The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-15
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Harold and toll him everything, add
ing that thefe was not the ilightest
cause to fear these two miscreants. Be-
fore he returned to meet them would
havea settlement with Messrs. Dicoe
and Huke, which, to say the least, wonld
leave them in a demoralized condition.
As II fortune was PLAYING into our
hands, this same Discoe had written
me letter In which the whole truth
was told. and this letter was now in the
hands Of Detective Cone. True, he was
amenable to the law for piifering the
missive, but he would not be made to
suffer, since it had turned out so we'll.
~ presume you came to New York to
get the $40, O00"
"You guessed it the first time, and,
what's more. I'm going to have it.
Keep that smoking in your pipe. Why
didn't you send it before?"
"That twice offered it to you ought
to be proof enough that meant to keep
my pledge, but three weeks ago matters
were SO bad with me that / couldn't
have raised $1,000 if my life had been
at stake. +"
II don't believe - word Of it"
Nevertheless, it's true
"How are you fixed now?"
''I've got money to burn"
"Are you ready to hand it over9"
"Will you take my cheok?"
mot by a large majority. Them bits
of paper sometimes turn mp good for
nothing, but coin or green paper hits it
every time"
"Do you suppose I carry that amount
Of money round with me? have only
enough to pay my expenses for few
weeks"
'Then you must draw the money and
turn it over to us.
II will go into town tomorrow and
take it out Of the bank. I will come
back to Englewood on the afternoon
train and will meet you-where3 Here?"
He thought for moment. Then his
eyes CLEANED.
"At the old stone house on the right
Of the road half mile this side Of the
Palisades. You remember it, for it is
in plain sight from the road. "
"Yes, and path leads to it where
there is an occasional oopperhead. But
tell me how you knew I had come to
Englewood?"
II didn't know 1t. You used to talk
Of the place as being very pretty and
said you had notion Of making your
home there. It was all RuessWOrk on
my part"
"And mighty good guessing"
His face hardened again.
twas clear to me why he had select
ed this lonely spot for the passing Of
the $40, There were hundreds Of
places in New York where we could
have met and made the exchange with
out the slightest personal risk. But my
previous hesitancy convinced him was
unwilling to pay over 40 large a sum.
He suspected that would set some trap
by which the money would be saved
and he and his pal punished.
But if I were to meet him in the out
Of the way place, where no human be-
ing could give me help, nothing was to
prevent their working their sweet will
with me.
Nothing but-of that, however, later.
"Will You meet us at that place to-
morrow night, say at Q o'clock"
"Only Providence shall prevent me-"
was my firm reply. "I'm tired Of this
business and want it settled"
80 do we, and what's more, we're
going to have it settled You needn't
think there's any trick by which you
can euohre us. OF course you can go
back to the city tomorrow and stay
there. You'll keep us ont Of ths money,
but your life will pay the forfeit" l
How he longed to take me by the
throat but not half as much as ! longsd
10 take him by the lhrOatl How easily
I could wiring his neck, az il he were .
pigeoni How would love to crush him
to the floor and make him below for
msrcyi
But not yeti
Don't mind if I am few minutes
late, but il alive will be at the stone
house tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, and
I shall have $40. 900 in bank bills with
me"