The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-07-13

the parlor of dive and it's stencil OF
sickening perfumes. into the pure air
OF Gods heaven
| signed the bill, and we went afoo.
up the avenue Sam, as saw with A
good deal of amusement. was trying
TO devise some subtle, tactful way OF
attaching his poor. clumsy little sue.
don-pump to the well of my secret
thoughts.
What is II Sammy" said | at last
What do you want to know that
you're afraid to ask me?"
Nothing" he said hastily. "Pm
only bit worried about-about you
and textile. Matt,"-this in the tone
OF deep emotion we reserve for the
attempt to lure friends into confidlng
that about themselves which will give
us the opportunity to pity them, and,
II necessary, to sheer off from them
Matt. | do hope you haven't been
hard hit?"
Not yet" said easily. DRY your
tears and put away your black clothes.
Your friend. Tom Langdon, was a lit.
tie premature"
T'm afraid Two c,,on ,o,, ,.,
imnressjon I" sar, oon,,n,.s -.
overeagorna.s 49, .'',. WI a..
not attract my attention at the time.
Tom merely said, I hear Blackjack
is loaded up with textile shorts
that was all. A careless remark. I
really didn't tbint 30 9, aoa,n ,u,, !,
saw Won looking % ,,aos ana ill.,, !.
That seemod natural ana...
changed ,ha s,,,ios, oen, so
his bonse said. '"
"I'r not en- nm IN tho d.or,,
Make nv exc,,ses ,o 80 49,.
will vouo pu trrn ,n,o a.. ,,,,'.
smokinp.room bero Ta,, voun .,.,or 49,
and saw Pm going 70 ston on,a y -,
ment."
Sam had ;ust ,os, mn r,,,, a.. .,.
,er came "Mr pa,, ,S,nn ,sa W.. Dus
the name air-w,shas 20 sna.I - w.,
on the telenbo,e ~ ~ '0'
7 had given E,,ers,v.s No o -, a..
n,aces NJ which WIGHT ha -, .n'
should Il no NECESSARY 10 oons,,, 49,.
7 followed the hutIer ~ t,o ,a,an,nn.
closet under the main s,a,rman Az
soon no Raj, made s,ra q, ,,as -.
hogan.
"Iu use ,bs coda w,rds rv. ,,,,
seen Fearless "a yo, ,o,d ro ~, ~
Fearless-tbat was Mitchell NV an,
in the emn,ov ~ Tav,.,oor rho ~ n.y..
nv princinaI rival In the hrsinass .,
confidentia, brokeraya for tho n,o,,
fnanciers. yes" said 7 .what docs
he saw"
"Tbere has beer n groot so., -,
heavy buvinp for a month naet"
Then NV dread was weI, fonraaa-
textiles were IN he de,iharate,v rocr.
eted "wbo's been doing az" 7 osLod
"He sonnd ont onIv this a,,ornoon
IT'S been kent unusually darL it"
"Who7 Wbo7" 7 demanded
"Jntrep,d" ba .nswarad
Intrepid-tbat "a J.apydo,-Mow.
brav Lanedon,
"Tbe whole thing was nlanped caro-.
fully" continued rail ana 60 con,iny
off according tn schedule E.arIess
overheard n Anal message Intren,d,s
brotber brought from hin, to.davr
So II was no miscbance-it was an
assassination. Mowbrav Lanpdon had
stabbed me I'm the hack and He'd
did YOU hear what I said?" asked
Ball ga that voun
Eyes" rep,ied
"Oh." came in n relieved tome from
the other end of the wire "you we're
SO long I'm answerinp that I Thought
I'd been cut Off Anv ,nstructionsy,
mo" said I "Good.bv"
heard him ring Off but I SAT there
for several minutes the receiver stiIi
to NV ear I was mutteripp, Lang.
don. Lanpdon : whv : wbv-wbv9"
again and again whv had be turned
against me? Wbv had he nIotted 10
DESTROY me-one of those nIots so fro.
ouent in Wall street-wbere the assas.
sin steals nm delivers the mortal h,ow
and steals away without ever beine
detected or even susnectedq saw
the whole Mot now-I understood Tom
Langdon's activities. | recalled Now.
bray Langdon's curious pbrases and
looks and tones. But-why-why-
whyP How was 7 I'm his wav7