Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-12

| the TWO vide blue eyes looked OOWM
| in feigned surprise; the never to be
forgotten voice greeted her hoarsely:
Good afternoon, Mrs. Gable! And
how Is the baby?"
THE baby.' she faltered. Struggle
against 1t as she would. a sort of fasci-
nation drew her gaze toward the re-
! markable face Of the old clerk "Why
| -why-she's very well, thank you"
she finally stammered. Her face was
as white as a ghost. With a shudder
she started to pass him. broom
blocked the way
"She was such a pretty little thing.
| remember" and then insinuatingly.
"Where Is her father now?"
"He-Mr Cable" answered Mrs Ga
Bile, feeling very much as bird feels
when it is charmed by snake, why,
he's at home, Of course"
"Indeed!' was all that Elias broom
said, for she had fled to escape the
grin that wrthed In and out among
the wrinkles of his face
AS her carriage struggled through
Washington street an irresistible some
thing compelled Frances Cable to
glance back. broom stood on the
curb, his eyes following her almost
hungrily. Half an hour later when
she reached home she was in a state
Of collapse. Although there was no
physical proof of the fact, she was
positive that Elias broom had followed
her to the very doorstep.
In suspense and dread she waited
for days before there was second
manifestation of broom. There was
rarely day when she did not expect
her husband to stand before her and
ask her to explain the story that had
been carried to him by a demon in the
form Of man.
But broom did not go to David Ca
BILE. He went to James Bansemer with
the news.
James Bansemer's law and loan Of
fees were not far from the river and.
1t Is sufficient to say. not much far
Their from State street He WHO knows
Chicago well cannot miss the location
more than three blocks either way II
he takes city hall as focal point.
The office building In which they were
located is not pretentious structure.
but Its tenants were then and still are
regarded as desirable. 1t may be we'll
to announce that Bansemer on reach
ing Chicago was clever enough to turn
over a new leaf and begin work on a
clear white page. but 1t Is scarcely nec-
essary to add that the black, besmirch-
ed lines on the opposite side Of the
sheet could be traced through every
entry that went down on the fresh
white surface. Bansemer was Just ds
nefarious In his transactions, but he
was a thousandfold more cautious.
broom sarcastically reminded him that
he had a reputation to protect in his
new neld. and. besides. as his son was
going In society" through the inHu-
ence Of q coteris Of Yale men, 1t would
be worse than criminal to deteriorate.
Bansemer loathed broom, but he also
feared him. He was the only living
creature that inspired fear In the heart
Of this bold schemer. 1t Is true that
he feared the effect an exposure might
have on the mind Of his stalwart son.
the boy with his mothers eyes. but he
had succeeded SO well in binding the
youth in the years gone by that the
prospects Of discovery now seemed too
remote for concern. The erstwhile
New York shark was now an eel, willy
and elusive. but he was an eel with a
sharks teeth and a sharks voracious-
ness. He had grown old In the study
Of this particular branch of natural
history. Bansemer was ffty-tive years
old in this year Of 1898. He was thin
ner than In the old New York days,
but the bull-like vigor had given way
to the wiry strength Of the leopard.
The once black hair was almost white
| and grew low and thick on his fore
| head. Immediately dressed. ever
straight and aggressive in carriage, he
soon became figure of whom all eyes
took notice even in the most crowded
Of Chicago thoroughfares.
I Graydon Bansemer. on leaving Yale
! with a diploma and some Of the honors
Of his class. urged his father to take