Arizona republican., 1898-11-13

the penalties Of the law the authors o.
 that forgery by which it had been ct
 tempted to v-rest her inheritance frou i her? Sh9rld he, who held brother's good n2-ne in his hand. place it within
 her power to seo1z this retri6ation? He ! vas TO longer the champion of Anlis i Dupont. Fer ono moment of passionate
 feeling, Of desperate temptation. il i seemed to him that he ccaid I'athlcssly
 sweep her from his path, upcn whicE
 shc had So suddenly risca with ar in
 detinablc menace. and shroIld in deeper
 mystery th2n cver before the fate o1
 one whose truthful history the world should never know.
 But with the rext mo1a ent ca.-1c q swift recoil from this temptation, . feeling of a-1azement tsc3t he should have entertained sglell . thought. Ollia must be shielded if possible, but not Gt such . cost as that. Rather, for 0llin's sake, to undo as far as possible the ter riblc wrong that he had attempted. This unknown, fricndiesss orphan, heiI to q proud name and wealth, though now firing perhaps ia humble obseuri ty, must be sought out end placed in possession of her rightful inheritance.
 North had been slowly pacing the floor while these thoughts were pass ing through his mind. Seating himself now beside Dennis, he continued lis i1l- quirias.
 ':TIow long have you known these facts abont Annie Dapont, Do1lTis??''
 liver since me cousin Patrick tould
 nc, cs Teddy O'Corrigan's wake. sorz,, returned Dennis. aftc: q pause of recol- lection
 '.Dut when was that? know noth- ing a50ut Teddy 0'Corrigan's wake. Can you not tell me more definitely than thet?"
 Dennis redectel again with his face contortcd as if the effort of memory were a painful one.
 ..Ia3ade. thin" he exclaimed. sradca- ly radiant with triumph. it vas soon after St Pa5rick's day. fo1. roaeinber that poor Teddy died of a bric!z-bat in the hands of one of the bges. which same was nivir mint for Teddy at all. at all, but f5r the bla5he,'in' perlicefaan that was nalzin l=i1nsilf troublesome to the bycs in t22c p.lrade.7
 -'S5tt Patrick $ Gay?" repeated North. Then it is nearly year since Patrick told you. Have you talked to anyone about the lcattcr during this timer
 '-Nivil. 6 bit. SOFT. til tl,e day whin yer honor heard me tell;a' Jim Nolan about it ''
 Was that before or after you had written to Hunter and Netehun. of New York, offering to give them tais infor-nation?"
 Tie question was asked sternly, and NOrth's face was equally ctcrn as he spoke.
 Dennis startc,! as if he had been shot. and his eyes grew mere round than ever in his asto1isincnt and dismay. He was beginning to stalnuaar out some answer. when North coolly added:
 Don't lose your senses. now, nor at tempt to cvade my question. l happen to llnoEv all about that little afis,i.. and I wish to -noW whom yua e2-saai- catcd vit'l fiz:,s13: for t is i2retty evident that you have bcen accommodating enough to offer yourself to both parties. Come, now. to ny question again. Was i3 before CT after you had written to Hunter and lIetchu1a?'
 Dennis had not yet recovered from the confusion into which l2c had been thrown on being thus suddenly con frontad yvilh his doable-le2liag: but he answered, humblJ-:
 It was after, yer honor"
 + irau claim reflected North. con- scious of q slight satisfaction in the thought; then ke added, addressing Dennis sharply:
 '.Dc1t you know that, having com murioatel with Hunter Grl I1at-ilu.a as you cid. yop had DO right to entc, i1- to any similar s,ecy3tia1ic5Is ggit,l 5-2re-2o else? However, Gs events have devei- i cped, you will net get into G2E serioug ! ill consequence cf this double l dealing, if ycu faithfully perform all l that you have undertaken: fc:.. let -~lc i give you t0 understand that ny inter- 1 csts arc Identical with Hunter and i ketchum s. and you cannot serve one | without equally serving tae other. Now. what have you been dci-r since | that day cf which you spca,.. when you were overheard discussing this story of | Annie Dupont with ,IiIa Nolan? What ! have you been doing toward fulfilling | the agreement then and there entered i into?2
 Faith, SOFT, an it's to Ivansburg that I've been. to sec Ann O,GEor1nan an coax her to give ne tAira paphcrs.
 '.Wouldr't she do it?" asked North | quickly. percciying at once the possible obstacle to the success of lis plans.
 ..Nivar a bit. sorr Sine s7vore by all | the blissid saints that she'd hoyvld cn to tlim as long as she livcj!. bed cess to her! An me ;-coaxin' an ecSa<-allin' Ter, an me cousin Patrick hilPin' me 0ille cinthlenan, for it's a part of the money I'd promised him if he'd be 2ftllc1' a-tlain' his influence Wid Ann. an sllw2rir' he'd break her head if she didn't give in paycable."
 Patrick is 2 valuable eoadiutor hough c2naot say that I wholly ap- prove of his methods of pcrsuasion.' = commented North with innocent graz 'r, And in spite of all this c21,c53l1lc,lt, lid Mrs. O'Gornan remain osdlratc? Did she persist in refusing to give mp -hc papCrs?' hc ad1cd r1crcei,-iI.rc tl1c. l