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Mee Hashknife and Sleepy again in W. C. Tuttle’s New COMPLETE NOVEL Tie BUCKAROO of CHAPTER I BOOKKEEPERS AMES EATON LEGG hooked his heels over the rounds of his high stool, stretched wearily and looked out through the none-too-clean win- dows to where a heavy fog almost obscured the traffic. Heavy trucks lumbered past, grinding harshly over the cobbles. Somewhere a street-car motor- man did a trap-drum effect on his gong; a ferry boat whistled boomingly. And there was the incessant roar of the every-day noises of the commercial district. James Eaton Legg was not a prepossess- ing person. He was less than thirty years of age, slightly beneath medium height, slender. His face was thin, rather boyish, his mild blue eyes hidden behind a pair of glasses. His mouth was wide, and when he 2 Copyright, 1926, by The Butterick Bejoidadee: Company in the United States and Great Britain. ll rights reserved. yawned wearily he showed a good set of teeth. For several years James had been a bookkeeper with Mellon & Co., Wholesale Grocers, San Francisco—and he was still acting in the same capacity. His slightly stooped shoulders attested to the fact that James had bent diligently over his work. Whether fortunately, or unfortunately, James was an orphan. His mother had died while he was still very young, and when James had just finished high school, his father had gone the way of all flesh. James was cognizant of the fact that somewhere in the world he had some rela- tives, but that fact caused him little con- cern. He remembered that his mother had a sister, who was well endowed with worldly goods, and he also remembered that his father had said that his Aunt Martha would probably die with all her wealth intact. James turned from his contemplation of /gentie MICLOOOKS CO C©@