Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-01

By love! I've got it, believe. Go down to our bank and ask the cashier, MT. Stafford, how many shares we can control in the X National-Tandy's bank. He's president, you know l Without at all understanding Captain Hallam's purpose, Duncan went upon this mission, returning presently with the information that in one way and i another the Hallam bank controlled l forty eight shares of the X Nationals l stock, or three shares less than a ma 1 tority of the whole. He brought also the message from Stafford that as Tan 1 dy himself controlled the remaining fifty-two shares it would probably be impossible at present to buy any more. i 'I don't know so we'll about that" l said Hallam refectively. i've man. i aged in my time to get good many impossible things done. I'm not very 1 firm believer in the impossible" Then l suddenly he turned to Duncan and 1 fired question at him:
 Have you a friend anywhere whom l you can trust-one not known in Cairo?
 ''Yes, one" You are sure you can trust him" "Yes, absolutely"
 ''You wouldn't hesitate to put pile of money into his hands without scrap of paper to show that the money was yours, not his?" T would trust him as absolutely as I would trust you or you me"
 "All right, who is he?"
 Dick Temple, the mining engineer and superintendent"
 Telegraph him at once. Ask him to come down on the evening train. Tell him to say nothing about knowing you or me, but to come to your rooms this evening. I'll see him there" Duncan took up a pad of telegraph blanks and pencil. He had scarcely begun to write when Hallam stopped him.
 Never do. thatw he exclaimed. ''Never write message on pad, especially with pencil"
 But why not?" 4 -.
 See" answered Hallam, tearing off the blank on which Duncan had begun to write and directing attention to the blank that lay beneath. "The impress sion made by the pencil on the under sheet is as legible as the writing above. It would be awkward if Handy should pick up that pad and, find out what you had telegraphed. Always tear the top blank off the pad and lay it on the desk before you write on it.
 Thank you, That's another of your wise precepts. I wonder didn't think of 1t before"
 "Oh, hardly anybody ever does think of such things, but they make trouble"
 That night Hallam. Duncan and Tenn pie met in Duncans rooms. Hallam promptly took possession by request ing Duncan to ''go away somewhere while explain matters to Temple"
 When Duncan had taken his leave Hallam plunged at once into the heart of things.
 Duncan tells me you're his friend one who will stand by him."
 T am all that, you may be sure. Captain Hallam."
 "yery good. Now is the time to show yourself such. Duncan has got himself into something worse than a hole, and his whole career, to say noth- ing of his honorable reputation, is in danger. You and can save him."
 Would you mind telling me the ex- act situation? Not that need to know 1t in order to do anything you think would be helpful, but if I fully under stand the matter I shall know better what to do in any little emergency that may come about"
 ''Of course, of course. It's simply this way: Duncan is so straight him. self that 1t never occurs to him that other people are different. There are some things so utterly mean that he simply can't imeg!ne any man capable of doing them. So he doesn't take nec- essary precautions. It was all right for him to offend Napper Handy by doing his own best up there at the mines. but he ought to have known enough of human nature not to put himself in old Napper's power when be felt bound to offend him worse than ever"
 Then Captain Will told in detail the story of the visit to Handy. the bribe offer, the adverse report and the way iD which Handy had made the whole affair appear to have been an effort on Duncan's part 10 eItort a bribe and betray those who had employed him. Temple readily grssped the sit uation.
 The worst of it is." he said. Dun can can't even sue the old scoundrel for lIbsi without making matters worse. Tandy would stick to his story. and as there were no witnesses that story would seem probable to people who don't know Duncan What are we to do. Captain HEIlamT
 Well. it all depends upon your shrewdness and circumspection. Tan tiy is president of the \ National bank. you know. That's his club to fight me with. So little by little I've bought in through other people. you un- derstand-s, that now Stafford and I own fort, eight of the hanks hundred shares of stock. though on the hooks our names do not appear at all Tan tiv owns the other fifty-two shares. I suppose. CT at least he controls them Indeed. whenever a stockholders meet ing occurs hs votes practically all the