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Richard the Brazen Copyright, I'Joe. by Mod-it. Yard & Camsanr. Coutinued from last weiH. Tnli breezy but otherwise unremark able Item caught the attention of one Jack Bibbs, a gentleman possessed of much Ingenuity, some varied experi ence, quite a collection of allaaea and passion for acquisition. He bad re ceived no Invitation to the above men tioned aoclal function, though be boped to profit thereby In ways beat known to himself. Mr. Michael Corrlgan. returning from business meeting In the city, took the 12 o'clock train for Irvlngton and wct Into the amoker, where be seated himself and lighted a short black pipe, the pet aversion of bis refined broth-er-ln-lnw, Jacob Renwyck, who visited most of bis disgust upon bis unfortu nate wife. Ills business transactions In the city evidently pleased Uncle Mi chael vastly, for Unit gentleman kept chuckling to himself and rubbing bis plump white bauds In the manner of one upon whom good fortune baa de scended suddenly. After a time his attention was ar rested by two men on the seat oppo site lilin. They were engaged In a whispered conversation while they ate their lunch from a brown paper parcel. To a casual observer there was noth ing unusual In the appearance of the two passengers. Tbey were roughly clad, unshaven and apparently poor, having the air of worklngmen out of a Job. Mr. Corrlgan would probably have not noticed them at all except that one of them the better looking, who If be bad been shaved and well Clad might have been called good look inghad a alight cast In his eye, a physical blemish which the old gentle man bad ever regarded as a sort of lame plat on the front door of a scala wag. He saw the mun only a moment sr two before getting out of the train, lud In the stress of far more Impor tant matters tb Incident passed out 5f bis mind. It was recalled later on. IT was sitting on the front porch of Bestmore, where be bad Just taken luncheon, when a tramp entered the lace and cam timidly to tb bouse, begging for food In tb naual profes sional wblue. air. Corrlgan had small patlenc with tramps and was about to order blm off the place when something changed bis mind. The fellow bad a cast In his eye. He recognized blm Instantly. It truck the pld gentleman at one as being singular that thla man should claim to be atarvlng wben not two hours before he had been eating heart ily from a brown paper parcel In the train. Tramps did not usually travel by train not Inside of them, at any rate which waa au additional cause for suspicion. Uncle Mlrlinel deter mined to luvoetlgate the matter fur ther, ao be led the tramp to the bark of the house, where a pla.e of bread and meat waa aet before h m. He ate paring!? for a hunrry t , but took In the premise with s seemingly care less eye, while th ecou gar of himself a far frew att""ry. He clslu.ed ip bars os tw 'Ibeuy on foot, as ki sliua V tb fr I stain ed condition of h'.s shoe. rblch was clearly a He. for M. Corrlgan had seen him traveling la an entirely oppo site direction unci wns more convinced than over that a cant In the eye was the liruinl of a scoundrel. He declined to give the fellow money and welched 1)1 in suspiciously until he left th place, feeling Instinctively that some thing would bring htm buck brhId Hlchnrd, who ivui sitting on the lawn with Miss Mini let. I mil also seen the trump iih ho limped tbroiigli the open carriage gate luto the rood. Hills bad rlililou over to Terrytowu In quest of plH) tobacco for his muster 11 ml wus stopped by ho vagruut at the en trance, of the drive, lttclnml suw blm bend In his saddle, confer with the man for a moment or two, then turn Into the stable yard. 1'ivsoiitly he re appeared ami crossed to his master Willi the tobacco which he had se cured. "Navy Capstan, m' lord," he stated triumphantly, "the Wind wot you etuol.es ht 'ome, sir." 'Thanks,-' said Richard. "By the way, nils, what waa that queer look- In;; bepwr saving to you Just now?" I Hills started slightly, ss one sshauied j of lielng seen in such evil company. "Oh. 'tin? Yes. sir. "y, 'e was awskln' his way to the station, m' lord. I A rum sort, I culls 'tin, sir, bcgglu' jour purdou for" "Yes, yea, lillls," lllchard reproved, with a show of Impatience. "That will ilo. You may go." The valet bowed respectfully and departed, while Miss Harriet looked at her companion In pollle surprise. "Why are you so short with blm?" she uske.l. "To mo be Is jK-rfevtly ile llclous. I don't believe be cer laiifch d In nil bis life, did ho?" "I'ou't know, I'm sure," draw list lUchurd lually. "I curb bis tongue from Uive:.!ly. The fellow is luWlued to 1 loquacious. At times I am forwd to all- iit ou him." Miss Ucuwyck laughed. "lo you know," she said, "you are CYWJS TQlTisENR IKADY, Anther f "Tor tfc FW 4om of lk ." The KouUMnwrs." El&, EDWAO f ENJ, Aaliiur f "A Hrokra Kaaary." Tk Frkao becoming an American very rapidly? Iteally, I am beginning to be quite vain of my success with a first pupil." "My dear young lady," tb Texan answered In a ton half banter, batf In earnest, which was deeper than sbe dreamed, "If you should wish It I'd gladly become er a kangaroo." Again Miss Renwyck laughed till the silvery echoes reached the ears of Michael Corrlgan, who lounged on the front veranda. "By George," be chuckled to him self as be rubbed bis bands In tbe manner characteristic of him, "that young man hi making progress!" In tb evening when Mr. Renwyck came up from tb city Mr. Cvrrlgan took him aside and related tk day's experience with tb tramp, suggesting that a detective be employed while tbe valuable lot of dlamouds waa In tbe bouse. Tbe two gentlemen, bas al ready been stated, never g on to gether peaceably. If ose of TWm of fered a suggestion tbe other fouud rea son to combat It vigorously, and In this case Mr. Renwyck took tbe opposite side with a vengeance, poobpoohlng tbe possibility of tbett from start to finish. "Why. my dear Michael," be said lu a tone of undisguised scorn, "what you say Is nonsense, pur and simple. Tbe bouse Is equipped from top to bottom with a perfect system of burglar alarms, which I set myself each nlgbf. Unless there Is collusion with some person on tbe lusld I not only defy any light fingered gentleman to enter, but I give him a cordial Invitation to try. No, slrl If you want to put a Catling gun In your own bouse, do so by all means. In mine I have no room for artillery or an army of rinkertons. Now, don't yon see how absurd you arer "All right." assented Mr. Oamgan. "I've warned you, and that's ail I've got to say. Tboy'r aot niy diamonds' "Just watt a moment, Michael." said Mr. Renwyck, walking after him. "1 want to show you what an Idiotic stand you have taken. Ton say tb man bas a cast In hie eye. Very good; I'll admit that, but I venture to say tbat In tb stat of New Tork there a re from twenty to thirty thousand people' with casts la their eyes. Tou claim that It Is a mark of rascality. I don't agree wltb you. My own father bad a cast In bis eye." "Don't donbt It In the least" snapped Mr. Corrlgan. "Tbsf eiplalns It l'v often wondered" "Come, come," laughed Un wyck; "you gain nothing by barnc per sonal. Itut listen. You saw a rasa In the train though you confess you only glsnced at him and Immediately recognised blm as a bristly murderer who hss committed the crime of being hungry. Did you see murderer No. 1 get off the train? No, of course not. He Is probably dining in the bosom of bis bumble but honest family, while you, my dear sir, are aching to ilsp him In the penitentiary." Mr. Ren wyck paused to luugh. "Really, Mi chael, you amuse me. Age Is respon sible for bad eyesight perhaps, but It Is your poor old lira In that troubles mo. You have developed luto a fussy old woman-Miss Michiielu Corrlgan, spinster, sixty-oue and afraid to say 'boo' to a but." The old lawyer paused sudileuly lu his walk and thrust the ferrule of bis cane deep luto the gravel path. "Jacob," he said In a tone of sup pressed anger, "tliat w ill do. You have gone Just a little too fur. 1 told you what I thought without any wish for au argument, ami now I'll tell you something else. I don't care whether you lose your diamonds and plate ot not. What's more, I hope you will, tiissl night." He had Intended staying for dinner, but changed liW mind and swung rap Idly u way, while Mr ltenwyck looked after him, laughing merrily. "Oh, I say, Michaeln!" he called. "Omit forget to look under your bod tonight. Yon might find a btirg'.ir with a cast In his eye " Tor once Mr. lienwyck hud giit the belter of his brother-in-law, and tin fact pleased blm Immensely. "The poor old granny!" he muttered as be went Into the bouse. "Vpon my word. I'm astonished at blm!" It may Is- slated thai, contrary te Mr. t'orrlgan's tint denial, that gentle man did lake further Interest In th possible burglary. If only to prove his own theory, on tbe following night three private detective came out to Irvlngton ami stole separately to the lawyer's house. About 11 o'clock, ac companied by Mr. Corrlgan In person, they concealed themselves at various points of vantage on the Renwyck place and awaited developments. The night was damp and glisuuy - mivst excellent weather conditions for a housebreaking party, tint with disad vantages for amateur detectives at the advanced age of s'y one Beyond a touch of rheumatia Mr. Ccr-tgiu bagued notMnu. and '.,. morning found hlui a .;, -ci :d old gen tleman. However, there was a humor jus side to the vigil, and with thla the old lawyer consoled himself. "Lordr be chuckled. "The Joke's on me this time, but I wouldn't have Ja cob find It out no, not for a thousand lollars cash." Meanwhile Mr. Renwyck, having scored decisively on, Cncle Michael, enjoyed his dinner as a victor should. Be was in the best of spirits, not alone because of bis triumph, but because of certain cheerful developments which bad come to light at the meeting of the stockholders of his new deep water harbor company. He was so elated over his certain success tbat be cast out broad hints which were mystifying enigmas to all present with the excep tion of lllchard. who understood only too well. To blm tbey meant tbe col lapse of bis father's cherished hopes, while be, a dutiful son, was forced to alt calmly and watch an enemy gloat Dinner was scarcely over when call ers were announced. They were old friends of the family, claiming tbe at tention of Mr. and Mrs. Renwyck and Miss Bchermerly, which left the four young people to their own devices. For this Richard thanked tbe visitors fervently end wandered with Miss Harriet across the lawn, where they seated themselves on a favorite bench and enjoyed a long and uninterrupted chat Had Cncle Michael been present Instead of sulking In bis lonely bach elor borne be might have bad cause to exchange his frowns for chuckles. In view of the fact that a certain young tea in p was assuredly making progress. The progress was not of tremendous moment, after all, yet Richard forgot "f don't aire whether you lots your dia mond and ptute or not." the troublous harbor company and all else. Indeed, besides the lady and him self. Miss Harriet In tugging at a rose bush had wounded ber finger wltb a tiny thorn, and tbe Texan at once be came far more solicitous than be would have been bad he himself been gored by tbe horns of a fractious steer. Ho found It Imperative to examine ber durt by the light of matches which Miss Harriet struck and held In her unwounded hand, and the physician, therefore, required a much, longer time than he might have taken under more favorable circumstances. At length he was forced to admit reluctantly that neither was there any danger of lock Jaw nor was he studying palmistry, yet as the Inst match went out he ap plied a remedy by pressing the afflict ed memlier to his lips. True. Miss Harriet had snatched bel "Mind away, but Blie smiled lu the dark ness and was not half so displeased ns she tried to uiuke this Impertinent nohlcnur.. ih.'.ik. Nor wus the Imperti nent nobleman half so contrite as he might have leen, for before they left their seat he had bent his head and kissed her hand again on a certain dimple which had taunted him for sev oral days. Ills heart was singing now, and the words he set to music were the words of odvlce by Ills eminent counsel, Mi chael Corrlgan; If eor you hix to flint your Juv. Veu ve Rot lu braien It out. my boy. For And here the heart's song en Vd abruptly, for Mr. Renwyck wis ciKin.; them from the steps of t'u ur:m la. "Crojlnnd," he said laughingly as they came Into the light, "if you and Harriet have tlulshel your tllrlatlou I'd like you to come Into the library for 0 quiet smoke. The e Harriet." he chldcri. "you have had this y..i:i'g gen tleman to yours,- f ail d;! o;i don't begrudge him to your hardworking father for an hour, do ou? Kiss nie and run along ,-,. neM." The Tcvan .i:g, d with all his soul to s:'..v I be sin:.e. but v as for, -e I t. - t tiMev formaiiv, at the same time bid ding good n gin to the rest of the little i "am. after vvhleh he bra I In :---. r an ..-d.eal i.ia Mr. Reuw y. i the ii'orar lag vv hat vv as coining. IM Klt XIV. followed , wonder o t . idvecturer the li - !,ot v:'s r without 0V s.-d and cue Ik- or Richard's p roli-'ve,!. however. ' ' d a di ' ' i '- - on u per i '-' 1 . d.vp vg'n'-l t.i: t'.re tc.rs ' I... :. I I. ar. ;;:::ooj u:i i." ' tlotitiy wt!ti'!S f ' ;- -ie ?:).: . . of tlie old niiiuV I; :'!:-; H" ':i? wait quietly, s'r.ce It v as evhVnt fr o: y.r. Renwjeli's esubemut ji:y t!::r Richard bad nothhi'T pwnially to four, -that bis secret was sti'.l his own. Afier a time his host wiped his eyes with bis hundkerchlef and apologized for his merriment. "Forgive me. Lord Croyland." be begged; "but, to tell you the truth. I Just can't help It Affairs In Tex as are not only drifting my way, but the whole situation bas become Intense ly humorous. Why, it is a regular play. Old BUI Williams represents tragedy, my company will shortly sup ply melodrama, while s third corpora tion bas appeared on tbe stage and Is furnishing both sides wltb comedy. Let me explain." "Do so, I beg you," murmured Rich ard, striving not to lookys uncom fortable as he always feltjwben this Texas business came up. wThe finan cier laughed again and proceeded: "As I told you before, BUI Williams' company Is working for a doep water harbor at Matagorda City, while my company Is equally anxioua to operate St Longmatt. Very well. Now, listen. I learned today tbat a new corpora tion was organized last month under the laws of the state of New Jersey whlcb styles Itself the Peace and Good Will Realty company. Think of It! The very name will kill It In Its teeth ing stage." "Who are back of this corporation?" iked Richard, greatly Interested in this new development. "I don't know. They are probably so ashamed of themselves that their names are kept secret," laughed Mr. Renwyck. "But I thought the lnconorntors" "Dummies, like my own company, only In this case all of them are real dummies in fact as well u In theory." "I see." "It develops that the promoters of this company, whoever they may lie. have gone down to Texas and invested their capital in the state's largest and most ' generous prtsluct." "And what is that?" asked Richard In some surprise. "Hot air," returned Mr. Renwyck In a paroxysm of mirth. "It's cheap, but they seem to want It." "I don't quite understand." "I will enlighten you. They have a ministerial looking representative of the uame of Flshcall, whose Innocence can only tie described as infantile. This precious old lamb called upon a firm of promoters, Hill k Eaton, who in strict confidence happen to be my agents, and asked their advice with re gard to a locution for a deep water harbor on tbe Texas gulf coast they Intend to construct with the assistance of a hoped for legislative appropria tion." Once more Mr. Renwyck was so overcome by amusement that be was forced to pause In his story. "Now, my company I myself, you under stand?" he tgau at length. "Of course," said Richard, bowing. "bas beeu saddled for a long time with an utterly worthless tract of land along the gulf a miserable, sun baked little hole rejoicing In tbe name of Olivia, which lies midway between Matagorda City and Longmatt, by tbe way. Through Hill & Eaton we ad vised Brother Flshcall to buy this tract, which bless my soul he did at once nnd at our own price!" The amused speculator glanced at Richard and, mistaking bis gloom for a phlegmatic British lack of humor, went on: "It seems also that thereafter the Teace and (lood Will Realty com pany went to Hill Williams and asked his advice. The old skinflint also own ed a lot of land around Olivia, which he promptly worked off on his confid ing lienefnctors. Now, look here, Croy land. you don't seem to appreciate the Joke." "Itut, my dear sir." begau Richard, forgetting his role for a moment, "Olivia Isn't such a bud er I mean -er" "Such a bad sale for me. eh?" laugh ed Mr Renwyck, uuooiselously help ing his guest out of a hole. "I should sny not! Why, my boy, we've sold a white elephant!" Richard thought swiftly. Olivia, as he was alsuit to tell Mr. Renwyck. wus not such a bad site for n deep wa ter harbor after nil. nnd In fact he had always contended with Ills father that It was more udvautugcously located fcr that pu-poM' than Matagorda City. Not o:i'y was the situation more cen tral, but It offered shorter ami more direct eoinmi'nliir.i.,i vviih freight routes and main lines. True, the country was sparsely populated In Its vicinity, but sot tier. n.ml! come nat urally with the dovelo; :uent of such an enterprise. IV1 hups the Peace and Hood Will Realty company's rep resentative was not such au egregious ass us the Renwyck and Williams fac tious supposed. "Has the new company. In your opin ion, uny chance of success?" he asked bis host. "Chance!" laughed Mr. Renwyck. "Not a ghost of it! Now. listen. Here comes the . ream of the Joke. The time for taking a vote on these doep water harbor Mils in the Texas legislature had been set for two weeks from now. but various circumstance have played d'.r.vily lni l:;y bauds. Senator Frank Kinwait. president of the Texas state improvement committee of the legis lature. was closeted with tne for two hours this morning. U is now on bis way to Aus-la. whore my barter bill w ill be pass.., by .,, , U)llSt,s imiueUi a'.cly upon t.i- arrival, and the legisla ture ill . ;-,-o u.ia urn." "You-jou mean." stammered Rich ard, "that you have bought Klnwalt- that"- j "Tut. tut!" protested the crafty old . schemer. "True. I bought the geutie man a lunch at Sherry's, together with a few cigars, a couple of cold bottles, and there were some Incidental ex peuses whlcb ran tbe price of the meal up well, up Into six figures, but be yond this"- Mr. Renwyck paused and smiled. "No one iu this euligbtened age would dream of buying an entire legislature, my dear boy. Horrible!" Richard rose from his seat, took a turn up and down the library, then faced bis exultant host. "Mr. Renwyck," he nsked, "aren't you losing sight of one Important fac tor In tbe game? From what I have beard of him. Bill Williams is scarcely the man to be lying uround In a ham mock while yon are putting through your deep water harbor bill. In my humble opinion, you are going to have a Dght on your bauds that will make you sit up aud get busy." This was the most un-English lan guage which tbe supposed nobleman had yet employed, but It did not at tract the notice or awaken tbe suspi cion of Mr. Renwyck at that time, owing to his deep interest in tbe mat ter immediately lu hand. "Ah," he cried, "now you've laid your finger on a beauty spot! Of course Williams will fight me wltb tooth and null; but by the Lord Harry, he can't!" "Why not?" "Simply because he will not be in Texas when my bill Is pussed." Richard stared at his host In fear and wonder, while Mr. Renwyck con tinued Jubilantly: "I could not have had matters turn out better If I bad arranged it all my self. It seems that Williams' fool of a son wns up here in New York last week and got himself badly smashed up lu an automobile accident." "What, you don't mean" "Yes, it's true." added the specula tor quickly without noticing Richard's look of astonishment. "Michael show ed me a greatly exaggerated newspu ler account yesterduy morning." "Is be er mortally or dangerously hurt?" Iiegan Richard, who bad lu truth forgotten all about tbe condition of the real Croyland. and be now be gun to fear that the man who bad as sumed his name really might be more seriously Injured than any of them had Imagined. Richard was neither heartless nor Indifferent; but not sus pecting Croyluud's injuries were seri ous and being fully occupied with his own engrossing situation, he bad not given tbe wouuded earl a thought for days. "No, no; badly, but not fatally, of course," answered Mr. Renwyck. "1 sent around to tbe hospital to see If there was anything I could do for tbe boy. I'm sorry for him. I've got no grudge against him, except bis foolish ness in selecting such a father." "I'm glad to bear It's no worse," murmured Richard, much relieved. "Go on, sir." "It struck me at once tbat things might happen whlcb would serve my Interests wben tbe father beard of tb sad affair." Richard glared at bis host and ground his teeth In Impotent rage at this exhibition of a beartlessness that would make capital for itself In a busi ness scheme out of such an accident I'll steal his daughter now without a twinge of conscience!" Aloud be ask ed with ns much control as his thump ing heart admitted, "Well, what then?" Tbe bust who. It may be admitted'. bud no feeling of hesitation at turning the Incident to his advantage, bow- ever much he might and did deplore it, rubbed bis bauds and laughed once more In keen enjoyment of tbe unlook- ed for opportunity to get the better of bis enemy. Mr. Reuwyck was playing the game cold bloodedly, mercilessly, according to tbe rules of the street He would do nothing dishonorable or underhand after the ethics of his kind, but he would have considered himself a fool If he had not availed himself of every opportunity or assistance that fate put at bis disposal. "What then?" he echoed. "Well, Williams did a thing whlcb surprised even me. I have In my pocket a ci pher report from oue of my agents whose sole business Is to watch tbe opposition. Do vou know, Croyland. when tbe old fellow learned that bis son hud beeu desperately hurt, perhaps dying that's what the dispatch Baid ho dropped everything, chartered a spe j clal train and started north Immedi ! atcly." "The deuce you say!" cried Richard, ! springing to his foot. I "I do." nodded Mr. Renwyck, con 1 strums bis companion's explosivcness as sudden appreciation of the ruustor stroke of business. 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