Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-03-02


BILE himself to return. what then. Mr.
Bretti"
Then Mr.. Kavanagh will come out all
right. Every farthing the gallant old colo
mel can screw out of the affair Is made over
to Mr.. Kavanagh's account toward the pay
ment Of the mortgage. and if he only has
time he will certainly clear it of. The bust
ness is looking up at the pottery now.
Three kilns are In working order"
II think you said that Mr.. Kavanagh has
invested capital in other potteries"
1.-TWO or three small ones He snapped
them up the moment he heard that Hin
tons were going to turn their business into
a company, knowing that the first object Of
the company would be to extend the works,
which could only be done by buying up
these potteries. And the result proved the
justice Of his forethought. The company
would give him q check for the whole lot at
days notice."
And transfer the mortgage on Bell &
Gordon's pottery:"
"Oh. YES; they would take the risk Of pull
ing that through all right. A young COM
pany, you know, sir doesn't stick at trifles."
And il the company chose to foreclose-
as suppose they would-Mr. Bell would
be forced to abandon everything and 20 in
Q
the workhouser
"Oh, Of course. as man of honor, Mr.
Kavanagh would indemnify him out Of the
handsome profit he must make ON the spec
ulation."
"Just so, as man Of honor, he would"
assented Mr.. Pelham. and then turning to
me, with the slightest indication of wink,
he said in q tone Of assurance: "Well,
madame, you see your money Is quite safe.
Thank you, Mr.. Brett. II any one calls,
you can say that shall be back in an
hour"
The cab which had brought me from
Waterloo stood at the door. We got in,
and Mr.. Pelham. having directed the driver,
said, as he took the seat beside me:
II conclude the persons referred to by
Mr. Brett are the same that you are &C
quinted with, madame~
Eyes, they are the same"
"Well. you see how matters stand"
II think understand what he said"
OF course q great deal was less clear to
me then than have tried to make It In
this narrative.
Its pretty clear that Kavanagh is get
ting all his eggs In one basket for the con-
venience Of selling out and boiling ct .
moments notice. All these arrangements
sibility of Mr.. Gordon's return. need not
impress upon you the tremendous impor-
lance Of secrecy. The Merest suspicion on
catastrophe. There's one thing I can't
quito make out" he continued reaectively.
after pause Of some minutes, land that
Is why he has not made his position still
more secure by accepting 1t once the offer
nd hv a nj
- most people the value Of q bird In the
hand. 1t isn't likely that-a man who has
shown himself devoid Of principle and
feeling should be restrained by consider
alton for an old man-that he should jeo-
pardize his own future, though only in q
slight measure, merely to keep Colonel
Bell out Of the workhouse. ! think we
shall find that he has some stronger mo-
tive for this delay"
When the cab stopped, Mr.. Pelham left
me and took the check into the bank. In
few minutes he returned with q jubilant
! expression ON his face.
1T is perfectly correct. he said, stepping
briskly into the cab. Then he directed the
cabman to drive to Houndsditch. and as
we ratified on proceeded to count over the
bundle Of notes caressingly, as II the touch
Of the crisp paper was q real pleasure to
him.
Mr. Lazarus received us with unctuous
civility, and having counted over the notes
In his turn opened drawer and brought
out the letter from Peter Schemyl, which
he carefully read through once more.
"You have come only just in time, my
dear lady," said he as he began to fill up q
telegram form. Mr.. Schemyl leaves Mos
COW tomorrow"
But my friends are not In Moscow,"I
said.
mo; they are at Vorontskaya, I suppose.
It would never do for Mr.. Schemyl to re-
ceive telegram there from London. Do
you know whom he left in charge Of the
posthouse when he came away"
His brother Borgis, think"
"Ah, clever man, Mr.. Borgis Schemyl,
very clever. / congratulate you-one Of the
cleverest men in the business. He will get
q telegram from his brother at Moscow to-
morrow in all probability and put your
friends we'll on the road before Mr.. Sche-
myl returns"
"You think they will get away safelyf"
asked anxiously.
There's every hope il Mr.. Borgis has the
management. The only difficulty will be
in crossing the frontier, but If you have no
enemies here who are likely to warn the
police you may reasonably expect to see
your friends in three or four weeks time"
Commenting ON this interview as we left
Carter street, Mr. Pelham said:
Everything points to the necessity-the
vital necessity-of keeping Kavanagh in
ignorance of your escape. Even when Mr.
Gordon returns, Kavanagh ought not to
know it before we have obtained an order
for his arrest. At the first intimation of
danger he will try to slip through our fin
gers Now, where is Mr. Gordon likely to
20 when he reaches Londoni"
ITO Lambeth" replied without hesita-
ton.
"Why, that is the very place he ought to
avoid. Can you think Of no means of COM
municating with him before he arrives
here!"
After moments consideration l said
that it was probable he would call upon
the people who had helped me In Berlin.
Mr.. Hoffman and his wife.
considering all things Excuse me.
madam" he broke of, with an apollo
getic cough. but your hair behind has
worked little to one side. Considering
all things, as was about to remark, /" he
continued, when l had replaced the false
hair. do not you think it would be advis-
able to go to Berlin and wait there with
these friends until Mr.. Gordon comes"
NO" said. Il could not do that.
must be in England. l will write to Der
lin: that will answer the same purpose"
He shook his head doubtfully and
glanced nervously at my treacherous knot.
], too, felt that 1t would be wiser to 60