The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-03

experience with James Elder, but
whenever for a moment his mind
turned from his business he found his
thoughts of nothing so much as that
Grave, clear-cut face intently gazing
upon him through a whirl of smoke
and the earnest voice warning him OF
the penalty of refusal to be mulcted OF
a million.
To do him justice Harrington was
found in his rough way Of Henry Cas-
well, but he was also fond of his nil
lions, and the struggle within his
breast was of short duration.
Besides, he had not entire faith that
Elder would be able to carry out his
threat. And unknown to Caswell he
engaged a score of private detectives
to guard him, and made up his mind
not to be frightened by such wild
dreams.
By the morning of the third day he
had begun to feel treasured, and he
walked into his office quite jauntily
The mail lay on his desk open for
ready perusal, with the exception OF
one letter which was marked personal
With a sinking at heart, Harrington
dropped into his chair. The paper and
envelope were of good quality and the
contents were typewriter. 1t was
the first of the series, of which the
third lay before him, at the time with
which this brief history begins.
Dear John: | am sorry that you
have not seen fit to comply with my
request By o'clock this afternoon
Henry Caswell will be dead. His
blood be on your head. Joseph Phelps
will be the next to go. N.Y..
He sat dazed for a minute but as his
private secretary came into the room
he gathered his scattered faculties
and preDared to attend to business as
usual.
Several times during the morning he
telephOned to Casweu, making the
least pretext serve for calling him up
He even invited him to come to lunch
con, for John Harrington was no cow
ard and they sat together in a corner
of their downtown club until nearly
o'clock.
Then they went back to their re-
spective offices in the great building
could not sit easy. and presently he
sent word to CasWell that he would
like to consult with him over the mat
ter of International Control Of Univer-
sal Elastic Ether.
Caswell came, and on one pretext or
another he kept him all the afternoon
in his private office. Surely no harm
could come to him there. AS the
hours licked away he grew more
cheerful, and when at last four o'clock
struck he was positively buoyant. A
great weight was on his mind.
He scolded himself for ever having
allowed such idle moonshine to upset
him and when Caswell rose to go he
felt really exuberant.
More than an hour later he fingered
to attend to business that had suffered
from his state of mind earlier in the
day. and then. descending by the ele-
vator which landed the directors at
their private entrance in the rear of
the building. he entered his automc-
bile to be whisked home.
Within a few minutes he was rollin 2
I'D MADISON avenue. when, happening
to remember a promise to attend a
meeting of the directors Of his club. he
drew up at the door and alighted.
A scant half hour completed his bus
mess there and he started once more
to resume the homeward journey.
The obseQuious hall boy swung open
the great door His chauffeur stood
waiting by the big machine. and Har-
rington's foot was on the step.
He had just seated himself when a
newsboy came running across from
Broadway with bundle of papers un-