The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1908-10-07
CHAPTER III-Continued.

ton large. ne uOSe Was EOOheu ana
= abnormal length. the tip coming
dawn over the short upper lip and
broad mouth His eyes were light blue
and so intense that he was never
tpown to blink the lashes. Topping
,han were deep. wavering black eye
hrows that met above the nose, form
ino nm ominous. cloudy line across the
hase of his thin. high forehead. The
crown of his head. covered by long
scant strands Of black hair was of
the type known as 'retreating and
nolnted." The forehead ran upward
and back from the brows almost to a
mint. ana down from the pinnacle
hing the veil of hair, just as If he had
draned il there with the same care he
might have used In placing his best
hat upon Il peg. His back was stopped,
and the high. narrow shoulders were
hunchel forward eagerly. Long arms
and rldicuously thin legs. with big
hands and feet. tell the story of his
extremites. When he was on his feet
broom was more than six feet tall; as
he sat in the low backed Office chair he
looked to be less than five feet over ali.
The men had been classmates in an
obscure law school down in Pennsyl-
vana. Bansemer was good looking,
forcefu and young. while broom was
distinctly his opposite. Where he came
from no one knew and no one cared
He YVES past thirty-five when he en-
tered the school. at least twelve years
the senior of Bansemer.
His appearance and attire proclaimed
him to be from the country, but his
sophistry. his knowledge OF the world
and his wonderful insight into human
nature contradicted his looks immeas-
urably a conflict or two convinced
his fellow students that he was more
than n match for them in stealth and
cunning if not in dress and deport-
ment
Elias broom had not succeeded as a
lawyer He repealed people, growing
more and more bitter against the world
as his struggles became harder What
little money he had accumulated-heav
en- alone knew how he came by it
dwlndled to nothing, and he was in ac
tual squalor when later Bansemel
found him in an attic in Baltimore
Even as he engaged the half starved
wretch to become his confidential cler,
the lawyer shuddered and almost re
pented of his action.
But Elias broom was worth his
weight in gold to James Bansemel
from that day forth. His employer
sole aim in life was to get rich ant
thereby to achieve power. His ambi
ton was laudable If one accepts thu
creed of morals. but his methods wer'
not so praiseworthy. After a year O.
two of starvation struggles to get OF
with the legitimate he packed up hi
scruples and laid them away-tempo
rarlly, he said. He resorted to sharl
practice knave-y and all the forms o
legal blackmail. 1t was not long be
lore his bank account began to swell
His business thrived. He was so clev
eF that not one of his shady proceed
lhgs reacted. 1t is safe to venture tina
10 per cent of the people who wer
DlGed through his manipulations prom
ised in the heat of virtuous wrath t
expose him. but he had learned t
smile In security. He knew that eS
posture for him meant humiliation 70
Tue nstigator, and he continued to res
easy while he worked hard.
You're getting rich at this sort c
thing.' observed broom one day afte
ue lawyer had closed Il pa ~ticularl
nanseoas deal to his own satisfaction
Out What are you going to do whe
The tile turns?"
bahsemer, irritated on perceivlng thu
lie other was engaged in his exaspe
a'ihg habit of rubbing his hands t
selner did not answer. but merel
numbered out. will you stop thatT'
thefe Was faint suggestion OF ii
possibility of n transition Of the hand
y claws as broom abruptly desiste'
olt smilingy went on:
some day the other shark will g
.ne better of you. and you'll have not
ing to fail back ON. You've been bull
lh@ on mighty slim foundations. Thel
sat sign of support if the wor
eDiheS to the worst" he chuckled.
Us large world. Droom," said h
elrpger easily.
.hi small also. according to anoth'
ing. supplemented broom. "Whe
! rams down. everybody kicks bill
= afraid you could not survive Il
Kicking
D9oom grinned so diaboically
ssIll he resumed the rubbing of b
aaads that the other turned away, wi
"a oath, aud closed the door to the !
siae Office. Bansemer was alone al