Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-17

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81 should have thought" replied Rem
nett, with no shade Of offanse won
would know by this time that bovo
no price," '
Then what do you want2"
"Nothing-from you.p
why did you send word you wanted
to see us2" growled Horrlgan lmno.
uently as he and Wainwright, unIn.
ylted, seated themselves at the table
ITO tell YOU" answered ALVIN
glancing from one to the other, chat
every step you two have taken in this
whole Infamous transaction from the
very first has been carefully followed
and, to use your own phrase, we've got
you with the goodsI'
Same old buffW commented Horrl.
gan contemptuously with reassurine
wink at the somewhat less confident
Wainwright.
BY tomorrow noon" resumed Ben.
nett, you will both be indicted on
charge Of bribery. Even now there are
detectives on the watch for you. Els.
cape Is impossible"
Rot" sneered Horrigan you've
no evidence that will indict and you
know 1t Even If you had don't con.
troll most Of the judges and the district
attorneys Office besides2 Swell chance
you'll have Of getting a conviction past
that bunch! Bah You talk like man
made Of mud s'pose it's the affair
of those Roberts notes you're counting
on. That don't feaze me any. My
lawyer can twist that around so it'll
look like a charity gift. No, no.
youngster You'll have to think Of
something better if"-
And, anyhow" put in Wainwright
nervously, you can't prove any con.
nection on my part There's nothing
against me orr
Il think there is" retorted Bennett,
wheeling about on the 6nancier And
even If can't nail the Roberts brib-
cry to you I've plenty more counts to
hold you on"
"All these generalltles and vague &C.
cusations prove nothing, Bennett" an
swered Wainwright, drawing courage
from Horrigans colossal calm and
speaking with more assurance. Mr..
Horrigan and are not schoolboys to
be scared by baseless threats This is
all guesswork on your part. Come,
now, name one specific charge you can
prove"
zone will be enough to convince
your" asked Alwyn swell, then, how
about this as first guess2 Mr.. Hor-
rigans bride of S2,0O0,000 in money
and 25,OOO shares of Borough stock for
agreeing to put through the Borough
franchlse2 For 'guesswork' that doesn't
seem to me very bad
Wainwrights hard mask Of face
twitched convulsively. but the steady
brain that had carried him mistaken
through a thousand risky financial
deals came at once to his rescue,
IAN excellent guess" he agreed in
splendldly felgned amusement, but
unfortunately the courts demand PROOF
before convicting man, and there Is
no proof whatever off,
"Are you sure2" .queried Bennett
Turning to Phelan, he added:
please ask Mr. Thompson to come
in"
The alderman, with an expansive
grin. flung open the door of the farther
room.
At sound of his secretary's name
wainwright had sprung to his rect ana
dumfounded, was leaning heavily on
the table, staring across the threshoiu
of the suddenly opened door
There, framed in the dark doorway
his face deathly pale, his eyes glowing
with strange light as OF murder
stood Cynthia's brother.
His presence in the city hall was no
moro chance but the climax of a series
- conferences between Bennett, Phe-
Ian and himself. dating from the night
90 the administration ball, when de-
sn,te his own resolve. the secretary's
hand had been forced by the mqulSi-
five alderman and his Identity re-
vealed. - o-ot
Bennett had been let into tne secre'
next day, and the trio had mad a tnree
hour talk from which Pnelan nau
emerged with the gleetul air OF one one
who had Unexpectedly found a sl,ooO
hin, Thompson, too, had left that con-
ea. with look of calm, intense
satisfaction that TRANSPORTED BIN.
other conversations had followed
~ - thorn in the presence of notary
. U and lawyers. The trap
~ last was ready to be sprung -,
:, The fnancier for the first time In ms
cor close association with the