Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-01-28

found the paragraph, and thrust il
into Bradstone's hands.
BARLEY Bradstone looked at it, then
turned white
There is some mistake, he sad.
= tell you I sold out week ago
every share"
The man looked at him with some
thing like pity.
by the Lord" he muttered under
his breath, ''the blow has sent him
off his head" But pity is too expea
sive a commodity in the city 1t re-
quires too much time. With a We'll,
goodbye, cid fellow, the gentleman
hurried on and left BARLEY BradstoGe
standing with the paper in his hand,
looking like man completely dazod
The crowd of passers-by jostled aim
and pushed him all unheeded; but at
last he seemed to awake, and hurrying
EDWARDS, ran up the steps and into
Mr.. Movies Office
Mr.. Movie was not there. He had
gone, and so had the gladstone bag!
The Office, too. was in greater disorder
than before; and BARLEY Bradstone,
sinking into the chair before the
table, saw a letter addressed to him
lying on the desk He tore it open
with shaking fingers.
Am detained. Shall be back in an
hour"
Suspicious and bewildered, BARLEY
Bradstone paced up and down the of
flee, then he went to a safe which
'stood in the corner of the room. Tn
locking it, he began to examine It's
contents. Then he uttered a cry of
mingled rage and despair
Like a flash Of lightning the truth
burst upo him Ezekiel Movie, the
tool whom he had held under his
thumb-the worm upon whom he had
trodden so often-had turned at last
Scrip, securities, mortgages, had all
gone The South Indian Bank shares
had not been sold.
He remembered now the cashiers
manner when he presented his check,
and he knew as well as if Movie had
confessed, that he had embezzlod
every penny of the vast sum which
BARLEY Bradstone had, with con
temptuous confidence, left at his els
posal.
Quite faint, sick, feeling more drIv-
en- and helpless than he had ever felt
before. he struggled to the table and
drank q glass of water What shOU d
he do? Throughout ali the terrib
time of peril he felt that at least he
had one thing to help him--his m.
mense wealth Now that had gone.
what should he do?
He leaned his head upon his hapb
and forced himself to think.
With the exception Of the sum which
he had obtained at the bank he had
no ready money whatever.
AIr. Movie could not make away
with The Naples and probably only
that remained That could not be re
allied without time Then he remcm-
bered his jewelry At all costs -.
must get that 1t would sell for some
thing would bring enough, perhaps.
to enable him to leave England He
must go back to Hardwood
Pulling himself together, he went
downstairs. On the way, the desire
to punish the man who had betrayed
him took full possession of him; but
ne knew that the longing for ven
geance could not be satisfied. Any
attempt to punish Movie would reveal
to the whole world the connection be
TWEEN them, and would brand him with
infamy and disgrace. He got into the
cab and told the man to drive to
Waterloo.
Seth, in his cab followed at lis
Greet distance.
Luck favored BARLEY Bradstone
The West Of England train was laay
ing in a few minutes. Weary, tor
tured by anxiety, he threw himself
into the corner of a carriage and
closed his eyes.
1t was nearly midnight when the
train reached Wainford Station, and
a true Devonshire drizzle had set in.
With the exception of solitary porter
there was no life about the station.
Exhausted as he was, he must walk
to The Naples. Perhaps it was as
we'll; he could secure his jewels, and,
by good luck, leave the house without
being seen.
Slowly he dragged himself along
the muddy roads, reached the lodge,
and had got his key in side door
which he sometimes used, when he
heard voice cIose behind him.
With hoarse cry he turned and
back. The night was dark,
and he could distinguish nothing for
a moment or two. Then he saw a
man standing at the bottom of the
steps, with his hands thrust in his |
pockets, and an expression of sullen |
ON his face.
Who are you and what do you /
want?' demanded Barley Bradstone /
Seth came up to the steps and !
looked at him.
Il want to know how much longer |
his is a-gOin' on ..IuSter BradStOne"