Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-05-19

! Then arnqed the battle its repose.
OF aptllS both mon And then
! stdndin0 nottonIess. waged the bat
tie of wills. both men standing mo-
! tionless, tense, vibrant with dynamic
force.
Slowly, little by little, Horrigan's
eyes dropped. He moved awkwardly
to one side from his position in front
Of the door and Bennett, without so
much as a backward look, passed out.
The boss, like man In daze, sank
heavily into a chair and gazed straight
ahead of him, his usually red face
gray and pasty.
But he was not to enjoy even the
scant boon of solitude. From the ante
voom Gibbs strolled in.
They're going over some unimpor
tant preliminary business" remarked
the broker, 80 l came out for breath
Of fresh air. How are things going?"
"Were beat" grunted Horrigan, not
looking up.
"Beat?" screamed Gibbs, ashen and
inert at the news. "You don't mean
1t! You can't mean It! Great heaven"
! The sight of the others cowardly
emotion seemed to rouse Horrigan
from his apathy.
"If l can stand it, you canv' he snarl-
ed. ''You only lose your percentage
on the deal. while r.
"A percentageT' echoed Gibbs, too
panic stricken to heed his own indis-
erection. Every cent l had in the
world! r.
He checked himself an instant too
late.
"So?" drawled Horrigan, his keen
little eyes soaring the other with
boundless contempt. $50 it was you
who We're secretly buying up the stock
and failing in on to our game, hey?'
| "I'm ruined! Broke! AND
"And you've got it coming to you,
you whining traitor! The man who
goes back on his partners deserves all
the kicking he GETS"
IL didn't mean any harmv num-
bled the crushed Gibbs. TT couldn't
hurt you people to have me buy Bor-
ough stock for myself, and I'd have
cleared up a million and more. Oh.
don't glover like that, Horrigan, but
try to think out some way off,
i "Of what, you curY'
| isn't there any way even now to
make Bennett let up on his fight?'
III there was you couldn't be Of use
to us, SO why should talk about 1t
to your"
But I'd do anything in the world
anything
"You would?" cut in Horrigan
sharply.
! "Yes, yes! Only give me chance.
d
| Horrignn considered. then said re-
ectively:
NO chance Is too slight to take at II
ME like this. and nobody's too rotten
he OF use. I've found there ar,
.ree things, one of which will always
ny any man-a woman. ambition OF
lsh. We've tried Bennett on ambi
| on: he doesn't need money. 50 only
~ first of the three remains"
! "A woman? don't understand"
Miss Wainwright"
But
Listen here BENEFITS In love with
Nainwright's niece. You've cut him
nut. Go and tell him If he'll let our
bill alone you'll smash the engagement
and leave her free to marry him,
See?"
II can't. hold on. though! After
ward l could deny the whole thing.
couldn't l: It'd be his word against
mine, and she'd never believe could
do such thing. IL might try"
"Yes," growled Horrigan. you might
A cur that's lost all his nerve can try
things that even an ordinary crook
would balk at"
But Gibbs did not hear. He had re-
Bennett. The man scarcely deserved
the opprobrium heaped on him by Hor-
rigan. A brilliant. daring operator. he
was, unknown to himself, rank cow
ard at heart For the first time in his
life the cowardice had cropped out,
and. to do Gibbs justice, it had driven
him temporarily insane. In his nor
NAL senses he would never have stoop-
ed to the plan he was now SO eager to
carry out. 1t was putrid bit of jet
sam at which financially drowning
man did not scruple to clutch.
Horrigan followed him from the
room, his own splendid nerve quite re-
covered from the crushing blow his
hopes had received. He had staked