The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-23

specimen of dog than yourself. He
is a prize toy Pomeranian. You are |
mongrel."
Grenier for an instant grew confus- |
ed again. He sighed deeply.
"a dog he murmured. a blue
| 1omeranian, Who would have guess |
ed it,"
Philip turned to Mason.
IF l leave you here alone with this
F., man. Grenier. will you keep him out OF
| mischief?'
| Jocky gave his associate a glance
| which caused that worthy to sit down
suddenly.
| And yourself? Promise that You
will remain as You are until returnF'
II promise"
| Arson led his friends from the room.
He thanked the manager for the as
slstance he had given and told him the
! affair might be arranged without po-
lice interference.
Long and earnestly did he confer
with Mr. Abingdon. 1t was serious
thing to let these men Off scot free.
Grenier's case was worse in sense
than that of Mason.
, There were three banks involved,
and forgery to 4 bank is crime not
to be forgiven. There was dubious
way out. Philip might accept respon-
sib;lity for Grenier's transactions. III
the London bank accepted GrenieT's
signature for his, surely the local in
situations would accept his for Gre
nier's.
! Mr.. Abingdon was wroth at the bare
suggestion.
you will be forging your own
name" he protested vehemently.
VERY well. then. He shall write
checks payable to self or order, in
dorse them. and / will pay them into
, my account"
IT dare not approve of any such pro-
cedure''
,, So Philip. though sorely tried. again
labored his arguments that the trial or
|, Grenier would be q cause celebre IN
, which his, Anson's, name would be I'M
pleasantly prominent. Evelyn would
be drawn into it and Abingdon him
, self. There would be columns of SEN
, so ton in the newspapers.
, Moreover it was quite certain that
Jocky Mason would commit suicide I'M
\
fuge, and then the whole story would
7 leak out.
1t ended by Philip gaining the day,
for at the bottom of his heart Abing-
6 don was touched by Mason's story,
q Thoroughbred ruffian as he was.
They re-entered No. Al. The pair
were sitting as they were left. Grenier
9 was not even smoking. The affair OF
. the Blue Atom had deeply wounded
n his vanity.
1 Philip walked straight to Mason and
took him by the shoulder.
i. "Now, listen to me-" he said. II gave
n you one crack on the head, and you
. have given me one. Shall we say that
n accounts are squaredT
' "Do you mean it. sirr
Eyes, absolutely"
o "Then all l can say is this. sir: Dur.
n ing the rest of my life I'll make good
D use of the chance you have given me.
e than my own"
|. "And you," went on Philip, turning
!. to the disconsolate Grenier. will you
). leave England and make a fresh start
J. In a new land? You are young enough
and clever enough in some respects to
|. earn an honest living"
t II WILL sir. swear IT,"
;. The utter collapse of his castle In
4 Spain had sobered him. The gates OF
e Portland were yawning open for him
=, and the goodness of the man he had
- wronged had closed them in his face.
e Never again would he see their grim
8 front if he could help it.
!, He readily gave every assistance in
y the brief investigation that followed.
a Mr.. Abingdon looked on askance as he
wrote checks for $4,000 and 5000 on
the York and Leeds banks respective
,, ly. but even Philip himself gave an
), astonished laugh when he saw his own
signature written with quiet certainty
4 and accuracy.
u "Oh, that's nothingw cried GrenieI
II In momentary elation. Il took in Mr.
,e Abingdon and sent a complete letter
, to the London bank"
. You did not take me in," growled
: Abingdon. You made one fatal mis-
take"
> "And what was that, sir?"
. you alluded to the annual report Of
+. the nome. Every one connected VIII
- that establishment, from the founder
down to the latest Office boy, invaria
' bly, calls it the Mary Arson home.
Mr. Arson would never write Of it II
other tSrms."
Grenier was again abashed.
= Have you any money in your peck
- et?" said Philip when the forger hat
L accounted for every eartliing.
For one appreciable instant CREME
l. hesitated. Then he flushed. He hat
resisted temptation.
- YES" he said plenty. Langdol
supplied me with funds"
How much?"
>, 1.-TWO hundred and fifty pounds.
:, =, have over seventy left"
:, IL will arrange matters with him
. Come to my West End Office next Mon
:, day, and you will be given suffcien
to keep you from poverty and Grim
until you find your feet in Canada
:. Remember, you sail on Wednesday.
NO fear of any failure on my par
- sir. 1 can hardly credit my good-ol
what I want to say is. can neve