The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04

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gcoa deal 81 amusement. WAS trying
70 devise some Subtle, tactfal NAY al
attaching his poor. clumsy little sue
ti9n pump 70 iAe Well OF ~ secret
thoughts.
" nat Is 1t. sammye~ said At Lass.
What do you want 10 know that you re
afraid To ask me -
Nothing he said hastily. I'm only
a o!t worried about-about You and
Textile, Matt"-this in the tone OF
deep emotion we reserve for the at
tempt 70 lure cur friends into eonfsd-
ing that about themselves which Viii
give us the opportunity to pity them.
and. II necessary. to sheer on from
them-'Matt. do hope you haven't
been hard hit"
Not yet" said 1 easily. Dry your
Your friend, Tom L-ansdon. was a little
premature"
I'm afraid Eve given you 8 false
IMPRESSION Sam continued, With an
overeagernsss to convince me that did
not attract my attention at the time,
Tom merely said, I hear Blackjack is
loaded VI With Textile shortsi-that
was all. A careless remark. l really
didn't think of 1t again until l saw
you looking SO black and glum."
That seemed natural enough. SO ]
changed the subject. AS We entered
his house / said:
IN not go uI to the drawing room.
my to your mother, will you?
I'll turn into the little smoking room
here. Tell your sister-and say I'm go
ing to stop only a moment"
Sam had just left When the butler
came. Mr.. Ball think thai was the
anne sir-wishes to speak to you on
the telephone"
1 had given Ellerslys' as one OF the
places at which 1 might be found.
should it be necessary to consult me.
l followed the butler to the telephone
soon as Ball made sure it was l. he
began:
I'll use the code words. I've Just
seen Fearless, as you told me to-"
Fearless-that was Mitchell, my spy
in the employ of Tavistock, who was
my principal rival in the business of
confidential brokerage for the high f.
nanciers. YES" said 1. What does
he say?"
There has been a Great dea of heavy
buying for a month past"
Then my dread was we'll founded
Textiles were to be deliberately rock
eted. Who's been doing it?" 1 asked.
He found out only this afternoon.
It's been kept unusually dark. 1T
Who? Who?" 1 demanded.
intrepid" he answered.
Intrepid-that is. Langdon-Mowbray
L%angdon.
The whole thing was planned care
fully" continued Ball. and is coming
off a~ccordingto schedule. Fearless over
heard a final message Intrepid's brother
brought from him today"
So 1T was no mischance-it was an
assassination. Mowbray Langdon had
stabbed me in the back and fed.
Did you hear what 1 said?" asked
Ball: Is that you?"
Yes" I replied.
Oh came in a relieved o n from
so long in answNing hat 1 thought
I'd been cut off. Any instructions?"
mo- said I. "Good-by."
1 heard him ring off, but I sat there
for several minutes, the receiver still
10 my ear. L WAS uluLlorlQS. Lang
don, Observation-Disclosures" again
and again. Why had he turned against
me? Why had plotted to destroy me
n of those plots so frequent In Wall
street-where the assassin steals up. de-
livers the mortal blow. and steals away
without ever being detected or even
suspected? I saw the whole plot now
I understood Tom L%angdon's activities,
1 recalled Mowbray Langdon's curious
phrases and looksa and tones But-why
-why-why? How was I in his way?
1t was all dark to me-pitch dark.
I returned to the smoking room. lighted
a cigar, sat funbling at the new situa-
ton. l was in no worse, plight than be-
did it matter who was at
lacking me? In the circumstances. a
novice could now destroy me as easily
as a Langdon. Still Balls news seemed
to take away my courage. I reminded
myself that I was used to treachery Of
this sort, that l deserved what I was
getting because I had. like a fool. DROP
ped my guard in the fight that is al
ways an every-man-for-himself. But 1
myself in vain. Langdon's
smiling treachery made me heartsick.
CONTINUED Next Week.)