Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-18
THE GRAFTERS
,copyrsA.. 1904. b, rh. Boss.-M.uln Company,
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Not yet"
Falkland took a cigar from his
case, bit the end Of 1t like a man with
a grudge to satisfy, and began again.
There is q very unbus nesslil mys-
terry about all this, Mr.. Hawk, and I
may as we'll tell you shortly that my
time is too valuable to make me tole-
rant of half-confidences Get to the
bottom of 1t. Has your man weak
ened?"
mo; he is not of the weakening
kind. And, besides, the scheme Is his
own from start to finish, as you know"
| "well, what is the matter, then?
| Hawk rose.
"If you will be patient little while
longer, I'll 60 to the wire and try to
find out. / am as much in the dark as
you are"
This last was not strictly true. Hawk
had a telegram in his pocket which
was causing him more uneasiness than
all the rasping criticisms Of the New
York attorney, and he was re-reading
Il by the light of the corridor bracket
when a young man sprang from the
ascending elevator and hurried to the
door Of the parlor suite. Hawk col
Jared his Mercury before he could rap
on the door.
"Well?" he queried sharply.
'It's just as you suspected-what
Mr.. Hendricks telegram hinted at. I
met him at the station and couldn't
do a thing with him."
Where has he gomez"
ITO the same old place."
"You followed him."
"Sure. That Is what kept me so
long"
Hawk hung upon his decision for
| the barest fraction of a second. Then
he gave his orders concisely.
Hunt up Doctor Macquoid and get
him out to the cl Ib-house as quick as
you can. Tell hi to bring his hypo-
dermic. I'll be there with all the help
he'll need" And when the young man
was gone Hawk smote the air with q
clenched fist and called down the Black
Curse Of Shielygh, or its modern equiv
alent, on all the fates subversive Of
well-laid plans.
A quarter of an hour later, on the
| upper floor of the clubhouse at the
Gentlemen's Driving park, four men
burst In upon a NTH. a huge figure,
crouching in a corner like wild beast
at bay. A bottle and a tumbler stood
| on the table under the hanging lamp;
and with the crash Of breaking glass
which followed the mad-bull rush of
the giant, the reek Of French brandy
| filled the room.
Hold him still, II YOU can, and pull
up that sleeve" 1t was Macquoid who
| spoke. and the three apparitors,
breathing hard, sat upon the PROSTATE
man and barred his arm for the physi-
clan. When the apomorphia began
to do its work there was a struggle
of another sort, out Of which emerged
q pallid and somewhat stricken rein
earnatiou Of the governor.
Falkland is waiting at the hotel,
and ne and MacFarlane can't get to-
gether." said Hawk, tersely, when the
patient was fit to listen. otherwise
we shouldn't have disturbed you. It's
all day with the scheme II you can't
show up"
The governor groaned and passed his
hand oyer his eyes.
Get me iato nay ciothes-Johnson
has the gFip-and give me all the time
you can" was the sullen rejoinder;
and in due course the Honorable Jas
per G. Bucks, clothed upon and in his
right mind, was enabled to keep his
appointment with the New York at
torney at the Mid-Continent hotel.
But first came the whipping-in Of
MacFarlane. Bucks went alone to the
judges room on the floor above the
parlor suite. 1t was now near mid
night, but MacFarlaue had not gone to
bed. He was spare man, with thin
hair graying rapidly at the temples
and a care-worn face; the face Of
man whose tasks or responsibilities,
or both, have overmatched him. He
was walking the floor with his head
down and his hands-thin, nerveless
hands they were-tightly locked be-
hind him, when the governor entered.
For large man the Honorable Jas
per was usually able to handle his