Stacey down there sent it back to me. I tried to get Hills at Roaring City. No go! The wire's cut!" "An' shure the gineral's train has left wot's that new camp Roarin' wot?"
You are all under arrest for arson. But you, Samuel Lazard, are also under arrest for the murder of Rebecca Wend and six other persons in fires which you have set. You are the real firebug, the tool of Joseph Stacey, perhaps, but that will all come out in the trial. McCormick, McCormick," called Craig, "it's all right. I have the warrant. Are the police there?" There was no answer.
His 7th brigade, in which was the 10th foot, reinforced by the 53d foot, and led by Brigadier Stacey, was to head the attack, supported, at two hundred yards' distance, by the 6th brigade, under Brigadier Wilkinson. In reserve was the 5th brigade, under Brigadier the Hon.
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