HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1914-08-21, Page 7444
wes-1j eel it my dttty yuu
know of thct great benefit YearIbutals
Heart and Nerve Pills did for me. /
suffered for four years with heart trouble
and nervous prostration. I was So ad
that I t!ould not go upstair.s without
itting down at the top before I could
go to my room. I cbuldn't sleep nor I
lie on my left side, for it would seem as
thategh my heart would stop. 1 theeshh
my time had come. I was doctoring -
with the doctor, but didn't get atii,
benefit I was advised to take Milbtrie
/cart and Nerte Pills, so I got two boxes,.
and after I had taken one box I lbe
gaii
to feet bettoe and after 1 had
two I eeeeld go up- and down stairs
out resting, so I took eight boxes, an
I are „enjoying good health again. I
consider it a Godsend. to have- your
p• ots in the leo_use." -
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are
50. cents pr - box or 3 boxes for $1.25 at
all &aim or mailed direct on receipt
o ,f price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited,
Toronto, Ont. _
en
R. PottIS.
reentileter, Solicitor, Corm -es -weer .
feeteneg 'Pehlke ttelieletae fer the 3om-
12tela Offits IQ re Ci Dom-
St=eforth. • ntyto lean
4 .
J.M.Virr.
t SoiteitOci Conve,yan:...er ,and
lie. attics bp -stairs • eve
turnitiail "1.1 street,
hC-
ficotra
A:4
rehe
-nee te
ettee.
tX4.`-4,11
ntetee .t.
'
• •
e hiett„.
tater
'eteelee
•.oentle
MI: ,
,
s?)--:c1tY OL,
-...
lurith strz...z. em,,,,
,.. a 't.:.1e..-'-:„.,
aduM
e and honove.ry
kw:a-elation crt
miry College. Trsett tlieeseee of
Or-
t1e Ankoa2r 1.),y tho mostmot=
e , DentistrY and tittle Itteve
gee Office opposite. Dick'
gers le e
setent;en.
_
..eet; Ser..tortite MI Tpr-
,044
4,0
horel44recdvE
t=4
011,12 lec,sived &t talc,
Tette
C. 3. IV. -KAR, ef.D.C.II
425 Richmond street, London, Ont.
Specialist: Surgery and Genito-Urin-
arr Diseast.s of men and women,
_
V. J. BTYR,ROV/8.
mente� rd'—Gc4erici etreet
Oat of tea -taetteet church, Seatertie.
resase Coreeer for the Countt
•ot Heron.
SCOTT eki.A.OKAY.
G. Scott, graduate of Victoria land
College of Phyeicians and Surgeons,
Ann Atbrer, and member of the .Ontario
itotoner for he County of Huron.
ea Mackay, honor gradnate -ofTrinity
Unite -Laity, and geld medallist of Trine
it" Medicel College; member et. the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeona,Cntaeio
DR, N. TIUGY1 ROS,S.
Greeite-„te a ;,-.5nlygreity of Ilterouto-
r- acalty of medicine'member of Col-
tege of Physicians and Surgeons of Oita
torte ;- Rasa graduate couries,in Chicago
Olucal School of Chicago; Royal Opite
thae`atic Hospital, Londeze, Engle ;,
Iveraity Colleen Hospital, Londoe
Itagisad. Offieseellack of the Metinioe
Xenia Seatorth.e Phone No. Night
• amswered ftom residence, Ytateris
eerest, ,Meaf orth.
AUCTIONEERS.
MOW:A BROWN.
teteseeeod auctioneer for the cotnatiee
41 Naos and Perth. Correepondenct
rasairsieuts for sale dates can be amide
ay cellist; up Phone 97, Seafoeth,
Elea Expoeitor office. Charge° reader
aht aid eatiefaction avereeteeet.
JOHN ARNOLD,
Licensed aactioneer tor the counties
et Huron and Perth. Arrangements for
Sale dates can he made by calling, up
Phone 41, Seeforth, or The Expositor
Office. Charges moderate and sattestac-
tion guaranteed
B.
B. M. PHILLIP&
Licensed auctioneer for the counties
ad Huron and Perth. Being a practical
tsraier and thoroughly understanding
the value et tarrastock and implemehts
piaces• toe In a better position to re -
Satisfaction guaranteed or no pay. Ail
adze good prices. Charges, moderate.
orders left in Exeter will- be promptly
ettelontlY answered. Inimediste ar-
attended to:
C. P. R, Tirue Table
GU(Iipli. and GO. ,t -ti tifax1011
TO TORONTO
• Goderich Lv. 7 1.6 a in p
Auburn
7 30 " 2.'25 "
AS At' 4' za5 $
alyth................
%Yahoo '. - . . .. , .... " 7.52 " 2.47 1
iiilvertorr;....- ... - -‘1 8. :5 " 3,20 "
Linwood, Jot . ....... " -.15 ' b.40 "
Eloalio _ .. _„... 9.0 $ 4.00 "
r.
Guelf$13....., . .. .. . - 9 2i " 4.23 44
Etuelph Jot, „ ....... " '. a I , " 6.05 "
oroate„..,.,.....,« An o ie " GM .
FROM TORONTO
Yaranta•.,•••••••••.ev. 7-10 l• ma
ehieltit 4e.t •• 4 4 4 *.0, a • ...o, Ar '4 "
Ouelph....,.....— "
r..„'entire .------------ : ;A '0 "
Linwood J......$.. " I : " 7,48 "
Idilverton,......— "
Walton-- ... 4 4 4 4.4 " •.! 4 . ti.:.16 f4
Myth. . „ $ „ :, 3.48 •
sloderlak.. p. tn. 9.26 "
Conneetions at Linwood for Listowel, Om
eotionz A 01Yeillbt Jdt. will' main line for Galt
foodstook,toildoti, Be rot tut Obioazo an e
oter_mediate lines,
4.30')
e. -L0
6,6G
7122"
1
By 11ARVIN DANA
FROM THE PLAY OF
BAYARD yEILLE:
Copy gilt-, las, by the K. Pi
company.
re; 4ar,s n paid he fare and then
eiped the ,giri to alight and on 1
he hallway. lkfary went - with him
qnite unafraid, though now with a
t"fig'curidity.'
The two entered and we.nt slowly up
twee flights of „stairs. On the Janding
beynud the third flight the door of a
rear 'flat stood open, and in the door -
'Way appeared:the figure of a; Avornan.
"Weil, .To, Who's the :11...Oat?" this
ernou demanded as tint and hill
Mary Wore Fine Clothes.
, -
charge halted ,ljefore her. Then,
abruptly, the round, baby -like face -of
the woman pueiered in amazement.
Iler voice rose shrill, Well, if it ain't
Mary Turner!" ,
-
•o began eattate.
• It`sc:faet wthbeitebbesdbewhoar4kedstri; e
rlihi t taake wholesome e0118e-
cittene,e she felt for the !inv.-no:genuine
respect, only detestation as .for the
enitome of injuetice. Tet, sties -gave it'
a superficial- respett, born or' 'those
three yearn cf. -suffering which- had
Neer:tile result of the penalty intilet-t
ed. oilier. Now; in the paragraph she
had just read she found a clew to sug.
geetiVe tholight, a „hint as to a Means
by which she "night satisfy her raneor
against the law that had outraged her,
and this in safety since she would at-
tempt -nought save that ,within • the
CHAPTESI, V. t
Keeping -Within the 1..44..„
heart leaped atthe pos.
_sibility back ,of those,..three
-Wordi, "Within the She
e Might do anything, seek atit
. , , _
revenge, work iturevir, enjoy ligynnts-
terv as low; as She Atould kbep
in the law, Ttere conld be uti pun-
ishment then. • was --the 1 (15St) n
taught by the eaptain:in high finance,
cosi sto 'inep‘fli ;11 stupen4
4 To :not end lie elnploy4 lawyers of
mighty Mill Ding and. learning, to Ode
I Seeps aright, in suclOtortuous, nettle;
&here. then, Was the secret*, Why
-shoulq ehe not- use the Jike inenlis?
Why, Indeed? She had-hrai ns ow ugh
_I to ' devise, surely, beyond that he
needed °nix .to, keep lier course nitist
carefully within those limits of wrong-
doing permitted. ,e statutes, -Tee
sole requirement would be a laeteer
equally oneeetipelous and astute,
She to-ok Joe Garson. into her eootl-
deuce., Ito whe vaetly a:elm:ha-led at
the onteet and )10t tFilte
I" his view thin plan off 'red. merely a
-faehton of_ setting difficalties -the,
way of achievement
Presently, however, the slecerity and
pereistence of -the girl won, him over.
The teak of , cenvluoing him _would
bate been easier haa eimeelf ever
known the torment of serving a _ teem
le prison. Thus far, however; the fene
ger bed etwos ei4eatied the penalty
• for lit!, 61 though onen elese to
cenviction: Bet te ry`e atguments were
of ft. compelling eort_ as she set them
forth i u data ill nd CiTe teen g Ned t bat'
the experiment b(1. matte,
An agteement wes" Made by Which
Joe Gerson ana cerittin-of• his more
"Aggie!" Was the ,reply.
In the time th t followed Mary lived
pled with -her br therf 4mi-a pielvoeir-
i
n the' flat Win h Aggie Lynelt ocen- '
et much esteemed among hie fellow ,
eraftsmen. The period wrought trans-
formaftons of a radical and •IteWilder-
ing sort in both the 'appearance, end
the character of the girl.
Joe. Gerson, the forger, bad long been
acquainted With Aggie and her broth -
or, thoogh he considered them far be-
neath him in the social scale, since
their criminal work was ;not of that
high kind on whieh lie Prided himself.
But as he cast about fer soine woman
-to wbora he:Might take the hapTess
girl he had rescued his thoughts fell
on Aggle. He was relieved rather
than otherwise to bail" that there was
already an acanaintance between the
two women, and' the fact that his
charge had Served time in prison did
not Influence him one jot against her.
- Mary let herself drift, It seemed to
_her that shie had abandtmed herself to
fate In. that hour when she threw her-
self into the river, ;Afterward, -with-
out any volition on her part, shp had
been restored to life and set within an
environment neve and strange to her,
in which soma, to her surprise, shp
discovered a vivikpleasure. So sh4
fought ge more, but left destiny to
worktits -Will, unhampered by her fu- "
tile strivings.- e
Vor. the first time In her life, thanks
to the hespitality q Aggie Lylecti, 'se-
cretty re;enforced from the funds of
Toe Gerson, Miery Anita heyself living
In luxurious klenesi, itlerie her every
wish could be gratified by the merest,
mention of it She was fed OD the -
'daintiest of fare, she was clothed with
the moi delicate richness for the fIrst
time ae to those motetmysterioue gar-
ments Which women love. In addition,
there were as many of books and mag
-
nines as she could wi.etei
Her pin& long starved tike her body,
seized avidly- on the nourishment tiles,
tlltorded. In this interest Aggie lotd
no share—Was perhaps a little envi-
ous over Alary's absorptiqe In printed.
pagee. Agee took a vest- pride in her
guest, with the u nn istakable air of -
elegance, and she d red to dreani of
great tritimphs, to °Me. though as
yet she carefully eve der], any sugges-
tion to Mitiy of wro igdoing.
, In the end the sugg etion came from
Mary Tin•ner berseIf. td the great elite
paise oft -Aleghte and, tiluth to tell, of .,
letrtelf. 1 i
There were to factors thet c k.ily
.110_11e/iced her decision. The firs eels
due to the feeling that, Iduce the -world
had rejected her, she need no longer
concern herself with the world's hltin
fen or retain any -SCI'aples over It
Back of this lay her bitter sentiment
to*ard the man -.W410 lin d beet) t lit' .9i- -
use of her -decision on an irregular
. .
inode 6f life was an editorial he one
a the daily newspapers. This was a
scathing arraignment of a master In
high finance. The Rola of ;the writ -
rect cause of her imprisonment Et..
ward .
The factor .that was the Immediate
er's attack, was the grim sarcas lot
Uhl]. dren C rsr I such metheds of thievery as ar kept
within the law. That phrase held the
- d's fancy, and she read the article
letain with -a quickened interest. Then
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI-A
•
trnsted Intimates in the" enderworld
W(110 to put themselvee under the or
ders pf Mary coneerning the sphere of
their activities, Furthermore, they
bound tbemseives. not to engagein any
derions bueiness without tier consent
Aggie, too, was one ot the company
thus coostituted, but she figtirectlittle
tai the preliminary discussions, since
neither elary nor „the forger had much'
eespect for the intellectual capabilities
-et the adventuress, though they appret
elated to the full hey remarkable powtt
ers of influencing men ;t0ter wille
It was not difficult to find a lawyer
eulted to theneceesttiee of the ender
-
taking. Mary selected SigiSmundttar-
ris, an attorney, just in _the prieJe of
his: mental edgers, who possessed a
knowledge of the law only to be equal -
&1 by his disrespect for it '
Forthwith the same was set in op-
eratione As a first step Mary 'Turner
Aggio's Winsome Innocence.
Ihecame a young lady of independent
fortune, who had living with her a
ecouslie Miss Agnes Lynch. The fiat
3
was abandoned. In its stead eve ' an
apartment in the Nineties on Itiveiside
- drive, in which the ladies lived alone
with two maids to:serve them. ,
.Gtirson bad roomsin the neighbor-
hood, but Jim Lynli, who persistently
•refueed the eonditioes of such an alli-
ence, betook himself afar, to continue
dlis reckless gathering of ether . fplk's
money in such-, wise as to make hirn
amenable to the law the very first time
he should be caught at it
A. few tentative Ventures resulted in
tooth so large that the company greW
mightily enthusiastic over the tictvel
111.1101101' 'of worklag. In each instance
Harrie was consulted and Made his
confidential statement as to the legali-
ty of thing proposed. After a few
pet fetitly legal breach of promise Bettis
, due th Aggle's winsome innocence of
demOmor, had been settled advan-
tageoPsly out of court Mary detised a
scheme of greater elaborateness, 'with
1the legal acumen of the lawyer to in -
dome it in the matter of safety, It
'• was planned- as the Swindlingof a
swindler, Which, In feet, had now be-
come the secret prinelple in Mary's
..merali-ty. .
A gentleman possessed of some
,gleans, none too serupulous himself,
'tint with high finaneial 'aspirations, ad-
vertised for a partner to invest capital
In a business sure- to bring large re-
turns. This advertisement taught the.
eye of Mary. Turner, and she answered
it An introductory correspondence'
encouraged her to here for the victory
in a game of cunning agginst cunniug.
She conelelted with Hants end espe-
, daily sought from him detailed Infer -
4,004
- -
on to partners aw.._ts
• =
liferprtlistett4iYa:Sell
I110001) With the. edvertbier., By the
terms of their agreement depos-
-- ited $30.060 to the -partnerehtleadtenni,
.1"hie WaS Ostensibly
tit 1)e devoted ,to .the • ptOchase. of p
trflOf of ,WhIch afterivarcl
be ztliVidedfinto lota and ',resold': to the-
puhlie ,enotexteo$ - profit: 'As a mat-
ter -of faet. _the -ndeertlier'pletnied -to
make a spurious -purebase:of the tract
j.n question by peens of 'forged deedn;
granted by an laceempline; thus mak.
Ing through fraud ne Tient profit Of $30,7
_ .
.000.
No sooner was the $(10,000 depesit
in the bank than Alary:Tulmer drew_
otit the -whole amount, as she had a
perfect‘ right to do legally. When the-
adsertisee 'learned of this he -Fag, nat-
urally enough; full to evertiewieg teitli
wrath.' Bat eftir tntertiew Stith
Harris heawallowed his Wrath as hest
he might. He foend.he..ponicl not go
_
into court with clean heeds, which Is
a prime stipulation...,02,4he...44...though
C11 honored hi Lthe hi -eagle 'So he
let bimseif he raging' .51-
lenee.• 0 - • '
*v The eveht -established, ail the
'arbiter hi het'OV-.coterie, eShe ,.next
decided that a 'certain ,Geneeal Haet-
ings Would Make ae excellent sacrifice.
mettle altar of. justice----azd to her own
4nanAzial profit. The old, man WitS
notorious roue ef Most sa eo ry -rep-
utation as a -_deetrOyer Of innocenee•
It was probable that. he .would easily
fall victim to theingenuone (Oeteere
-of Aggie. As for that prececious dam-
sbe -would run no 'least risk of de-
-truction hy'the satyr:
General Hastings „met, Aggie in the
met casual way. He was captiveted
Li? her freslmc and beauty,. her de-
mueeness, her ignorencee)f, all thinge
eietous, StreightWay he. set snares.
Ile showered every gallant ottention
en the naite, bread and butter wise
aud sucteeded gratifyingly- S0011 ID
wi nn leg her .hcart-to all ape ea ra nee,
lila he gained nothing more; for the
eoy CL() (1110 abruptlY developed inuet
effective powers of ineletanee to every
blandiehment that Walt 1)e.'.v01,1(1 'stritt-
est Propriety', "hrdor cooled sui1.
denly when 'larvae served a sientmone
itt.4.atit for $10,000- deniages for
hreaeh promien, •
Even whileethle• fatale wes still lb
the, cou ine o fexecu ti on alery to elle Iler.
ellaeneaged in a tared:ion Viet oil:erect
at hetet h011e attitining'her great
desire-reeeoge agniust • Ed Wil rd
• der, This opportunity eame le the
person of his ehn, Dick. After much
ntriving, she got Introduction to
the eerdng man. FerthWith she show-.
ed herself so delleiottely evonemly, $o
intelligent, -Fi0 daintily femininee- so
singularly 'beautiful that . the yeung
Man WEIS 0111111101'0d almost •at once.
'1he fact thrilled Alttryto- the depths
of. her heart, foe in thie ion of the man
whom she hated she saW the instru-
Ment of vengeance for „which she hadt
so longed. •Yet this one thing was Se
vital to her that She stlid nothing of
her ; purpoeen, not even .to, Aggie,
-though that obseryanteyerson .zaay.
have possessed suspiciopeemore,ot less
near the truth., ,. . •
It was some such suspicion that lay
behind her speech as,:in negligee, she_
sat smOking a cigarette, .wilile Watch -
fug hiery, .who was adjusUng her hat
hefore the mirror Of her dressing table
one pleasant spring morale&
"Dollin! up.a whole lot, ain't you?"
Aggie remarked affably; with- that lax-
ity of language Which eharacterized
her natural moods:,
"I have a very important engage-
ment with Dick Gilder," Mary replied
tranquilly. .•
-
"Nice boy, ain't liet" A.ggle' ventur-
ed insinuatingly. ; • •
lnclIf-
.the pictpre bat to an engle a trifle
ferent answer from Mary. -as she tilted
aao"rooth, jatusntuyp.pose so," came a the
"I don't get you, Mary. You never
used to look at the n3en. .The way you
acted when you Brst run round with
me, I thought you ,sure- was a suf-
fragette. And then you met this
young Glider—and—good night, aimed"
Zttil?oi'd man sen.de y-Ou eip'- for a
stretch for something you didn't do,
and you take up with his- son
"And yet you --don't understand!"
There was scene for such gross 'atupieV
ity In the musical voice.. ,
Aggie choked a little from. the cigar-
ette stnoke as she gave a gasp when
suspicion of the tiuth suddenly dawn-
ed on her slow Intelligence. -
"Holly gee!" Her voice came In a
treble shriek of apprehension. "I'm
wiser'
"But yob_ emuet Understand" tide,"
Marl Went on, With.an .authorltatlite
note in her voice. "Whatever may be .
betweenyoungGilder- and me Is to be
strictly my- own Affair., -.It had abso-
lutely nothing to do with- the rest of
you or With our
making; And, wit
want to know
chemise for ,monee"
t is-netore, Agnes,
at you meant by,
talking in the -pu 11c street yesterday
with a common pickpocket." Aggie's childlike face changed swift-
ly its expression front a sly eagerness -
to sullenness, -
"You know perfectly well, Mary Tur-
ner," she cried indignantly, "that I
only said a few- words in passInt to
my brother Jim Andbe ain't no com-
mon pickpocket Huily gee! He's the
bed dip in the businels."
"But you must not be seen speaking
with him," Mary direeted, with a cer-
tain aireof command now become ha -
Dr. Morse's.
Indian Root Pills
are just the right Medicine for the -
children. When they are Constipated-
-when their kidneys areout of order
—when overindulgence in some
favorite itood gives them indigestion „.
—Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills will .
quickly and surely put them right.
Purely vegetable, they neither sicken,
weakeaorgeipe,likeharshpurgatives.
Guard your eltildeten't 'molds by
.alwaye keeping a box of pr. Money,.
Indian Root ?Mils% the beuse They
-
tieep the ,Chilldren %vial
'littler' to among Xne Ineniners or
her, *pie, y eonsin,;Miss Agues
Lynch,: lutist be very c refill as to her,/
...associaites."
"kb jilst stopped me to,any..it's been,
the best year be ever 11644" she ex...,
plained, With onteutatietts vanity. .
'"Etow can that'be, when the dead
line now is John 'street?'
I"The „dead liner Aggle, .sco
"Witte Ilm takes lunch every •day
. = li
•-*•-etaeiVata
-;Ottt
etott
"40
"I have an irnportnt-..engagerne
Diolc'elldert,
t with
the Mill street Delmonicoes. d only
-
yesterday he went down to ponce •
headquarters justelor a little exelto
mut, 'cense SIM dies sure het 11 din!
life. Say, be told: me they'v got a
Teat at the door with 'Telco ' on it
In 19feet-8 three feet high. • No s, what
xdo on think of that! And, t. le yesl"
,she continued happily, itilin, ie lifted
a 'leather from a bull -who tv,1 e stand,.
Ing' in the hallway there at/ 11 valciner-
tees! Jim sure does love excitliment2'
Mary lifted her dark. eye1rows in
half amnsed inquiry. '
"it's no use, Agnes," she lechtfecl,
thoughwithout entire sine trity; "X
can't quite keep up with you thieves'
argot—your slang, you kno v lust
w hat did this brother of youi do?"
"Why, he copped the copp s Itele,"
.Aggie tranelated, glibly.
Mary threw out her hands th a gs-
titre of dismay.
Thereupon the adventuress instantly
assu ed a mot ladylike an mincing
air which ill assorted with he cigar
-
eat, that- she held- between er lips.
. "He gently removed 4 lent 'tern' Wal-
let," she said sedately; "co Wining a
Inge num of money from the coat
pocket of a member sef the -defective
force." The elegance of utteeance was
inimitably donee But in the next ine
stentethe ordinary vulgarity of euun-
elation Was In full play again. "Oh,
gee!" she cried gayly. "H. says In-
spector 'Burke's, got a gold switch that
weighs a ton, ma' all set witjt dianaonts,
which was give to 'int tiy adrairini
friends! *We didn't contri , te." - •-•
"Given to him," Meryl corrected,
with a tolerant smile.
"What difference does it either' Ag-
gie demanded scornfully. "He's got
it, ain't he? Just as SOcIl as I get
time I'm goin' after that watch-'-he-
lhete rael" I
"No, you are not Yea ai0e under My
orders now And as long as yon are
working with us yon w break no
laws." ,
"But r can't see"— Ag e began to
argue with the 'petulance lof a spoiled
child. ' • • •
"When you were work g alone did
you have a home like this " -
- .
"Or such- clothes? tifo t of all, did
you have safety from th police?"
"No; but, just the s e I -can't
ma e their for tnes„ not be-
-
• "Agnea, thylchest men in this vim -
try have
cause of the law, but itt1 spite of the
Jaw, They made up theft minds what
they wauted to do and t en they en-
gaged lawyers ,clever eneugh to shOW
them hoe?' they conicl dt it and "still
keep within the lawttt. 'ny one with
!vales eau get rich In t s country if
he will engage the right aWyer. Well,
I haVe the brains, and IIiirris is show-
ing me the law—the .wot derful twist-
ed law that was made for the rich.
Since we keep inside tit) law ;we are
safe.
"And *noir I must be if to a most
Important epgagement 1th Mr. Dick
Gilder." , t
CHAPTER'
A Tip.- Feem Head
AGGIE gave herself
cigarettes in '
sprawled out in
- comfort never
finishhig school foe you
. the, coming of Too Gari
esually In and out of th
!lumber of times daily, p
tome. diversion, Aggie
response to bis question
gone out to keep an en
Dick Gilder. *
"Mary has been with
deal lately," he said,
btglie
"That's what," was
meat.
"Think she's stuck on ra?"
"Why not?" Agee r torted; "Bet
your life Pet be it La a chance.
He's a swell bey, and b 0° fatherta got
the cola toe."
i At thiethe man move impatiently,
' end his eyes wanderectilo the window.
Again Aggie studied hi with* a awift
glance ef laterrogation.
"Joe, if there's anything on your
mind shoot _
;tartars.
over to more
easy chair
n attitude a
aught in any
ladies. Soon
la whit Waft
apartment a
ovided a wet;
explained in
hit Mary bad
'gement with
him- a good
alfque.stion-
.
e curt agree -
—
P 0 0
COPY
'4;44
7
"ICS Ala ry," '100 eXpill 1400. wIrt:
some embarras...nent; "her and young _
Grlidu f'..." - , • - -
"Well ?" camethe crisp question.: -
"Weil,: somehow." thirson 'went on, 1
. still somewhat confusedlY, ''I ea:1'es _
any good of it for her." -
i.c.73,y, Aggie demanded
p, r ,
"Old 1111U Glider's got e pig pull, and
if he °caught on to his boY'S g0 i 13g Vv;ith
-Mary bed. be likely tosend the police
after eisesrottgi Believe me; ..1 'ain't
looking for any till) tip the river,"l •
,. "We- fdn't done nothinthey.- can
touch us for. .',Afary says so."
, "Whether we've done anything or
' whether w4 haven't don't matter," he
.objelitede ((Once the police set out
after you they'll get you ussia ain't
seem pulled Off in this town,"
,in it withotne of:the thiegs I have
' "Oh, can 'that 'frail talk!". Aggle ex.
elainied rOughlv.' "1 tell-vou they can't
get us. We've got our 'fingers cressed."
-A nolse at the hall door Interrupted
her, and slle looked up to See a Mall,
while behind him appeared the maid,
protesting angrily, - - -
".Never mind that announcing': thing
with me," the newcomer' raspedto- the
expotulating Servant in .8 vette that
suited well:hiS thick .set figitre, with
the bullet plaaped .licad_ and the hinl-
like neck. . Ile. evas Oile.sitly, Who had
had Mary' lra
nrner in 1318 erg4 on the
i:
-occanien --0 ' her ill fated YISI t to- Ed -
Ward ,GlIde 's office four years ,before.
"I-Iellie Joe!" he: cried familiarly.
"Hello, Aggie!"
"4-Ittell?" oe den3a nded,
a 1 tile friendly eall," Cassidv
M311°1111(.0(i. ill lits strident vole
"where's t le lady of •1130„house?"
"Out" • ,gle spoke very -sharply,
"Well, Jt ,e," Cassidy went on, "when
.she eomes'pack !net tell, her it's tip to
her to make a getaway and to matte It
41'1.1.t;," .A." ggleeetorted vielouslye
•
t ean't threw any, Scare- Into it You
hain't got anything on us.. See?"
-. "Nothing on you, eh?. Well, well,
let s see." Caseicly regarded Gerson
with a grin. "-You are Joe.Garson,
forger." As• Itt. spokethe detective'
teok a notebook from a pocket, found
a page, and then read; "First arrested
In 1801 for forging the name of Edwin
Goodsell to a check for $10,000„ Again
.arrested June 19. 1898, for forgery
Arrested -it April, 1898, for foegiet'e the
signature of Oscar Iletatnenwayto a
serles .
of bonds that were counterfeit
Arrested as the men back of the Reilly
gang in 1903. Arrested in 1008 for
foravryecsa't any records ef convietions,
have your' . .
"No, but we've got the right dope on
you, all right, Joe Garsoxe” He turn-
ed savagely tut the girl. •
"And you're little Aggie • Lynch,"
Cassidy declared AS he thrust the note.
ewe.
---------,4,44-ms 4ft4f -444-., 44
.
tee;
"Jsthat all you'vti got bout hailtt. Gar -
son demand.
.book back into his pocket. "dust now
`you're posing as Mary Turner's cousin.
. You served two years In Burnsing for
blackmail. You were arrested in Buf-
falo, convicted and served your streteh.
Nothing on you Well, 'well!"
Again there was triumph In the of-
ficer's chuckle. Ile vrentton speaking
with 'obvious enjoyment of the extent
to which In knowledge reached.
"And the Ilea of the, gang is Mary
Turner. Arrested four years ago for
robbing the Emporium. Did her stretch
of tdiree years." , . -
"Is that .all you've got about ber.?"
Gerson demandesi with ouch abrupt-
ness that Castddy forgothitt dignity
*sufficiently to answer with an unquali-
fied yes.
'Nothing in your cord of her about
her coming out : WI out, a friend in
the World and tryi g to go etra1ght7
You ain't got notbljng lit that pretty
little book of yourto about yourrag
Ito the millinery store where she finally.
got a job and tipping them off to where
she Come from?' I: _
I "Sure, they was tippqd off. We got
i to protect the city,' - t
I"Got anything- In that record of
youen," Garson went 'on venotaously,
I
'bout her getting another job and
1 your following her up again and bat -
1
Ing her thrown out? Got it there about
I the letter youbadold Gilder write, so'
: that his _ infinence would get her
canned,"
"Oh, we had her right the firSt time."
"You dld not. , She was railroaded
for a job she never doue, She went
In honest, and she eame out honest,"
•
"Ai flews wlay ene'n liere now iri
a pi ng croo1z,,7 Oft:it:My- ,tfitort
'• where elset.lionld She her:Gar
&mantled viiiiently. "Yon ain'tgtit
nothing in t hat record abolit tny
inf.; int 0' river her her. That's
where1.----foned her-ta girl that I
11e, nobody any harm. starving be -
,41 3,011 eoljpe giVe lwr a
elia:iiee 10 Work. In the river because
take the only other way
that, woe left her to Make a living, be
ehe et es keeping etc:14;1W._ fiave
'on Wit a ny of that in your healer
ei
(10 tit‘:!:(1,,j'i‘,11(1.•(::1):-ItleliniLlos°.• Itvbeentt ;,tv33'14ttbis
8.41:7101f‘ttryelli:Igt_ot:ail:ti
-We don't seare worth a- cent22-1---
, eetappede with the -Virulence Of a,
vieen. -You can't lip. anything to
Wk• ain't broke the law," tame'
len ripple' of laughter, end the
f:ta b
:.1ujit,,iig; lips cr
uved JOS/01181:Y she
n -Though perhaps we have bent
yotrvie got the tip." Catssidy
Iiieestlitt)-113i(:id.flitlsoei-nthottrt idliisscoowletne.itt91:t.z;31ftuept
to you to take ett,ttleats„ all. If you
tlon't one of yen will mnke lt leng
with eeme people mit ef.town. ainl 01
prohably be Mary. Renternber. m
giving 11 (0 yoo"stralglitie
taesidy turned..and went noisily
of the drawing moue. As s
the outer door doe° behind tb
tive Aggie,s expression Veit?vi
"The truck horse detective!
sneerect "An eighteen eollar 11111
rix mein half bat! He Sure had his
nerve teeing to bluff us!"
-Perhaps it waelfett 11 hititt,_ Aggie,
°arson suggested.
"Well,- what have we done, k
° rws'o4n'*41' antwered. with a
note �
riness- that was unlike him.
It 41lift what you have donet
aid quietly. quietly. "It's What thei can lilak
a- jury think you've dime. And,. once
they set out to get youerGadt,- ho'
they -elm fraine things! If they eve
start out efterMery"—. tui.41.141 11101
finish the _sentence, but Sank.. down
-
into his chair with a groan thattwag
almost of despair.
r
I
CHAPTEft
A t.enai Document.
ABS TURNER spent less
an hour in that mYsterio
important engagernept wIt.
Dick Gilder of Which she had
speken to Aggle. After_ severe -
from the young man she 'went a-
down Broadway, walking the
blocks of distance to Siglemamil
riS• 'a°rrte.
Hregarded his client with as
appreciative eye as he bowed in gre
ing and Invited her to a seat,.
"I sent yoer cousin, Miss Agnea
Lynch, the release whieh she Is
heexplained,. "when she gets that
money from General Hastings. I wish
you'd look it over when you hate titer
IIt's al) right, I'm sure, but I approc1a4
your opinion things, Miss Turner -4i
particularly of lege' documents." "
."Thank yet," Mary nil& "AndttaV4
elm beard -from thein yet?"
"Nis," - the' lawyer 'replied;
thenteuntil tomorrow. If I don't hes,*
the I shall start suit- at once," -thei
the lawyer's manner became un
bland and _self. set/stied IS be
a driViir ..of the den' nod*
--forth-. a rather formidable wen
document, bearing a most iniprese
sena • "
"Yon will -be glad te knew,"
on 'etuctieusly, ,"that 1 'Was en
sudeefisful In carryingtout thatal
rum as to the Injnnotion., d
Miss Turner, Portia was a* qua
-baby'cOrnihirell'. With yen.
"Think you again," Mary answeredei
as she took the legal paper, rev.
nunnent-herglance ran. over the words!'
of the page. • ,
"It'ssplendid!" she &CIO -
"D1 -
you have Mach trouble 19 getting it?
'Wb, -
y, eke," he declare& "But at t
outset when 1 made the requeet.th
WO' just- nearly tell off the bench;
Then I ahowed him that Detroit e
to which you had drawn my attentio
and the upshot of it all was that mhilt_
gave e what I wanted withadt
whimper. He couldn't • help bhp
you know."
That mysterious &emelt With the
imposing seal reposed safely hi Marfa?
bag when she returned to the *Part;
rant
Mary had namely received froni
gie as account of Cassfdy'll threat**
Ing Invasion when the maid =noun*
that Mi, Invin had called. -
"Show biro 1n,1 Mary directed.
"Who's the gtnit?" Agee demanded.
"'fon ought to know. He's the la
yer retained by General Heating*
the matter of a certainlereach4prte*
Ise suit" -
"Hope bete brought the money.
"Leave the rootnenow,"-.MM orde
ebart: vservut"rWe Lanenendl-uleaeeayti.etoev3reoryu,geonie olbt
Merely follow my lead. And, Atti
Continued t, Week.
:�hildre:
FOR
CASTORILA