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things is due to explode, an’ we ain't hardly at tbe beginnln* of tbe excite ment yet. We're goin' to make a Fourth of July celebration In a giant powder fact’ry look like a deaf mute fuu’ral by the time we're done." tive alderman and hl* identity re- vea It'd Bennett hud been let into the secret next day. and tlie trio bad had a three hour talk from which l’helan had emerged with the gleeful air of one who had unexpectedly found a $URM> bill. Thompson. too. had left that co i- ference with a look of calm, intense ■ati*factlon that transfigured him Other conversation* had followed, oue of them in the presence of notai ' stenographer and lawyers. The trap st last was ready to t>e sprung Tbe financier for the first time In hl* nine year close as*s’lation with tin- secretary met the younger man s gnr.e without seeing the latter droop In det erenttal submission Now he received back look for look from his former «h jei't slave, end It was his own glance that wavered before tb^t couceutrated glare of hate "Thompson!’ he cried, and his voice bore a world of incredulous reproach Before him stood the one man on earth In whom Wainwright had ever placed Implicit trust; to whom he had confided bl* gravest business secrets, tbe man whom he had so shrewdly tested In countless ways and wbo had proved stancbly incorruptible and loy and take no orders except from me. Understand?” Mayor "I sure do!" grinned l’helan. with a Based on 6JÎ.Broadhurst's Successful Play delighted grlu at tbe wrathful Horrl gan “Au’ I’ll see they"— "You need not trouble!" croaked Wainwright, his throat dry and CHAPTER XVII strlcted with fear, "i'be bill 1* with drawn!” •• J T E’S tn there!” oliaerved I’be- p I Ian in high exeltemcut, Jerk- "That goes!" corroborated Horrlgan. “Do you hear that. Williams? Mr. I I Ing Ilia thumb toward a door Wainwright withdraws the Borough “ “ leading off the committee . bill. Attend to It In a rush, man Never room, "an’ I've sent for Wainwright mind atsiut tbe police.” an Horrlgan to meet your honor here. I “Well, Friend Horrlgan." blandly ob- An' I've fixed it SO the Borough bill i served I’belan as Williams hastened won't come up for ten minutes. Now- out. “I told you I’d cross two sticks of all that’s left Is to touch tbe punk to had left ajar the dour CHAPTER XV—(Continued ) dynamite under you some day. Like •peak to you—for the last tin:.” the fuse an' set off the whole giddy I rooms. Realizing this and not wishing wise 1 done It.” "Dallas!" gasped the desperate man. bunch of fireworks under ’em. Gee. "phelan. who. passing down 'the cor- to be seen. Dallas shrank back toward his drawn face turning positively yel but It's gvMMl to 'a' stuck to this old “What bad you to”— _ . . bad beard her la8t won19 88 he the wall, feurful of detection. Then low. "You were—you—you heard?’ “To do with smashln' you? Only that world just for tbe sake of bein ’ here juacbcd the threshold, turned Into the the voice of one of the speakers sud I put his honor on to ti.v bill in th« "Mr. Bennett Just now called you today an’ seeln’ what I’m due to see'” denly arrested her notice. 1 first place an’ then sicked him on to 'the foulest cur In all the world.’ ” said room The aiderman chuckled, but his Joy "" ell." Bennett was saying In no es Dallas, her voice scarcely louder than ous anticipation found no reflection in | Roberts an’ discovered Thompson an' ••Exm*“ me f°r butt,n* in on a *am‘ Uy chat" he remarked, coming forward, pecially civil tones, “you said you w ish a whisper, yet every syllable stlnglsg Bennett’s white set face. Tbe two were , turned him over to Mr. Bennett ¡'bat's “bat I’m pretty well posted on his ed to speak to me in private. What as a whiplash “He put it too mildly.” in tbe committee room, whither Phe I alx>ut all. But I guess It’s enough to ' make your p'lltlcsl career feel like it ^r't character, an’ when I hear any | have you to say? Be brief, for I am “But, sweetheart"— lan had repaired after de|>oeltlng Dal | busy." knockin' him It's me to the bat. 1 “'Miss Wainwright.' please I beard las In a chair beside ber brother at the had a long Hue of carriages drlvlu slow Finding herself the unwilling witness yon offer to sell me to him In exchange meeting and attending to oue or two behind It. Chesty Dick, uiy old chum!” Whit have you got against Mr. Ben- Horrlgan bad turned bls back on bls •rtt? ‘None of your measly business,' to what promised to be a confidential for his conscience. If my own brother details of greater Import victorious tormentor and was facing you. 'Quite so.' says I. an’, that I talk. Dallas stole toward the door lead had told me such a thing I would not “Yes,” went on I’belan. again nod Harry Garrieon. ing to toe corridor, but Horrlgan. as have tielleved him. but I myself heard ding mysteriously toward the farther Uln’ the case, let’s hear all about It." to testing my nonesty and loyalty tn the mayor. “Bennett.” said be. "you forget I’vo Something that underlay the seeming wn» his custom, had locked It on going it. And 1 beard his splendid answer ” door, "he's In there, trained to the al. and now Thompson apparently con clever ways that you thought I'd never impertinence of the alderman’s bluff out. She dared not enter alone the “But. you know. I was Joking! That minute for tbe blowout There's some fronted him in tbe role of traitor—of discover. I stood the trots. Then you still got that report about your father, ,Jecl> touched Dallas. On Impulse she crowded anteroom In her present state, it was Just a trick to"— trusted me. You fool! As tf the fact and"— one else wants to see you. too—some exultant spy. so hesitatingly she paused, forced to i "Just such a trick that made me one who'll make more of a bit with "Tomorrow's papers will publish it" spoke "Thompson!" be exclaimed once that I wasn't a crook proved I wasn't you* jpagjavl You could see no farther supplemented Alwyn. "Mr Bennett." said she. “Is opposing remain where she was The sound of promise to be your wife? Yes, but you tf I’m not overplayin’ my hand. more, almost with a groan, as tb< sac "No, they won't” contradicted Hor the Borough bill, knowing we shall tie another voice chained her to the spot this time you had to do with a man— But good news can wait. There's so rotary advanced Into the room until than defiant and (Renta. When I didn't psopers If he defeats it. He also sold • nd. unconscious of eavesdropping, she a man tn a million—not with a poor, little of It In tbls measly life that it only the width of tbe table seimrated steal those or sell tbe market til's you rlgan. 'That w.. yld be bad politics. gave me you thought I was incorrupti The report will hold over till"— porosgh stock short before he an stood spellbound, hearing every word credulous little Idiot like me. And he gen'rally bas to. I”— employer and employee. “You're mistaken.” Interrupted Ren From the corridor Horrlgan stamped nounced his veto. What can one think distinctly through the half open door , answered you as I should hare an- Then the newcomer spoke for the ble and devoted to your interests. And way. nett calmly. "I’ve sent a copy of that •wered you had my eyes been opened into tbe committee room. Wainwright first time, in an oddly muffled voice, a* all tbe time I ” of a man who enriches himself at the “I—I hardly know how to begin.” In time I"— “You were listening at tbe keybols re|»ort today to every paper tn the city at bls heels vipense of his friends?" though fighting desperately for self re Gibbs was replying to Bennett ’ s curt that day last summer.” broke In Hor and have accompanied It with a state "Dallas." groaned "Well!" cried the boss defiantly, glar Gtbha. "for heav »tralut. ■O" cried Perry, "that’s a terrible "No!" he contradicted. “ Thompson' rlgan. "the time I pulled the office door ment that I shall make good to tbe thing! Bennett’s the original man demand. “It Is a delicate subject en's sake don't look at me like that! ing at Bennett and Ignoring l’helan. and”— city treasury every [>enny overcharged 1 can’t bear it! I love you! And r— "You sent for us. Whnt do you want?” Ao longer. Henceforth 1 am Garrison.” open, and”— higher up. I’m afraid. I wonder he "Then and always." answered Thomp In the library aud aqueduct contracts. "Then the sooner ft is treated to open “One moment!” Intervened Wain Wainwright’s face grew gray. Breath “And I in my criminal folly prom- t«n't nfiald to wear the clothes of such air the tietter. Is”— wright. "We are beaten We admit less. «inl>ellevlng. he peered across at son, "and.” he added, his eyes return i So"— a wicked geezer a« himself!" Horrlgan was staring at him open “ You ’ ve won the Borough bill fight. ” that without argument. So we need the pallid features of bls new foe, trac ing to Wainwright's, ”1 copied every "Oh. Perry! Don’t Joke about it!" w aste no time going over details.” ing in them the likeness to tbe old confidential telegram or letter yon sent. j mouthed. hegged Dallas. "Can’t you see the seri Itegan Giblis. "Bennett,” be muttered tn genuine “Have you sent for us to say wnat 1 friend whose ruin and death he had I took down In shorthand every private “Is that all you have to say to me?” you’ll sell out for?” queried Horrlgan caused. The haunting resemblance that interview of yours. I tracked the ’ wonderment, ”1 don't know whether “No. You’ve won. but you’ve lost far es side of anything? We shall be coarsely, "because if you have you’ve had often vaguely occurred to him cheeks that completed your deals, and you’re the craziest fool or tbe cleverest more. You've lost Dallas Wainwright." penniless and dependent on”— only to name your price. You’ve got when watching Thompson at work now when they came back from the vaults politician In the state.” “I hardly need to be reminded of “Fear thou not. sister mine!” de "Your honor.” humbly pleaded Wain us where you want us. We’ve got to returned In double force. But now, as a* vouchers I stole them. I’ve got clared Perry In his tiest melodramatic that." retorted Bennett, “and it la a wright. who for several minutes had pay." I In a flash, it was explained, and be proofs, I tell you—proofs—of every manner "Paupers, "Paupers, sayest thou? Far Subject I don't care to discuss.” “I should have thought” replied Ben knew that bls secretary spoke the crooked transaction you have dabbled lieen trying In vain to draw Bennett "Rut listen." pleaded Gibbs ns the be it so! Little Brother Perry will In for nine years. I've secured proofs aside for a private word, "I am an old nett. with no shade of offense, “you truth. mayor made a move ns though to leave guard thee from the cold, shivery would know by this time that I have "Yes." w-Mit on Tb»mp:ion in that of every step In this borough franchise man. Is there uo way of—of showing swats of a wintry wind, Maybe we 1 the room. “One minute! I say you've bribery, and I've turned them all over ; me mercy lu my”— no ’price.’ ” can sell violets or start a tight club i won the Borough fight. I've won Dal- "Yes." retorted Alwyn. “You shall to the mayor here. That evidence will •sine choked, struggling intonation. ” 1 las. Can ’ t we ” — “ Then what do you want? ” er"— receive exactly the same mercy you send you to state prison! To state am Harry Garrison. You wrecked my “ Nothing -from you. ” “ Well, what?" asked Rennett. with “Don’t!" she urged. Jarred by bis flip- “Why did you send word you wunted father's life. You drove him to suicide. prison. I tell you! To a cell, with have always shown to your own finan- ominous uuiet as he paused in his de- pancy. "You don’t understand. I”— to see us?” growled Horrlgan impa- You blasted his memwry. You l»eg- cropped hair and striped suit! I'll send i clal enemies—no more, no less." “As for that story of Ills honor's sell- parture. "Oh, cut out the whine, Wain I tlently as he and Wainwright, unln- gared Ills children. I am bla son—Har you to prison, where you’ll break your "Can’t we—strike Rome Rort of bar- in' stock short and makln' u pile of wright!" sneered Horrlgan In high con heart aud be branded forever as a ry Garrison. Now do you begin to I vlted, seated themselves at the table. cash on his own veto.” put in Phelan gain?" said Gibbs tentatively. convict! And when your term Is up tempt ns lie linked his amt In the | "To tell you.” answered Alwyn. understand?” genuinely worried. "Ilorrlgan’s looked “Explain, please.” ordered Bennett, “You see. Mr. Wainwright.” Inter I'll be waiting for you. and I’ll kill broken financier's and hauled him I glancing from one to the other, “that it up an' got enough facts to make him with that same deceptive calm. every step you two have taken In this vened Bennett as the secretary’s pent you! Do you hear me, you foul crim roughly from tbe room. “What's hap- think be can prove It. He's goln’ to I whole Infamous transaction from the up rage strangled the words In ills inal?” he shouted, screaming hyster pened to your nerve? You’re nlmoat “ Why. ” went on Gibbs, emboldened make Williams tell the whole story to I very first has been carefully followed, | throat, "my guesswork has a fairly re ically and foaming at the mouth In bls as bad as Gibbs. You're still rich, and the aidermen tonight. It’s a lie. of at the other's seeming complacence, abandonment of Insane fury. ‘Tm go as long as you've got plenty of cash no and, to use your own phrase, we've got liable backing.” course, but It’ll hurt ills houor a lot. “suppose you give up thia Borough law In America need ever t'other you. ing to kill you! To kill you!” But Wainwright did not hear. He you with the goods! ” tight and 1 give up Dallas? I won her •n’ the worst of it i* Bennett refuses There's lots of talk about Indictments, still stared, as one hypnotized. Into the “ Same old bluff! ” commented Horrl by a trick. She doesnt really love me. to deny it." and arrests, and Investigations, and CH AFTER XVIII. gan contemptuously, with a reassuring j blazing eyes of the man he had trusted. “He does. eh?" remarked Perry, It Is her pride, not her heart, that made I prosecutions, and all that sort of rot. NDER the manlnc fury that "You ’ ve — you've played me false!" he wink at the somewhat less confident “Then I’ll do some talking about it. her throw you over and accept me. It blazed from Thompson's eyes But I don't see any millionaires going I managed to gasp at length. "You ' Wainwright. Is you Rhe loves, and I've known it all I'll have to fracture a promise I made Wainwright shrank back in 1 to Jail. Come on across to my law- “By tomorrow noon,” resumed Ben have"— Alwyn. but I guess it’s worth while.” along, and you are in love with her.” | yer’s.” panic dread. "Sure he has! ” cut in Horrlgan. nett. “ you will both be Indicted on a "What then?” “What do you mean?” queried Dallas The boas and financier departed with “ He ’ s — he's mad!" cried the financier. 1 "What ’ d 1 tell you last summer. Wain charge of bribery. Even now there are “Just this.” returned Gibbs, wonder in wonder. out a backward look, leaving l’helan •Don't let bim at me! ” wright? I said then you were foolish detectives on the watch for you. Es “1 mean Bennett lent me the money ing at Bennett's quiet reception of the For Thompson seemed about to burl nnd Bennett alone on tbe late scene of to trust him so. I said he'd stand cape is impossible.” strange offer. “ She will marry me be battle. to sell enough stock short to make up “Rot!” sneered Horrlgan. “You’ve watching Tbe minute 1 set eyes on himself on bls foe. cause she Isn't the sort of girl to go “Say. your honor,” observed the al- for what you and I would lose if the “ Uo easy, son." adjured I ’ belan, lay I that lantern jawed, glum face of bls" — no evidence that will Indict, and you I back on her promise, especially since ilerman slyly, "there's one very Impor bill was quashed, and be gave me a ing a restraining hand on tbe secre “ Played me false! ” muttered Waln- know It. Even If you bad. don't I con- tant engagement you've cleau forgot tetter to his own broker. We carried it she looks on me as a sort of high mind i trol most of the judges and tbe district ' wrlght again, dazed and doubting tbe t tary's shoulder. ed martyr to your oppression, so If I through, and now yon and I stand pit Tbe latter, recalled to himself by tbe i Sit right where you are a mlnuts. an’ , attorney’s office besides? Swell chance ' evidence of his own senses. hold her to her word she will not back I The eaveed rapper to win whichever way the cat Jumps. "Played you false?" jeered Thomp- pressure, relaxed bls tense, menacing I'll semi tbe party In here and see that you'll have of getting n conviction past down. Now. if you. even now. wlth- Were on velvet, thanks to Alwyn. ! »on. "Played you false? Why else attitude and, with hysterical revulsion nobody butts In on you till you want that bunch! Bab! You talk like a man draw your opposition the Borough bill Ised to marry you!" she stormed. "I “He did tbls for us?" gasped Dallas • Id I become your servant? What else of feeling, sank Into a chair, burying ’em to Oh. liut we didn't do a thing ............ ... will go through. let you kiss me. My lips are degraded to Horrlgan! He’ll have to watch in amaze “But why didn't you tell Let It go forever by that touch of yours. I let made of mud. I s'pose it's tbe affair have I Is-en waiting all these horrible his face in bis arms on the table before which way bls toes point tc see wheth ®e? Why did you let me misjudge of those Rotierts notes you’re counting years for? I’ve sat at your desk and Um. through and 1 you speak words of love to me. I broke bim?' er lie’s gain’ or cornin'!* will break my a brave man's heart for your worthless ! on. That don't feaze me any. My listened to your orders, never venturing "Nine horrible years!" he sobited bro "He made me promise not to let you to any my soul was my own. Now , lawyer can twist that around so it'll engagement to sake. Oh. the shame—the horrible Tbe aiderman sped on bis thlaslon. kenly. "Nine awful years of slavery, know a thing about it. and”— No, no, you’ll listen to me." Dallas Wain shame of It all! But I shall thank God I look like a charity gift. leaving Alwyn seated alone, dejected, of debasement! Watching, bating, "Say. youngster,” broke In riielan. "Why do you bother with the little wright and on my Is-nded knees that 1 have found youngster. You'll have to think of miserable, in the deserted committee tingling with excitement, "you come something better If'— traitor, Wainwright?" scoffed Horrlgan. longing to crush him. and, oil, the time room. leave her free out the truth tiefore It was too late." chasin' along with me into the aider But the financier was standing mo I has come, thank God! Thank God!” to marry you." "Too late?” he echoed In boYror. his i “And, anyhow.” put In Wainwright Now that the crisis was past bls “You’re all lu, lad!” muttered The- mens nieetm'. I’ll have you get up “You promise voice rising ulmost to a scream. "Dai- nervously, "you can’t prove any con tionless. loaning on tbe table, his fin heart was strangely heavy. He had lan, pasatag nn arm Aitout the shaking thgre an’ tell what you know. It’ll that?’ Jas. you’re not nection on my part. There's nothing gers spasmo<llcally gripping Its edge till | won. But at what cost? At the loss of knock that ..j lie of Williams' and Horrl- -------- ' the knuckles grew white. Ridiculously youth and lifting bim to bls feet. “Yes!” cried going to throw against me or”— “Come with me. I'll semi out and get all he held dear, Iran's so high It’ll forget to bit groun’ like a cowed prisoner Ix-fgre tbe liar of ” 1 think there is. ” retorted Bennett. Gibbs.elated. "1 me over? You A Alwyn Bennett knew, too, that the «¡gain. Come on. __ t_ son! There’s sure I wheeling at>out on the fintfficier. "And ; Justice, be faced bls fiery eyed young you a bracer.” promise on my aren’t”— real fight was but Just begun a fight I Thompson, exhausted liy bls emo liable to be hot doin's in the meetin’ in I Judge. word of honor! “Scott Gibbs," even If 1 can't nail the Roberts brib that had waged since the world ts-gun •bout eleven seconds. Come along!” “They sent for mo," went on Thomp I tions. olieyed mechanically, but at tlie is it s she answered ery to you I’ve plenty more counts to farther door |»iuaed for a moment and and must last to Judgment day—the son brokenly. Jerkily, scarce intelllgl- I hold you on. ” gain?" quietly, a world agnln fixed his wild, bloodstiot eyes on hopelroa, uphill battle of decency "Gibbs, of wondering | "All these generalities and vague ac ! ble as the suppressed hatred of a dec- CHAPTER XVI. against evil, of honesty against graft. Wainwright's haggard face plied Alwyn scorn In her cusations prove nothing. Bennett." an- ■ ade battled for expression. "They sent ALLAS, left alone in Horri- Ilorrlgan’s sneering words. "I don’t ’ 'Remember," be threatened, bla level tones, "you • wered Wainwright, drawing courage for me. My father bad killed himself. gan's private room, sat at tbe “Gibb». I didn’t think slowly. ”1 didn't voice dead and expressionless, "when see any millionaires going to Jail.” there war so foul a My mother lay dead, struck down by from llorrigan'a cobstsal calm anil think there was do not even big table, making no .effort to you get out of Jail I'll tie waiting for ( stuck disagreeably in the young may cur a» you in all the so foul a cur as know how vile speaking with more assurance. "Mr. grief. Our honored old name was de- follow her brother and Phe- you. And as sure as God's justice Ilves or’s memory. Their brutal, bald truth world.” filed. My slater was ■ pauper. Who you in all the a thing you i are. forrlgan and I are not school boys to **" A messenger, searching for Hor- Jarred on tils be I ’ ll kill you as I'd kill a dog! Nine Now leave me. be scared by baseless threats. This la ' had done all thia? You! Oh. they *’*”*■ bustled in. looked inquiringly at world. I thought I understood how ut lief In the inevi years waiting and—I'll murder you as hushed it up, all guesswork on your part. Com», terly rotten you were, but I didn ’ t be please. ! Your ’ * motionless, white faced girl, then table triumph of you murdered my”— but I found it now. name one specific charge you can presence sick •**e<l on to the committee room he- lieve there was a man living who could good. After all. Phelan had forced him over tbe out! I found it [ prove.” ens me.” Jotxl and on again in bis search until debase himself as you’ve Just done." was tbe dreary, threshold, nnd the slamming of tbe out! And by my "But”— began Gibbs, in bewilder He tried to I “One will t>e enough to convince ue sound of his footsteps died. And self sacrificing door behind the two seemed to break murdered fa you? ’ asked Alwyn. "Well, then, how speak, but some ment. *11 Dallas sat. Inert, dumb. listtle against an ther’s body I tbe strange spell that had fallen on all. thing of the In about this as a first guess? Mr. Hor "Now you'll listen to me for a mo Little by little she was piecing to- unconquera l> 1 e Wainwright straightened himself, knelt and swore rlgan'« brils* of J'itlOO.OtX) in money con foe worth while? •ether the facts of the long, miserable ment." cut in Bennett, silencing the In Now leave me. pirate effable glanced fearfully about, tried to re I'd pay you for tempt in her ■ nd 25.000 shares of Borough stock for Could tile great ”mp «cation in the light of what Per- terruption. "You say I’m in love with gain bls shaken composure and o|>ened Four presence sick it. I ’ d pay you agreeing to put through tbe Borough steady eyes sl- t? bad just told her. It wns absurdly Miss Wainwright It is true. I love god graft ever ens me.” If It cost me my bls mouth to speak But the hurried leuced him. franchise? For’guesswork' thst doesn't be checked In now that she held the key of the her in a way a dog like you could never entrance of Williams prevented him. life. I would seem to me very bad." •tuation she could understand every- understand If he tried for a lifetime. Without a word he slunk out of the Ills mastery of "Mr. Hor^gan. ” gas¡>ed the excited ruin you In name Wainwright's hard mask of a face tbe earth? If— bow Wainwright had put her I’d give my life for one word of love room and out of ber life, and fortune, se newcomer, q’v» been looking every twitched convulsively, but the steady Pbeiau, agog with eagerness for the from her. but I ’ d sooner go forever ■wtune Into Borough stock to Intlu- A rustle of you ruined my where for you!” brain that had carried bim unshaken skirts startled 'hnnett; bow. failing to move tbe without that word than win It by a coming struggle in tbe aldennanlc through a thousand risky financial "What ’ s wrong now? ’ snapped the father, and then Riter. he hail used Alwyn’s knowledge dishonest deed that would prove me chamber, bustled past through tbe cor deals came at once to his rescue Alwyn from bls "And then Id kill I'd kill you, as boss. “Has” — ft the fa<-t as a weapon against the unworthy of her. I asked her love as a ridor. Tbe aiderman bad many duties dark thoughts. 'Tbe Borough bill's come up at last you, os you killed you killed him! "An excellent guess." be agreed In today, and as tbe performance of each free gift and tried to deserve it. She “Dallas!” be man; how Bennett had sought and”— my father.” I'd”- splendidly feigned amusement, "but cried, unbeliev •ara her fortune and why be had refused, and I won’t try to buy what brougtj him nearer to bla longed for unfortunately the courts demand proof ’ Tbe gallery crowd's rough bousing left him haggard With an effort that ing, aa be sprang ! !' o Perry to bias her feelings she won't give me. especially since the revenge on Horrlgan be was positively before convicting a man. and there Is • nd trembling, Thompson forced him the place? Then”— price would make me as unworthy of beaming with righteous bliss. Dallas ? tel ug of the generous act. to his feet balf “No. they're quiet aa death; too quiet. self to calmer speech and continued: no proof whatever of " — caught sight of him her as you yourself are. ” i From first to last.” she murmured dazzled at tbe And they have long ropeo. and they’re "I answered your advertisement for "Are you sure?" queried Bennett. "Alderman!" she called faintly. "But you take the wrong view of It. . ”” ””” wi>tlliroas light P®nh«ppy contrition, "be has acted a secretary. I had no experience, yet stringing them over the”— Phelan halted, still in haste to fulfill Turning to Pbelan, be added: that transformed her face. F*orably and as be thought 1 would You see. if— “ Call in the police, then! ” ordered out of ninety applicant you chose me. ; "Please ask Mr. Thompson to come bls mission. Blowly she came toward him. ber wanted him to and for my bappi- f I "I see this much: I’ll have to speak That was fate I knew then that one Horrlgan. “Now's the time for them.” "Could—could I see Mr. Bennett?’ in." - And I. like tbe wretched little plainer to get my view of the case into “I don’t dsre,” protested Williams. glorious dark eyes on bla. ber white day I should have you at my feet, as Tbe alderman, with an expansive abe asked, a new timidity transforming hands outstretched In irresistible ap I was, couldn’t understand and your vile mind If ever again you ber rich voice. "Do you know where I grin, flung open the door of tbe farther now I have Fate fought for me. I Those men In the gallery are desper peal. At last she spoke. humiliated him. Oh, if only meet me. stand out of my way Don't can find him?' ate. They ’ re dangerous. IT ’ — made myself necessary for yon. I •oom •peak to me or come where I am. for " w*r»n t too late to”— "I love you!" she said. “The police?" Interrupted Bennett At sound of bls secretary's name olieyed your hardest orders. I found "Is It important? He’s pretty busy.” L ’> of Gibbs flashed before her If you cross my path again I'll treat ma bad . "What are you talking "Very Important!" she pleaded. "I Wainwright had sprung to his feet and, out ways to please you. I fetched and sharply. P**- «tid she shuddered, realising all you ten thousand times worse than must see him at once.” I ran to anticipate about?’ iumfounded. was leaning heavily on carried for you Pat ber rash steps bad entailed. "My orders!” returned Horrlgan. "1 when I thrashed you in that football "I’ll look bim up.” agreed Pbeiau. the table, staring across the threshold your lighten! wish, as thougb I was ♦ ♦ L ’ ** ' 10 ***** confessed to ber- game. That’s all." your adoring son. It was T hope sent for them. Tell them to”— "but I warn you be e too buey to see of the suddenly opened door. Next Week Begins ♦ ♦ "Don't do It! ” commanded Bennett In tZ ' - '*' k tbe hot tears that There, framed In the dark doorway, I you're satisfied, sir,' and ’Let me do Bennett, restraining his wrath with I you Just yet Spoor you let me take ♦ “JANK l’ABI.E," ♦ anger. her eyes. "But at least I can his face deathly pale his eyes glowing that for you. air,' and *! am glad to Geo. Burr Met 'utcheon's ♦ ♦ bl m I know and beg bis forgive- a mighty effort, turned on bis heel and 1 you back to the meet In? Our bill's with a strange light as of murder, work overtime for yon. sir. any time "Do as 1 say, Williams'" counter ♦ ♦ Great Serial Story. strode off into the corridor, leaving cornin’ up In a few minutes now. an’ rnl tfiank him.” you wish.' while every minute I bad to manded Horrlgan. “Have them in ♦ Watch for the First Chapter ♦ Gibbs staring after him In dumb. Im yoa don't want to miss It. Then I'll stood Cynthia's brother Th- •o>md of voices in the corridor ♦ in The Guani Next Week ♦ Ills prrwnce in tbe city hall was no fight hard to keep from atrlklng you and" - scare up bls honor for you as soon as potent despair. ♦ "I'helan." Inter;-»sed Bennett as tbe ♦ mere chance, but the climax of a series her from her bitter reverie dead ! ” he's got a spare minute an' bring you When the broker had recovered ♦ “I must go!” groaned Wainwright, alderman, having left Thompson tn oth ♦ tang up hastily, unwilling that •elf sufficiently to start from the back here to him. Sorry to keep you of conferences between Bennett. Phe er hands, came into the room, "go to lan and himself, dating from the night shuddering "I can't aland this. I' Id see tier tear stained face. Dallas Wainwright stood before waitin’.” be went on as they started th ’Peakers, though they drew <3 "Oh. I tmale you think me a para the sergeant In charge of tbe police toward tbe council chamber, "but be of tbe administration tail. when, de barring the exit Her face was R ¡ I» rio «wo I'd not enter H»rrtgan*a office white, her big dark eyes ablate. fore this session's over all sorts of spite his own resolve. tbe secretary’s gon!" resumed tbe youth. “You took Mr. Horrlgan sent for. Tell bim 1 •»/ (Lars ths be giust keep bls men where they are •igastur» 1 they stepped Into the adjoln- band had teen forced by tbe Inquisi niuRt ••*»♦• !••»• «K« tUR •f mtulttee room Tbe messenger I THE MAN U D
