Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-11-02

and mine is Wilson" responded
Ilarw0ui.
9Th, rlrrl,.' said Graham. nodding
over his shoulder toward the desk,
tolls mr THAT you're looking around
f,r something O. d."
That's true" answered HarwoOl.
with engaging fraukurss. and I don't
seem ip have much luck finding any
thing"
Graham looked nj him steadily and
! appr1yin .!y for some seconds.
4 think I've "pt something that
would suit You" he said of course
I don't know you. and wouldn't give
! cratS FOR al the references in the
world but lis my tErory that a mau
carries his character written on his
face"
Yes. sir: think so myself" said
IIlrs.ood. raising his mild and limo
cent eyes q the cOuntcnance OF era
ham
Immediately Graham began To give
a hgZy account Of his business. which
seemed 10 be concerned with house
property and the management of es-
tates. His main office was In Chica-
90. but he had recently opened Il
branch in this city.
III yOu'll come to see me tomorrow
about II o'clock" said he, writing an
address upon II blank card. wei see
il we can make some kind Of deal"
'Ncs, sir responded Harwood crate
fully. II will he here without fail"
During the remainder of the evening
he pondered deeply upon this occur
renee, and ut o the next morning he
called up his associate in the CAPITAL
| cities speculation. To him by tele-
! phone he gave Il description of era
ham and Of the man who had been
with him when they had seemed to be
discussing IIarwood.
Il don't know Graham" replied the
! partner, but | know the other man.
! He has been here twice and has tried
| to get information about the Capital
I cities. | had him followed. and he
proved to be a bookkeeper for Il con
/ Germ downtoWn-Iingard & Co.. lob
. berS In glassware | can't learn that
/ anybody In that firm is connected with
! Dreamer in any way. The bookkeep-
er'S name Is Slade. What do you make
Of it,"
1t looks to me as if this fellow Slade
/ may have got some sort of a private
tip, and. failing to work you, he went
to Creamer who bought him up and
put Linn on to some job with Graham,
who is probably one Of Creamer's reg
ular men. In my opinion, this Is the
deepest game we've struck yet"
But what is the game?"
Il give it up" answered Uarwood;
"but, by lingo. I'm going to find outr'
/ At the hour appointed lie called at
the address given by Graham, and 1t
proved to be small Office in big
! building. The name "John Graham"
was freshly lettered upon the glass
panel of the door Within was some
simple furniture. including typewrit-
er table and good sized safe of an
old pattern, seemingly secondhand.
There was also a telephone.
! These inanimate objects declared
/ themselves in an instant to 50 rapid
an observer rs Narwood, and then they
| vanished from his view, and he saw
only glrl-only girl, but such a girl.
/ The sight of her struck HARDWOOD
dumb. Was 1t possible, was it thinka-
Bile, that this daughter of the gods
could be associated in any way with
the underhand schemes of such crea-
ture as Graham?
You are Mr. Wilson, said the girl
in voice that matched her numerous
other projections. will you sit down?
Mr., Graham will be back directly"
IIarwood seated himself, and out
wardly he was the picture of a we'll
bred but naturally dt!ident young man
anxious only to adjust his behavior to
the eXigencieS Of Il somewhat embar-
RAISING situation, Inwardly he ell
gagged in calm and keen analysis of the
problem involved in Graham's conduct
1t would have been easy to jump at
conclusion, to decide that the whole
scheme was only to bring him into ac-
quaintance with Il fascinating young
woman who would shrewdly lead him
to talk about his business. Harwood
knew better He acquitted the girl on
sight In his opinion she was as limo
cent as the furniture and was there
for the same namely, to make
Che office look genuine.
Mr.. Graham has offered me posi-
ton here" said Harwood. May | ask
how long you have been with him"
only a few days" she replied. 81
was employed by Lingard & Co., but
Mr.. Graham offered me almost twice
the salary
Lingard 4 Co., where Graham's
friend was booSkeeper! What could
that mean? Certainly it seemed TO
connect this young woman directly
with the plot. But what was the plot?
IL Graham knew or suspected Har-
woods Identity ana his connection
with the Capital Cities game. why
should he dream Of persuading him to
accept clerical position? Was he 50
incredibly slrewd as to perceive that
HarWood would not dare to refuse and
lehVe so black a mystery unsolved?
HafWood's reflections had reached
TINS stage when Graham entered. He
seemed to be in excellent spirits. His
hofld race and his big, loose iolnted
oooy radiated a spurious geniality. He
came straight to business and made
Harwood very hattering offer. Ex-
cept Tor a suspicious llberality and
NaGueness as to certain details If look.
ed perfectly genuine.
W men 90 you want me to 90 to