The Morning herald., 1877-03-19
CORD AND cREEsE
CHAPTER XIII.
THE STRANGER.

@philipsl' cried Potts. "rll have de-
v" "That would be MURDER" said the stran.
orr with peculia: emphasis.
His tone stung Potts to the quick.
AVON appear to take me for born fool,
he cried, striding up and down.
uNot at all. am only an agent carry
mo out the instructions of Others"
ilpotts suddenly stopped in his walk.
""Have you all those papers about you?
lie hissed. ,-.ar ras aas s
"All." &#
Potts looked around. J. The door was
locked They were alone. The stranger
essilv read his thoughts. a
mo use" said he, calmly. "Messrs.
Bigslov, Higginson, & Co. would miss me
i ANYTHING happened. Besides, l may
ss we'll ell you that 1 am armed"
The stranger rose up and faced Potts,
WHILE from behind his dark spectacles, his
eyes seemed to glow like fire. Potts re-
treated with curse. r,,~--r.
'Mcssrs. Bigelow, Higginson, & Co. in
trnctel me to say that if am not back
with the money by tomorrow night, they
will at once begin action, and have your
son arrested. They will also inform Smith
en & Co., 10 whom they say yeu are in
debtea for over 100000. So that Smith
es & Co. will at once come down upon
you for payment"
"Do Smithers & Co. know anything
about this% asked Potts, in voice of in
tense anxiety.
"They do business with you the same as
ever, do they not?" ,...n
"Yes:" ,- 4
"How do you suppose they can know it?
"They would never believe it."
"They weuld believe any statement
nadeb Messrs. Biselow. Kigginson, &
Co. Ny seniors Fave been on your track
fora long time, and have come into con-
necton with various parties. One man
VINO is an Italian they consider important.
lhey authorize me to state to you that
hls man can also prove the forgeries."
"Who% gasped Potts.
"ilis name is Cigole."
'Cigolev
"Ys."
"D- him p ...
'lm may damn him, but that won't
sn sMn him." remarked the other, mildly.
W wei, = what are you going to dow
EOTd Potts.
Yesent r. you the offer of Messrs. Big
H!gslnson, 4 Co.," said the other,
'N calm pertinacity. Upon it depend
ln' SI, fortune and your sons life.'.
nHn 1lov long are you going to waitv'
LII evening. l leave tonight. Per-
s you woald like to think this over,
give you till three o'clock. If you de-
pe T 10 accept, all we'll if not, 60 back"
las 1 stranger rose, and Potts unlocked
door fer him.
al.e' he left Potts sat down, buried in
own reflections. In about an hour
lrk came in. ~ "A ''0''
wen. Johnnie" said he, whats up?
look down-any trouble w ~
=. a.. ';'s ;ns rotts toid Clark the story of the
snt en- i? interview. Clark looked grave, and
ok Ok his head several times ~
d. nau' n, oad bad p said he, slowly, when
% ,aI nao e1ded. : You're in tight place,
ana don't see what you've Got to do
knock under" "
,ro long silence followed.
"aen aS dld that chap say he would
Tonight"
mother silence.
lsn! suppose" said Clark. I'VE can find
now he goes?" ~ A" !
supp suppose so,' returned Potts, gloomilv,
S'.IvoOay .M ~ might go with him or follow ..
,t S|d Clark, darkly. ]
"p0ked .s at him. The two exchanp. e
'ss Of intelligence, q
,~ee, you pay your monev. and get e
Sn 4ess back. 1t would be foolish to :,
hsn 5'a get away with SO much money, L
iT't itTtlsu II, ana two thousand five hun fl
I&t s~ W, oe x, picked up every day. Let h
down y lil's Time, or try to. I can b
EutoIn 1D tl1e Inn this evening, and see :
abbon % ne man. l don't like what he I
on s,'a ne. call it backbiting," j
Pqts Pot axe q a|1 proper view of the matter"
W" w" . Hes dangerous. He'll be 9:
!S%;aeSl. S;s , What l don't like about n
las, ,tsoold'bloodedness," so =! q
sI %SS come hard" . .. = =
ivy Il arrange it that way, shall I:
a9Ji and I,PII pay over, and get your docu- Ii
h,ol Il Try my hand at getting the p,
,,t Mck ; I've done harder things re re
lad !" my time, and SO have you al
h.. n,
'aa ''ene;nber few" sa
'''''Vf II this man knows any of p,!i
sd u said aid. Potts, p, cofiden,ly. "He would F.,
nt nt SC Something" G. G.
trmh,, Ut :, 100 sure. The fact is, I've ab
sronn nu e. ever since that girl came :
with .itbs =. on US. What are you going 90
I'hnoy," ,Sn,,, growled Potts. "leep g!
H. IsJf 1sr to me-" e'