The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-10-25

He hsd hts Email audience wen N
hand by this time. and Ormsby's ques-
ton Nas almost mechanical.
who were the fourf"
After the newspaper rapid-nre az
this morning you might guess them
all. They were his excellency, Grafton
Hendricks. Rumford, and Senator Du-
vail. They were In the act of closing
the deal as I became an onlooker.
Rumford had withdrawn his applics-
ton for a charter, and another straw
company had been formed with Duvsli
at its head. l saw at once what
fancy Duvall never suspected; that he
was going to be made the scapegoat
for the ring. They all promised to
stand by him-and you see bow that
promise has been kept"
Good heavensl" calculated Lor-
ing. What a despicable lot OF scoun-
drels! But the bride: did you learn
anything about that"
IL saw IT," said Kent. impasslvely.
TT was a slip of paper passed across
the table by Rumford 70 Bucks. face
down. Bucks glanced at II before he
thrust II into his pocket. and had
my glimpse. too. IL was a draft on a
C<tcago bank. but could not read
the figures. and doubt II either OF
the other consplrators knew the
amount. Then the governor tossed q
folded paper over to the oil man. say
ing. There is your deed 70 the choicest
piece of property IL all CASTOR, and
you've got 1t dirt cheap Neme
away at that
Elinor's sigh was almost a sob: bat
Miss Van Brooks eyes were dancing
Go on. go on" she exclaimed.
THAT is only the beginning"
Kent's smile was OF reminiscent
WEAKNESS.
Il found It so, I assure you. So far
as any disable evidence was concerned.
was no better OF than before; Il
was merely my assertion against their
denial-one man against four. But
have had a full week, and Il has not
been wasted. I needn't bore you with
the mechanical details. 0ne OF my
men followed Bucks messenger 10
Chicago-he wouldn't trust the banks
here or the mails-and we know now.
know II in black on white. with the
proper afidavits, that the draft was
for 100000. payable to the order OF
Jasper @. Bucks. The ostensible con
slderation was the transfer from Bucks
to Rumtord OF piece OF property in
the outskirts of CASTOR. I had this
piece Of land appraised for me to-day
by two disinterested citizens OF Cas-
ton. and they valued Il az possible.
but highly improbable 5000"
ooh, how clumsy" said Portia. in
fine scorn. Does his excelleacy i'm
agine for a moment that ANY one
would be deceived by such a primitive
bit OF dust-throwing7" and Ormsby
also had something 10 say about the
fatal mistakes of the shrewdeit crimi-
nails.
1T was not so bad" said Kont. IF
IL should ever be charged that he took
money from Rumford. here is a plaia
business transaction TO account for n.
The deed. as recorded. has nothing 10
say OF the enormous price paid. The
phrasing is the common form used
when the parties to the transfer 90 not
wish to make the price public; For
81 TO me in hand paid. and other
valuable considerations Luckily. We
are able TO establish conclusively
what the other valuable considers-
tons were"
1T seems 10 me that these doeu-
ments arm and equip you for anything
you want to do" said Loring. polish
ing his eyeglasses after his ingrainsi
habit.
Kent shook his head.
RIO BE Continued