The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-20

Sharply replies that he is a lawyer
and knows what evidence ii will take
TO convict Armby. He assures TopIiff
tEat ne VIII make the evidence 50
st2HS against Hm THAI asfrbt him
set VIII believe it, This VIII require
pense.
II Is expensive is Sharplv's repIv
out II doesn't take long to use m
$1,000 in hiring expensive men to fur
hlsh evidence Of something that never
( happened. Accomplished villainv comes
hlgh. / intended to compromise
. nm hopelessly with a woman
with that little witch Of an Edna Lee. ''
IopllHs eyes fairly glisten with dia-
2oilcal interest He leans over towards
( the lawyer and says, eagerly:
Compromise him with her and
viii pay the whole expense myself
here. ] VIII make you a check for
Checks are ugly things sometimes.
we might have TO explain what the
check was for. much prefer the
=. . .
Armby innocently continued his Wis
It's 20 the home of Edna Lee and on
occasions drove with her to visit the
sick. Upon leaving her house several
times he discovers himself being shad-
owed. For months his ever. movement
Is watched, day and night. but he goes
on with his visits to the sick and to
the Lee house, regardless Of his con-
slant shadow
one day Edna receives call from
Mrs Toplin, who endeavOrs 10 ascer-
tain her feelings toward ARMY. Tho
visitor tries TO persuade her that the
minister is in love with her. Edna re-
plies: But, Mrs. Topliff is he not en-
gagged to Miss Blakeslee ?"
Mrs. TOplin leaned forward towards
Edna and lowered her voice as she re-
piled: Not that anybody knows Of.
But if he is. what of it? EVELYN
Biakeslee may be his sweetheart. but
It is your own fault if you do not have
him for your lover"
At this she is dismissed from the
house by the enraged Edna. Mrs. Ton
lift had been sent on the errand bv her
husband and while inside she has man
aged to open the door Of Edna S sleep-
ing room, which communicates with
the street. and leaves it slightly aiar.
soon after her departure. two criminals
appear and while one keeps watch. the
other fits a key i'm the lock of the
door, after which they hurridly depart
Their names are Ned Franklin and
Mike Harms
This is the opening stroke of the
thunder-bol that is TO fail on Armbv
and Edna Lee.
Sharply is asked by TopHf: How
have you managed with the chief of
police?'
The reply is: THAT has been the
most difficult task. 1 first put him un-
der a pledge of secrecy and then told
him of my suspicious. He seemed
very much surprised that / should ask
the police to keep an eve on nv own
preacher. But when l explained that
if Armby is a wolf in Sleeps clothing
he deserves all the more to be exposed.
he appeared to be satisfied. ] have no
fear of him. He owes me too much"
You don't think there is any danger
of our being suspected do y0u?"
What's the difference? To be sus-
pected is one thing. to be found out is
another
~ob, I wouldn't have anybody think
that r.
Nobody viii think il if you play
your part. All You have 90 do is to
stay in the background and be very
sorry But you must not overdo even
that"
Toplif begins to show the white
feather, but is braced up by Sharply's
threat to withdraw Il take it," SAYS
The lawyer. that if we were not al
ready into it. you would STAY out.
don't think YOU have fully counted the
cost. anyway. ] don't mean in money.
though that seems to trouble you more
than anything else. I warn you that
the explosion viii be no ordinary one
II win rock this old town to its foun-
datiOn and damage the church more
in day than you could repair in
hundred years.
Sharply, you are mistaken in one
thing. says Topliff. 4 have fully
coGnted the cost. Go ahead, let the cost
be what it WILL