Putnam patriot., 1908-04-17

he rromPtly worked ef eB his eonfid- ius beaefactegS. Now. losak here. Crsay-
 land. you dea't seen to appreciate tae
 joke"
 hut, my dear sir" began Richard.
 fcr-e;iins lis role for a moment.
 ~oiiyia isEt such lxd-er-l mean CT
 "Sreh lad sale for me. ehf~ laugh.
 ed Mir Reneyck- uneanSeiouSly help
 ns nis gnest eat of hale. .l should
 siT ne,. Nay, oly i.s. we've sold
 waite eigIiilgal
 Richard tssusat sYUt'y. Olivia. as
 he vas ata1t tn 0I MT Reowyek Was ne5 Sg < a lad ,fs. f,fr deep wsi-
 Ter haFiaf afier a.i. nHd u fact he had slNaFS eeHrsaira \ Nith hfs falhez that
 t WIS m"re aJvaB geo5lsjx focatei far 3hat psrf.sasz. fhaaH Nat=g g.4rtsa Ctty
 Net cAly WIS the situation more cen tr8i tut Il offered shorter and more 1 direct cemMuai stfleu with frvight routes aHi masp lines True inc country was sfarsely iapulated in it's | vicinity btt setaie x would come nat. Uraiiy wilh the development of such
 Tn enterprise Perhaps tue Peace
 and Good Win Realty companys rep 1 reSentative WAS nut such an egregieHs
 ass as the Renwyck and Williams fac
 tons supposed
 Has the new company in your orln- | ion. any chance of suceessf'' he asked l his hest
 Chance" laughed Mir. Eenwyck
 Not ghost of it, Now. listen Here
 comes the cream of the joke. The time | for taking vote on these deep water | harbor bills In the Texas legislature | had been set for two weeks from now but various circumstances have played | directly into my hands. Senator Frank | kinwait president of the Texas state | improvement committee of the legis | lature was eloseted with ne for two hours this morning He is now on his ' way te Austin. where my hurbor bill will be passed by both houses immedi- | ately upon his arrival. and the legisla | ture will at once adjourn" "You-you mean stammered Rich | ard. that you have bought kinwalt- | that
 l Tut tue" protested the crafty old l schemer. True. bought the gentle ! Hian lunch at Sherry's. together with a few cigars. couple of cold bottles and there were some incidental eN | penses which ran the price of the meal up-well up into six figures. bat be l yond this Mr Renwyck paused and l smiled sNo one in this enlightened age would dream of buying an entire | legislature mx dear boy. Horfble." Richard rose from his seat, took q
 tura np aud dawn the library. then faced his exultant hest.
 eaIr EenWsea he asked aren't
 you losing sisght of one important fac 1 tor in the games From what i huNe heard of hin, Bill Williams is scarcely the man to he lying around In il ham mo Nhile you are putting througa ronr deep water haeHaH Alli. Ia @g
 humhie opinion. you are going ta hase
 I fight on year hands that will make
 you sit np and gel hasy." This was the most in English Ian guage which the supposed eoh!eman
 had yet employed. but it did not II tract the notice or awaken the snspi
 eion of Mir Eenwfek at that time, owing to his deep interest in the mat-
 ter immediately in hand. "Ah." he cried. now you'ye laid your finger on heaut! spot. CT course Williams will fight me with tooth and nail. but. hy tie Lord Harry he eall't.''
 "Why notg"
 simply because he will not he n Texts when my hill k passed.s
 Richard stared at his host in fear
 and wonder, while Mr Renwyck con
 tinued Iubiiantly:
 T could not have had matters turn
 out better if had arranged it ai my self Ii seems that Williams fool of q son WAS mp here in New York last
 week and got himself hadiy smashed up in an automobile accident What you don't mean ..l es. it's true" added the specua tor quickly without noticing riebard' $ look of astonishnent. Michael show e6 me d greatly exaggerated newspa per account yesterday morning" '-Is he-er~ mortaIly or dangerously hurty' began Richard. who had In truth forgotten ali about the condition Of the real Croyland, and he now Lse gan to fear that the man who had as. sumed his nhine really might be more 1 seriously injured than any of them | had imagined Richard was neither heartless nor indifferent: l,at. not sus peeting croyiapd's injuries were seri-
 ous and being fuiiy occupied with his own engrossing sitnatioH he had not given the wounded eai4 thought for days.
 ..No. no i.adly but not fatally. of course" answered MT. Renwyek. ..i sent around 10 the hospital to see if | there WAS anything 1 could do for tie boy Fin sorry for him I've got no grudge against him. except his foolish. ness in selecting snch father" I'm glad to hear it.s no worse. . Eiurmured Richard. much relieved. Go on. sir
 "lt struck me at once that things might happen which would serve my 1 interests when the father heard of the sad affair
 Richard giared at his host and ground his teeth in inapotent rage al this exhibition of heartiessness that would make capital for itself in q bsisf- ness scheme out or such an aecident I'll steal his daughter now without , twinge of conseicncei' Aloud he ask ed with as much control as h.s thump. | ing heart admitted. Well. what then v The host who if may be admitted had no feeling of hesitation at turning the incident to his advantage. how