The Huttig news., 1909-05-15

ouhS Carrington, lawyer. held evi- e-lce of criminal financial operations O: Inch Cavenaugh guilty. II waF arrlngton's duty to prosecute the rich 4.an but he decided to lay the whole natter before Kate.
 CHAPTER 1.-The young woman de ided that to drop the case would be cow rdiy, even though the accused was hei ather Darlington was offered a $l70oJ position by Cavenaugh, but it was re
 .sed. He hid his evidence in the Cave. laugh safe after being introduced to tn. niiiiona3re's father The evidence was atolen that night.
 Nobody rursued the subject and Norah began to preen herself.
 An idea came to Darlington. He wanted to be rid of his document He spoke to Kate. who nodded compre hensiyely. She led him into the din ing room. In one corner, protected by a low screen, was a small safe This she threw open, and Darlington put the envelope into one of the pigeon holes. The safe was absolutely empty, a fact which puzzled him not a little
 We seldom use this,' said the girl, reading the vague unspoken question in his eyes. The jewel safe is up stairs in my room"
 "It doesn't matter in the least" he replied smiling, "so long as I may safely rid myself of these obnoxious papers And if you do not mind, I'll leave them there till Monday morning I've thought it all out, Kate. A mans only human, after all. I could never prosecute the case myself; I'd be thinking of you and the bread l have eaten. I'll turn the matter over to Challoner, and let him do as he thinks best Of course, I shall be called as a witness when the case comes up in court. if it ever does"
 She did not reply, but shut the door of the safe and rose from her knees
 The south side of the dining room was made up of long colonial windows that opened directly upon the lawn. They were more like doors than wir- dows She locked each one carefully and drew the curtain.
 ''Norah is probably growing i'm. patient for us" she said.
 With an indescribable impulse he suddenly drew her into his arms and kissed her It might be the last lie could ever claim.
 John!s she murmured, gently dis. engaging herself.
 "I love you" he said, and I could not help it. Everything looks SC dark"
 The clock in the hall chimed the quarter hour after II. Cavenaugh wss in his den. His desk was filtered with sheets of paper, upon which were formidable columns of figures and dol lar signs. He sat back in his chair and listened. He thought he heard door or window close; he wasn't cer- tain. It was probably one of the serv- ants. He bit off the end of fresh cigar and resumed his work. Let the young people play golf, if they wanted to, and dance and frivol away the pre- cious hours; they would never know the joy of seeing one become two, two 
 ing grew into the ransoms of many kings. Ay, this was to live. Oh,' the beautiful numerals Brigade after brigade, corps after corps, they marched at a sign from him; an army greater than that of kings. To sit in little room. as in a puppet booth, and juggle the policies of the na- I,,k n and Norah prince; he would show them all some day. Recollecting Car rington, he frowned Did the fellow know anything, that he felt the power to refuse an offer such as he had made at the dinner table? Bah, It would be like crushing some insect. He determined that this should be Casringtons last visit. His pen moved once more. and presently he became lost in his dreams of calculation.
 But Cavenaugh's ears had not de- ceived him, however for he had heard the sound of closing window. A window had been closed, but none of the servants had been at hand.
 At precisely Il a man came swiftly but cautiously across the lawn. When he reached the long windows of the dining room he paused, but not irreso- lutely. There was sharp rasping sourd, followed by the uncertain glare that makes the light of darklantern separate and individual, and window swung noiselessly inward. The room was in total darkness. The man wore short mask, soft felt hat well down over his eyes. He cupped his hand to his ear and strained to catch any sound. Silence. Then he dropped behind the screen. consulted a slip of paper by the light of his lantern, and with a few quick turns of the combi- nation knob opened the door of the safe. He extracted the envelope and thrust it into his pocket, without so much as a glance at it's contents. In making his exit. the window struck on the sill In pressing 1t the lock snapped loudly This was the sound | Cayenaugh heard. The burglar ran lightly across the lawn and disap-