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and'captured. There was "no resistance. the smoking room on him from time to nuil dress. Jusi look at ule; Just lobt
HONORED BY THE POPE.
■ •
They were too nearly strangled for time. A little after 12 his patience You did that."
"I’ll wait here until the confounded Very Rev. T. F. CusMk, Auittlsry
that. Little Solly and old Vamlerboof gave out The stolid, gloomy man of
Bishop of New York.
turned off the water In the fire bydrant lower G seemed to Intend Bitting up all thing Is over." said Thorpe.
The Very Rev. Thomas F. Cuseek.
“Oh. no. you won't!" repill'd Hilda
and disconnected the hose they bad so night.
”Yo’ berth is ready, srh.” he delicate decidedly. "You are going downtown who was recently appointed auxiliary
effectively employed.
right uow aud get sometblug to put on bishop of the Roman Catholic dioecee
•There, blast you!” said Roll way ly suggested.
Thorpe arose obediently, walked tc 'l'heu you are coming back here to of New York by I'ope Plus X., was
Charley, Jerking the mill man to his
lower 6 and without undressing threw stay.”
formerly a mission priest, and his eta*-
feet. "How do you like too much wa­
himself on the bed. Afterward the
By STEWART
Thorpe glanced lu surprise at his vation occasioned no little surprise tn
ter. bey?”
porter In conscientious discharge of his
clerical circles.
EDWARD
The unexpected comedy changed the duty looked diligently beneath the seat driver s clothes and his spiked boots.
IUahop Cueack lienrs the dlsttnctioa
“Heaven« and earth!” be exclaimed.
WHITE
party’s mood. It was no longer a ques­ for boots to polish. Happening to glance
of being the first bearded prolate of
tion of killing. A number broke into up after fruitless search he discovered "I should think so! How am I to get the Catholic diocese of New York.
Edina rd
the store and shortly emerged bearing the boots still adorning the feet of their out without ruining the floor?”
Hilda laughed ami drew aside the Were It not for his priest’y gnrb h~
pails of kerosene, with which they del owner.
might be mistaken for a physician or
portiere.
uged the slabs on the windward side
"Well, for the land’s sake!” ejaculat
“Don’t you think you have done that member of some other secular profes­
of the mill. The flames caught the ed the scandalized negro, beatiug a
furtively, but with a proua, upright structure instantly. A thousand sparks,
pretty well already?” she asked, i sion. Thoughtful eyes aud high forv-
carriage of his neck, a backward tilt borne by the offshore breeze, fastened hasty retreat.
"There, don’t look so solemn. We're |
of his fine head, a distension of bls like so many stinging Insects on the I Thorpe descended at Twelfth street not going to l»> sorry for >i single thing j
In
Chicago
without
any
clear
notion
of
nostrils, that lent to bis appearance a lumber In the yard.
we've dim ■ todnv. are we?" She stood
where he was going. For a moment he
panther-like pride and stealthiness. No
It burned as dried balsam thrown on faced the long, parklike expanse of the ell'-" to him. searching bls face wist- i
I
one saw him. Suddenly he broke a camp Are. The beat of it drove the
fi lly with her fathomless dusky eyes.
through the group and mounted the i onlookers far back in the village, where lake front, then turned sharp to his left
“No. sweetheart, we are uot,” replied
and picked his way south up the Inter­
steps beside Collins.
in sileuce they watched the destruction. minable reaches of Michigan avenue. i hurtle soberly.
“The enemy of my brother Is gone.”
Daly and bis man were slapped aud
said he simply In his native tongue, cuffed hither and thither at the men's Block after block he clicked along, the
and with a sudden gesture held out be­ will. Their faces bled, their bodies calks of his boots striking fire from the
CONTINUED
pavement.
fore them—a scalp.
ached as one bruise.
After
an
Interval
he
seemed
to
have
The medieval barbarity of the thing
“That squares us.” said the men. "If
Too True.
appalled them for a moment The days we can’t cut this year, neither kin you. left the Biuoke and dirt behind. The
Yes, “asters by the brookside
street became quieter; boarding bouses
of scalping were long since past bad It's up to you now!"
Make asters in the brook.”
and tailors’ shops ceased; here and
But cookbooks in the kitchen
been closed away between the pages
Then, like a destroying horde of lo­
Don’t always make a cook.
of forgotten histories, and yet here custs, they gutted the office and the there appeared a bit of lawn, shrub-1
—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
again before them was the thing in all store, smashing what they could not berj and flowers. By and by he came
to
himself
to
find
that
be
was
staring
Its living horror. Then a growl arose. carry to the tire. The dwellings and
The Only Way.
at the deep carved lettering tn a stone
The human animal bad tasted blood.
"My name is now on everybody’s
»■nloons they did not disturb. Finally. horse block before a large dwelling.
All at once, like wine, their wrongs »Lout noon, they kicked their two pris­
His mind took the letters In one after Kps.” remarked the proud freshman, ns
mounted to their bead. They remem­
oners
into
the
river
and
straggled
back
the
other, perceiving them plainly be he passed around his monogram ciga­
bered their dead comrades. They re­
the right of way.
fore It accordea tnem recognition. Tl- rettes.—Harvard Lampoon.
membered the heart breaking days and along
"I surmise we tool; that town apart nally he had completed the word “Far-
nights of toil they bad endured on ac­ some!” said Shorty with satisfaction.
▲ Dyspeptic’s Advice.
rand.” He whirled sharp on his heel,
count of this man and his associates.
Here’s something in your hat to paste
“I should rise to remark.” replied mounted the broad white stone steps
And think about. It’s true
They remembered the words of Collins,
The better pics and hot cakes taste
and rang the bell.
the little bookkeeper. They bated. Kerlle.
The worse they are for you.
At the boarding bouse they found
It was answered almost Immediately
They shook their lists across the skies.
-Philadelphia Press.
They turned and with one accord Wallace Carpenter and Hamilton seat­ by a clean shaved, portly and dignified
ed
on
the
veranda.
It
was
now
after
­
man
with
the
most
Impassive
counte
­
The Limit.
struck back for the railroad right of
Bllbson—Foggs la becoming auto­
way which led to Shlngleville, the noon. The wind had abated somewhat, nance In the world. This man looked
aud
the
sun
was
struggling
with
the
upon
Thorpe
with
lofty
disapproval.
cratic.
town controlled by Morrison & Daly.
“Is Miss Hilda Farrand at home?” he
Glibson—Worse; he’s becoming auto-
BISHOT THOMAS F. CrSACTt.
The railroads lay for a mile straight still flying scuds.
“Hello, boys,” said Wallace, “been asked.
moblllstlc.—J udge.
through a thick tamarack swamp, then
head
Indicate
the student, while a firm
“I cannot say,” replied the man. "If
over a nearly treeless cranberry plain. fora little walk In the woods?”
mouth und square chin show force at
'
“
Yes,
sir,"
replied
Hyland,
“
we
”
—
you
will
step
to
the
back
door
I
will
Music.
The tamarack was a screen between
character and persistency of purpose.
“I’d rather not hear." interrupted ascertain.”
No 'core the Bong bird doth delight
the two towns.
When half way
A tall figure, broad shoulders and tn
The ears of sordid men.
Wallace.
“
There
’
s
quite
a
fire
over
■
that
“
The
flowers
will
do.
Now
see
through the swamp Red Jacket stop­
When eggs are dear they’d rather hear erect carriage give him a cominaiidiuc.
east.
I
suppose
you
haven't
noticed
the
south
room
Is
ready,
Annie.
”
float
­
The cackle of the hen.
ped, removed his coat, ripped the lining
presence. The bishop wears a beard to
ed a voice from within.
—Washington Star.
from It and began to fashion a rude ft.”
protect a weak throat.
Without a word, but with a deadly
Hyland looked gravely eastward.
mask.
The new prelate is a native of New
More Costly Than Slllc.
earnestness,
Thorpe
reached
forward,
“
Sure
’
nough,"
said
he.
“Just as well they don’t recognize
“Did you notice »he wag carrying a York city, forty-two years of age ami
seized
the
astonished
servant
by
the
"Better
get
some
grub,
”
suggested
,
us,” said be.
of Irish pareutage. Ills early educn
I
collar, yanked him bodily outside the cotton handkerchief?”
“Somebody in town will give us Wallace,
tlon wns obtained In the public schoote
“
What
extravagance!
”
—
Boston
Her
­
door,
stepped
Inside
und
strode
across
After the men had gone in he turned
away,” suggested Shorty, the chore boy,
and St. Xavier's college. Now York,
ald.
the
hall
toward
a
closed
portiere
whence
“No, they won’t; they’re all here,” to the Journalist.
aud at St Joseph's seminary, Troy
had
come
the
voice.
The
river
man
’
s
"Hamilton.” he began, “write all you
assured Kerlle.
Merely a Hint.
The late Archbishop Corrigan was a
long spikes cut little triangular pieces
It was true. Except for the women know about the drive and the break from the hardwood floor. Thorpe did
"Will you." asked the leap year maid,
warm friend of the young priest, arr.f
“Have a hot soda or a nice lemonade!-’
and children, who were not yet about, and the rescue, but as to the burning
about seven year» ago he chose him to
not
notice
that
He
thrust
aside
the
The
young
man
blushed
a
rosy
red.
of
the
mill
”
—
the entire village had assembled. Even
bead a bund of missionary workers
“I—er—prefer a pop." he said.
portiere.
The other held out his band.
old Vanderhoof, the fire catcher of the
known as the New York »postulate.
—Denver News
Before
him
he
saw
a
young
and
beau
­
“Good,” said Wallace, offering his
yard, hobbled along breathlessly on his
During bls years aa a uiUalouary
tiful girl. She was seated, and her lap
Well Up.
rheumatic legs. In a moment the own.
prlest Bishop Cusack has bad inntiy
was
filled
with
flowers.
At
his
sudden
masks were fitted; In a moment more
“Is he well up In hts business?”
And that was as far as the famous 1
trying exiieriences. In the winter
“Most of the time, ne’s a lineman." months he and his associates bate
the little band had emerged from the Shlngleville raid ever got. Daly did apparition her hands flew to her heart
and
her
lips
slightly
parted.
For
a
shelter of the swamp and so came Into his best to collect even circumstantial '
«Cleveland Plain Dealer.
been accustomed to take tour» through
second the two stood looking at each
full view of Its objective point.
evidence against the participants, but . other. Just as nearly a year before tbelr i
remote country district», holding meet­
Lent.
Shlngleville consisted of a big mill, In vain. He could not even get any :
ings. In the spring anil fall they con­
Milady. In sackcloth and ashes.
the yards, now nearly empty of lum­ one to say that a single member of the eyes had crossed over the old pole trail.
duct mission» In the various parishes
A bargain endeavors to drive,
To
Thorpe
the
girl
seemed
more
beau
­
ber. the large frame boarding housi. village of Carpenter had absented him­
of New York city. They give five
Bo gives forty days to repentance—
tiful
than
ever.
The
red
of
this
vio
­
the office, the stable, a store, two sa­ self from town that morning. This '
Reduction from thras slxty-flve.
weeks to a parish generally, four few
lent
unexpected
encounter
rushed
to
|
—Ufa.
loons and a dozen dwellings. The par­ might have been from loyalty or It
Catholics and the last for 1’rotestakBa.
her
face,
her
bosom
rose
and
fell
in
a
ty at once fixed Its eyes on this collec­ might have been from fear of the venge­
In these last meetings uu Important
tion of buildings and trudged on down ance the Fighting Forty would sure­ fluttering catch for breath, but her
feature of the work Is the qnestfat»
Furman's Next Engagement T
eyes
were
steady
and
Inquiring.
the right of way with unhastenlng ly visit on a traitor. Probably It was
Eddie Furman, the Jockey who last box, in which non-Catbollcs may drvf»
Then
the
butler
pounced
on
Thorpe
grimness.
a combination of both. The fact re­
year was with the James R. Keene whatever Inquiries they wtr.h. Wide-
Their approach was not unobserved. mains, however, that Daly never knew from behind with the Intent to do great horses In England, will probably se­ reading and study, aided by an excel­
Daly saw them, and Baker, his fore- surely of but one man Implicated In bodily harm.
lent memory, enabled Father Cusack
“MorrisJ’’ commanded Hilda sharply, cure a contract with the KlrkfielJ to answer these question» nearly al
man, saw them. The two at once went the destruction of his plant. That man
stable this season.
“
what
are
you
doing?
”
forth to organize opposition. When was Injun Charley; but InJun Charley
Rod Mackenzie, the Canadian turf­ way« without reference. At a mission
The man cut short his heroism In
the attacking party reached the mill promptly disappeared.
man who Is principal owner of the held last fall Father Ct’sack heard
confusion.
yard It found the boss and the fore­
I stable, has opened negotiations with 6,000 confessions in four weeks.
After an Interval Tim Shearer. Rad­
"You may go.” concluded Hilda.
man standing alone on the sawdust, re­ way and Kerlle came out again.
Thorpe stood straight and unwinking Furman. John Nixon, who trains the
volvers drawn.
“Where’s the boss?” asked Shearer.
A VETERAN LAWMAKER.
by the portiere. After a moment he Klrkfleld horses, favors the engagement
Daly traced a line with his toe.
“I don’t know, Tim," replied Wallace
of Furman, and there Is little doubt
“The first man that crosses that line seriously. “I’ve looked everywhere. •poke.
deneral J. Warren Kelter, Who la II.
“I have come to tell you that you but he will shortly join the horses.
gets It." said he.
Re-enter Political Life.
He’s gone. He must have been all cut
In the lot Is Wire In, who was a good
They knew he meant what he said. up. I think he went out In the woods were right and 1 was wrong.” said be
General J. Warren Keifer, who I* to.
performer
at
Bennings
last
fall,
where
■teadily.
“
You
told
me
there
could
be
An Instant’s pause ensued, while the to get over It. I am not worrying.
reenter politics after an absence of
big man and the little faced a mob. Harry has lots of sense. He’ll come *n nothing better than love. In the pride he defeated Carbuncle. War Whoop, a twenty years, having been nominated
full
brother
to
Wire
In,
Is
the
stable
of my strength I told you this was not
Daly’s river men were still on drive. He About dark.”
dependence for the King's plate, to be for congress by the Republican» of the
■o. I was wrong.”
Seventh Ohio district, will be no stran­
knew the mill men too well te depend
“Sure!” said Tim.
He stood for another Instant looking raced for at Toronto on May 21.
ger In the national house of repre­
on them. Truth to tbll, the possibility
“How about the boys' stakes?" qute
directly at her, then turned sharply i
sentatives. over which he once presided
of such a raid as this bad not occurred
Boston’s Big Aeto Race,
to him for the simple reason that he tied Rndwny. "I hear this 'Is a bud
Boston is to have a big uutomoblli* as spenker.
"Harry,
”
she
ln'terrupted
genfly,
bat
smash
for
the
firm.
”
A native of Ohio, General ICetfor be­
did not anticipate the discovery of his
“We’ll see that the men get their very firmly, “you must not say what race meet Muy 30. This was recently gan the practice of law at Springfield*.
complicity with the forces of nature.
decided
at
a
meeting
of
the
racing
you
were
going
to
say.
I
cannot
allow
Skillfully carried out, the plan was a wages all right.” replied Carpenter, u
board of the Automobile Club of Mas­
good one. No one need know of the little disappointed that such a question it. Money came between us before. sachusetts, under whose auspices the
It
must
not
do
so
again.
Am
I
not
should
be
nsked
at
such
a
time.
weakened link, and It was the most
meet will be held. As on Memorial
“All right.” rejoined the contractor. right, dear?”
natural thing In the world that Sadler
day of last year, It will take place at
She
smiled
at
him
with
the
lips
of
a
“
We're
all
going
to
need
our
money
& Smith’s drive should go out with the
the Readvllle track. The committee in
child and the eyes of a woman.
this summer.”
Increase of water.
“Yes,” be agreed after a struggle, charge of the meet will be us follows:
The men grouped swiftly and silently
“you are right But now I must be­ George R. Alley, W. E. Eldridge, Wil­
CHAPTER XXXV.
on the other side of the sawdust line.
long liam Wallace and Gilmer Clapp.
The pause did not mean that Daly’s de­
HORPE walked through the si­ gin all over again. It will be a clalu
lent group of men without see­ time before I shall be able to
fense was good.
Bressler a “Phenom.”
“Do you know what’s going to hap­
ing them. He had no thought you. I have my way to make.”
Harry Bressler, whose wonderful
“
Yes,
”
said
she
diplomatically.
pen to you?" said a voice from the
for what he had done, but for
"But you!" he cried suddenly, "The work with the Williamsport (I’a.) in­
group. The speaker was Radway. uu.
the triumphant discovery he had made
papers
remind me. How about that dependent team last season made him
the contractor kept himself well in the In spite of himself.
a target for big league magnates, has
Morton F’
background. “We’re going to burn
It was then about 6 o’clock In th<
“What about him?” asked the girl, decided to stick to Independent base­
your mill; we’re going to burn your morning. Thorpe passed the board­
ball for another season. His salary Is
yards; we’re going to burn your whole ing bouse, the store and the office, to astonished. “He Is very happily en-
said to be the highest ever paid any
shooting match, you low lived whelp!” take himself as far as the little open gaged.”
Thorpe’s face slowly filled with player outside of the big leagues.
“Dyer,” said Injun Charley simply, ebed that served as a railway station.
shaking the wet scalp arm’s length to­ There he set the semaphore to flag the blood.
Hendrick« n Mnnna>er.
“You’ll break the engagement at
ward the lumbermen.
east bound train from Duluth. At 6:3G,
Jack Hendricks, the Chicago Amerl
At this grim interruption a silence the train happening on time, he climb­ once.” he commanded, a little harshly.
"Why should I break the engage­ can outfielder, who played with Wash­
fell. The owner paled slightly; bis ed aboard. He dropped heavily into a
foreman chewed a nonchalant straw. seat and stared- straight in front of ment?” demanded Hilda, eying him ington for a time last season, has de­
clined the small salary offered lilm by
Down the still deserted street crossed him until the conductor bad spoken t< with some alarm.
"You actually don’t think he’s en­ Indianapolis for next season and ac­
and recrossed the subtle occult Influ­ him twice.
gaged to me!” she burst out finally.
cepted the position of manager of the
“Where to, Mr. Thorpe?” he asked.
ences of a half hundred concealed
"Isn't he?” asked Thorpe.
Aurora (III.) team, an Independent or­
watchers. Daly and his subordinate
“Oh! Mackinaw City.”
“Why. no, stupid! He's engaged to ganization.
were very much alone and very much
Thorpe descended at Mackinaw City Elizabeth Carpenter, Wallace's sister
In danger. Their last hour had come. to And that the noon train had gone Now where did you get that silly
Well Known shooting Club.
He ate lunch at the hotel, borrowed Idea?"
The Keystone Shooting league of [
$100 from the agent of Louis Sands, a
Pennsylvania has forty-four members
“I saw It In the paper.”
and they knew it.
lumberman of bis acquaintance, and
"And you believe all you see! Why enrolled. It Is the most active gunning
With the recognition of the fact they seated himself rigidly In the little wait­ didn't you ask Wallace? But of course organization In the state. Its traps arc
Immediately raised their weapons in ing room, there to remain until the 9:20 you wouldn’t. Harry, you are the at Holmesburg Junction.
I
OKNKHAL 1. WAIlHKX KKiri’K.
the resolve to do as much damage as that night. When the cars were backed most ineolierent dumb old brute I ever
In I858 and has «¡nee made 'lie (lift»
OMknlonnn iln Iowa).
possible before being overpowered.
down from the siding be boarded the saw. I could shake you. You need a
• u - .
i
capital his home He served with ilie-
Then suddenly, full In the back, a sleeper. In the doorway stood a disap­ wife to interpret things for you. You In Iowa’s f
A girl said. I ll i t marry vooia.”
tlnctlon in the civil war, retiring ftorr.
heavy stream of water knocked them proving colored porter.
His nav » p w; • O« r.
speak a different language from most
the service with the rank of brigadier­
completely off ’heir feet, rolled them
“Yo’ll fln’ the smokin’ cab up fo’wu’d, people.” She said this between laugh­
But ho it.tft off the ’’r”
<
over on the wet sawdust and finally •ah," said the latter, firmly barring the I in" and crylnr. between a sense of the When the people fi.ik« <1, ’ l i ’ Oskaloosa?” general. When the Spanish wr broke-
—Cincinnati Commeri ¡al TriLune.
out lie was appointed niujot . i.-iai,' '
Jammed th> ni both against the trestle, way.
ridlcuh
usolcsf ness of withholding a
In 1877 General Keifer wuh e.ecleik
where it held them, kicking and gasp­
“It’s generally forward.” answered single timely word and a tender pathet­
Eanfly Dinpoaed Of.
to congress and was thre« times re-
ing for br< th. In a choking cataract of Thorpe.
ic Intuition of the suffering such a na­
“The man who called here tills morn- •lected. Ills tertn a» speaker i >s frorru
water. The pistols flew harmlessly in­
“This yeah’s the sleepah,” protested ture must endure.
Ing," said the secretary, “said that you 1881 to 1883, coming between tl < ie of
to the air. For an Instant the Fighting the functionary. “Yo’ pays extry.”
Suddenly she Jumped to her feet with promised him something."
Samuel J. Randall and John <1. Car
Forty stared In paralysed astonish­
“I am aware of It” replied Thorpe an exclamation.
"Well,” answered Senator Sorghum, lisle. He Is now In bla sixty •1-a.Ii year-
ment Then a tremendous roar of curtly. "Give me a lower.”
“Oh, Harry. I’d forgotten utterly!" "find out what It was and then aa- 1 and
la one of the foremo::’
v-
of
laughter saluted this easy vanquish
“Yea, 'ah," acquiesced the darky •be cried in laughing consternation. •lime the responsibility of promising It
Ohio. His nomination Is e
nt to
ment of a formidable en»
giving way. but still In doubt He fol ”1 have a luncheon here at half past over again.” Washington Star.
election, the .Seventh dlsn-t. being;
Daly and Baker .-.ere pounced upon iowed Thoije cautiously, jteerin^ Into L It's almost that now. I must run
strongly Kopubleaix
übe 'Blazed
Trail ->
CoBjrriiht,
1902
riA. TER XXXIV
HEY stood and watched them
go.
"Oh. the great man! Oh. the
great man!" murmured the
writer, fascinated.
The grandeur of the sacrifice had
struck them dumb, They did not un-
derstand the motives beneuth It all. but I
the fact was patent, I’-lg Junko broke
down and sobbed.
After a time the stream of logs
through the gap slackened, In a mo-
ment more, save for the Inevitably
stranded few, the booms were empty.
A deep sigh went up from the atten­
tive multitude.
“She’s gone?’ said one man. with the
emphasis of a novel discovery, and
groaned.
Then the awe broke from nbout their
minds, and they spoke many opinions
and speculations. Thorpe bad disap­
peared. They respected bls emotion
and did not follow him.
“It wus Just plain foolishness, but
It was great.” said SEearer. “That no
account jackass of a Big Junko ain’t
worth as much per thousand feet as
good white pine.”
Then they noticed a group of men
gathering about the office steps, and
on it some one talking. Collins, the
bookkeeper, was making a speech.
Collins was a little hatchet faced
man, with straight, lank hair, near­
sighted eyes, a timid, order loving dis­
position and a groat suitability for his
profession. He was accurate, unemo-
Uonal and valuable. All bls actlona
were as dry as the sawdust In the
burner. No one had ever seen him ex­
cited. But be wus human, aud now
his knowledge of the company's affairs
showed him the dramatic contrast. He
knew. He knew that the property of
the ffBm had been mortgaged to the
last dollar In order to assist expansion,
so that uot another cent could be bor­
rowed to tide over present difficulty.
He knew that the notes for $60.000
covering the loan to Wallace Carpenter
came due in three months. He knew
from the long table of statistics which
be was eternally preparing and com­
paring that the season's cut should
have netted ii profit of $200,000, enough
to pay the Interest oc the mortgages,
to take up the notes and to furnish a
working capital for the ensuing year.
These things he knew tn the strange
concrete arithmetical manner of the
routine bookkeeper. Other men saw
• desperate phase of firm rivalry. H<>
law a struggle to the uttermost Oth­
er men cheered a rescue. He thrilled
Over the magnificent gesture of the !
gambler scattering his stake In largesse ¡
I
to Death.
It was the simple turning of the hand I
from full breathed prosperity to life- | I
1
less failure.
His view was the inverse of his mas­
ter’s. To Thorpe It had suddenly be­
come a very little thing In contrast to
the great sweet elemental truth that
the dream girl bad enunciated. To
Collins the affair wus miles vaster than
the widest scope of his own narrow
,
life.
The firm could not take up Its notes
when they came due; It could not pay
the Interest on the mortgages, which
would now be foreclosed; It could not
even pay in full the men who had
worked for It—that would come under
• court’s adjudication.
He had therefore watched Thorpe's
¿operate sally to mend the weakened
chain In all the suspense of a man
whose entire universe Is In the keeping
of the chance moment It must be re­
membered that at bottom, below the
outer consciousness, Thorpe's final de
cisIon had already grown to maturity.
On the other hand, no other thought
than that of accomplishment had even
entered the little bookkeeper’s heed,
and all that It had meant
b. :iit him like a stroke of apoplexy,
and bls thin emotions bad curdled to
hysteria. Full of the idea be appeared
before the men.
With rapid, almost Incoherent speech
ae poured it out to them. Professional
< u .on and secrecy were forgotten.
V';,’ . . e Carpenter attempted to push
t’.r • .!1 the ring for the purpose of
stopping him. A gigantic river man
kindly but firmly held him back.
•T guess it's Just as well we bears
this." said the latter.
It all came out—the loan to Carpen
ter. with a hint at the motive—the
t .ai ' 'nations of the rival firm on the
l.onnl of trade: the notes, th® mort­
gages. the necessity of a big season's
ent: rhe reasons the rival firm had tor
w.sb.ug to prevent that cut from ar­
riving at the market; the desperate and
varied means they had employed. The
m< n listened, silent Hamilton, his
eyes glowing like coals, drank In every
word Here was the mnster motive be
bad sought; here was the story great
to bls hand.
.
“That's what re ought to get!” cried
Col.ins, nlniost weeping. “And now |
we’re gone and bust Just because that I
Infernal river bog bad to fall off a I
boom! It’s a shame! Those scalawags ¡
have done us after all!"
Out from the shadows of the woods
«tole Injun Charley. The whole bear-^
big and aspect of the man had chang-
ed His eye gleamed with a distant,
farsee! ng fire of Its own. which took
DO account of anything but some re­
mote vision.^ He stole along almost
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