The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-09-16

ooh, | guess I'll be going!' he called
back, beginning to roll a cigarette. Il
have some reading to do today" Mr..
Deever was tall, awkward and homely
and a lot Of other things that would
have discouraged a less self satisfied
/ "lady's man" Judge Smith said he
was hopeless, but that he might do bet
ter after he was twenty-One.
What are you reading now, Eddie?'
asked Miss Heating, complacently ey-
ing Mr.. Rigby. "'RaflesP"
Law, you idiot?' said Eddie scorn-
! fully, going out of the door.
ooh. Well the law is never in a
hurry, don't you know? It's like JUS
/ tice-the slowest thing in town. she
called after him as his footsteps died
away.
"Ready?' said Bobby, resolutely.
Take this, please" And slowly and
carefully he proceeded to dictate:
/ Mr. Denis Harbert, New York:
! Dear Denis-I cannot tell you how much
| your letter surprised me. What you say
/ seems prepCsterous. There must be
mistake. 1t cannot be this man. know
| him quite we'll and he seems as straight
/ as a string and a gentleman too. His son
| you know as well as /. There isn't bet
/ ter fellow I'm the world. Mr. b. has
/ fairly good business here. His transac-
tions open and aboveboard. I'm sure ]
have never heard a word said against
him or his methods. You are mistaken;
. that's all there is about 1t.
You might investigate little further
and, assuring yourself, do all in your
power to check such stories as you re-
l., NJ do
but I'm pos live l can find nothing dis
creditable in his dealings here.
Keep me posted on everything. As ever,
yours.
Miss Keating's anxiety was aroused.
After a very long silence she took the
reins into her own hands. us Mr..
Briggs in trouble" she asked at ven
ture. Mr.. Briggs was the only client
she could think of whose name began
with b.
Briggs? What Brirgs?' asked Bob
by, relighting his pipe for the fourth
/ time
why, our Mr.. Briggs" answered
Miss Heating CURLY.
I'm sure l don't know, Miss Keat-
ing. Has he been around lately?'
Il thought you were referring to him
in that letter" she said suGcinctly.
ooh. dear me, no; another party al
together, Miss Heating. Isn't the type
writer in working order this morn
ingf" he asked, eying her machine in
nocently. She shifted and started e
reply, but thought better Of it. Then
she began pounding the keys briskly.
1T works like a charr'," she shot
back gcnially.
The letter that caused Bobby such
perturbation came in the morning mail.
His friend had laid bare some Of the
old stories concerning James Banse-
mer and cautioned him not to become
involved in transactions with the for
mer New Yorker. Harbert's state
mcnts were positive i'm character, and
ne seemed to know his case thoroughly
we'll While the charges as they came
to Rigby were general, Harbert had
said that he was quite ready to be spe-
cihc.
All day long the letter hung like a
cloud over young Mr.. Rigby. He was
to have lunched with Graydon and was
much relieved when young Bansemer
teephoned that he could not join him.
Rigby found himself in a very uncom-
Portable position. If the stories from
New York were true, even though he
knew none Of the inside facts, Gray
don's father was pretty much of a
scalawag, to say the least He was
not we'll acquainted with the lawyer,
but he now recalled that he never had
liked the man. Bansemer had Impress
ed him from the beginning as heart
less. designing, utterly unlike his clean
hearted son.
Bobby loved Graydon Bansemer in
the way that one man loves a true
friend. He was certain that the son
knew nothing of those shady transac-
tions-if they really existed as Harbert
painted them-but an exposure Of the
father would be a blow from which he
could not recover.
1t came at last to Rigby that he was
not the only one in Chicago who held
the secret Other members of the bar
had been warned long before the news
came to him, and it was morally GER
tain that If the facts were as bad as
intimated the police also were in pos
session of them.
At the same time Rigby felt a GER
tain moral responsibility involving him
self. Bansemer at any time might APP
ply his methods to people who were
near and dear to him. The new init
macy with the Gables came to Bobby's
mind. And then there were Clegg,
Groll, the SemesOns and others who
might easily fall into the snare If
James Bansemer set it for them.
Approaching his responsibility in the
matter, now that he was prepared to
bear the worst of James Bansemer
Rigby's heart stood almost still. 1t
meant that some day he might have to
expose Graydon Bansemer's father. 1t
meant that he might have to cruelty
hurt his friend 1t meant that he
might lose a friendship that had been
one of his best treasures since the