Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-04-10

taks him out Of the ofiice 10 the bath
and change his civilian dress to the
garb Of q felou. There was . pile OF
Mangan's letters ON the desk before the
warden. and Raymond stepped over and
began to perusc them.
"I'll make you pay for thisi" said
Mangan.
"Indeeti!" sarcastically rrtorted Ray.
mond. "You will 10 here for q year.
When yoa get out, no ono will believs
your story. II by accident your where
abouts should be discovered. the CON-
mitment papers are against you. DO
you not know that you are doomed 10
solitary conhnementi Don't bother
me. Let me read"
lie picked mp another envelope.
"This is an ancient epistle. And 10
tho superior Of the Convent of Mercy.
~ you have been thieving. ehi You
professional moralists are practical
rifiians. But ] suppose your philoso.
ply springs from experience. Well
SEQ whats inside. Il may DO Of value
10 Mother St. Gertrude.
He drew forth the inclosure. Man.
gan watched him 10 note the effect.
Raymond's fsce flushed, the demon Of
evil seemed 20 poses him. AMI he shook
tho letter In MAngan's face.
Tho penitentiary Il the place for
Iou. You'll read the result of this at
The end Of the next three months, and
I'll 10 moro master then than now.
Warden, give mo match"
Tho warden and keepers were sur
prised. The warden came from behind
the railing. closed the doors leading to
the corridors. q premonition Of some
thing dreadful making him cautious TO
limit the number of witnesses. After
this he advanced 90 Raymond, handing
him q boz Of matches. Raymond lit
one. applied 10 20 an end OF the letter.
which he held until u burned close 10
bis fingers, and then. pressing the char
rel corner between bis forehnger and
thumb, threw u into Mangan's face.
Mangan stepped backward. The
Keepers understood his action 10 be that
Of fear. That ho was subdue,i they did
not doubt. and their arms went back
with his movement mechanically. Sud.
denly they felt his muscles swell with
tho tide Of temper. his arms twisted. In
. second he had hold of each man. In
another hs had knocked both their
beads together. and quick as q ball from
q catapult he had sent them rushing
against Raymond. and the three fell In
y heap.
The warden stood aghast. Ere he
had time 10 recover his senses and be-
fore Raymond and the keepers could
scramble 20 their feet. Mangan was be-
hind the rail and had In his hands q big
revolver that had hung upon the wall.
The hands Of all went up. ie walked
30 tho telephone. keeping his enemies
under cover. rang up central. asked for
the Office Of Tho Bugle. and hung MP
tho receiver 10 await the tintinnabula'
tions Of tho connected currents.
Raymond was the first 10 regain his
compo~ure.
"what are you going to do'" he
asked.
Bring up the editor Of Tho Bugle
and his legal adviser. I'll stay In here
after that until am released on . writ
Of habeas corpus. and tho proceedings
will proclaim your villainy."
"Mangan, I'll compromise. I'll sign
Q quit claim to tho Leland estate II you
do not ruin mel
Ting-aling.aling.aling!
The connection was made. The Bu.
gle ofiice was NJ near 90 Mangsn as
Raymond was. Newspaper men make
lightninglike conclusions In eDergcn.
Giles. Mangan knew Raymond would
not keep his word. and he knew also
that Raymond would BE- bold enough 20
repudiato the deed IL signed then and
there. ON the ground that duross had
been used. The keepers would perjure
themselves to strengthen their claims On
Raymond. There was no way 20 re-
store 20 Isabel her rights except on evi.
dence acceptable 20 the supreme court.
Mangan would gain nothing by enter
ing into legal complications now, but
would loss time-and time was every.
thing. Three months more and Ray
mond would be absolute master. lie
must postpone quarrels. All this fash.
ell acros. his mind while the telephone
bell was ringing. lie saw be had the
man before him scared and that he
could dictate.
"walk out into the corridor, all Of
you. and you open the doors. warden"
he commanded.
They obeyed. As he followed them
no took his letters OF the warien's de-k
and put them In his overcoat pocket,
still covering tho four. Tho warden
opened the doors.
Every one OF you stand up against
the wall In the rear Of the corridor. Bs
particular TO keep your hands above
your heads.
They marched back.
"what are you going 20 do about
this, Mangani" asked Raymond.
you'll hear too soon for your own
comfort" was all that was vouchsafed
him.
When they had reached the rear wall.
Mangan passed out through the door
ways and ran 20 catch passing car.
Its getting hot" he said TO him.
self NJ he allowed his mind 90 wander
back over the exciting incidents bc had
Just passed through. "lt's fun In one
respect, but u I cannot prove isabel's
paternity Raymond will have the
laugh. Mother Sc. Gertrude will carr
for Isabel. and I'll start straight for
Denver In the morning before ] get en-.
tangled In other plots"