Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-16

It was q relief to the night man to
have him out of the waiting-room. 1t
was a relief to Stanton to be In that
great empty building.
He had fought battle and won a VIC
tory. His accounts with Richard Ray
mond we're settled. There was no more
anxiety, no more anger. He was free
to think Of the past, the present. and
the future, and all conferred In Esther
Thorndike, the afianced bride of Rich
ard Raymond, his wife. BE remem-
bered each of those sentiments and
sensations, and In memory they be-
came. OF seemed to become, more real,
deep, and intense. But the more be
thought, the more the mystery grew,
and the morning sun streaming into
his office window found him as help
lessly entangled as ever. Z
He recalled her warnings OF horrors
he would have to face, when the frst OF
! them appeared in the person Of the Of
/ fee boy. BE was too full of curiosity
to contain himself, and ventured q
question distantly relating to wife
For the first time In Robert Stanton's
Office an ofice-boy received an almost
savage rebuke.
The next came In the form of press
reporter asking for an interview. Be-
ing abruptly refused, he proceeded
very calmly to lay before the lawyer an
array of facts and fancies relative to
the subject. which were simply bewil-
derinR to one who thought the secret
was all his own.
With broadening smile of satisfac-
ton, the scribe closed his notebook re-
markings
There's stuff for racy haH-psge
there, and rousing card for me for an
! exclusive. 1 didn't want to take up
/, your valuable time, of course, but
you're sure to be interviewed by every
reporter In town before tomorrow, and
II may save you something to give me
your side at once. At any rate, man
t OF your prominence ought to have an
, opportunity 10 speak in a matter like
S this, and 1 thought I'd just run in and
j see If you want to say anything, before
l. making il up for the noon edition."
e For time Stanton had been writing.
l, Now he blotted two papers, took them
UP, wheeled his chair about, and sat
u facing the scribe. The smile qulvered
y like a lamp-hame In breeze. Stanton
e sat silently watching him for mo-
. InCnlr anu VIII = tWltCh abO0e NhO r
e the smile went out. Then, speaking
k. very slowly, the lawyer said;
y .There are some mistakes in what yoJ
s. have rehearsed, and also some distorted
" facts. which were obviously given yoJ
10 by a man named Raymond, with the evi
III dent intention of injuring a woman
We would prove a serious matter to thu
'u journal which published them Person
to ally, the truth is at the service of tn
W world If any journal wishes to retail II
i'll and for what have actually done ar
In ready to take the consequences. 70
what you and your paper do you mus
u accept the same II you wish to pull
If Iish your story and to add an interview
with me, there you have it. 1t is all
II have to say. But for the woman
lot question have word for you whic
lat is not an interview. 1t would be po
pc sibIe to keep within the bounds of II
At law in such en- article as you propos
ey and vet do an incalculable injury to
woman whom no one but Richard Ra
he mond could wish to harm. Here is n
eX- check, to bearer, for 5000. Use 1t
for you see fit. One year from to-day
to shall be here in this Office, if am aliv
nat If in the meantime there has not
OF word appeared in any New York
&C Brooklyn paper connecting the WON;
ign you mention with the story you Ia
pom rehearsed, come to me on that day a
ret I will honor this other paper, viii
rry- calls for $4,000 more"
10 The interview was at an end, but
nat scribe hesitated. First he tore frC
CT his notebook dozen pages, remarldn
Us 'I'm sure it's an exclusive so far, s
gn' and that's all / have" Then he i
Aoe' the second paper on the notes, addir
io.e "If I succeed you will not forget. II
o u paper might fan into other hands a
he make you trouble in some way. / h
IL" I shall be back in a year."
With that he went out; but he
lied hardly gone when the trustees
peared. as full of curiosity as the oi
aim" boy. They were handled almost
.eeth roughly, however, and quickly subsl
time to the business in hand.
how DR.. Borden had hurried to Judge
and sell with the official news, and the
[ not had notified the trustees, only to
that Raymond, too, had discovered
then facts and had been there before Il
II To He had withdrawn his claim and
piled for the $4,000 under the tern
: me the viii.
de- 1t was easlly arranged AoI me
way, retain their charge OF 'he PIoPer'
or to another year. as o'ahton oIienS
ard of formed them that ne snouio DC .
They left with much better fee
toward the young lawyer than
!" had possessed for years, for CHART.
vou ~ John Olmstead's millions were ol
ond if sociates-
. Won 1t was late in the evening when
To be- ton returned to his home for the
time in two days that seemed l.
low to than lifetime.