Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-03-24
WU-frovd smiled.

Of he mai higher up, I'm looking iot
JohnIpee. and / exrcct 70 keep rem
miean under lock and key until ge'
him. You understand
shirley and Miriam and even Chal'
louer watched the course OF events
With great Interest Mlriam's mouth
was sealed upon the queaion Of the
pribe. bat Challoner absorbed ~ ne
had beard in the courtroom, and. hazy
though II had been. be noted that Altr'
JAMS manner was sin hopeful-in
fact, certain. Shirley. too felt rather
than knew that Murgatroyd had re-
moved from himself not the faint OF
bribery, but the violation OF his com
pact She felt the thing was cut and
dried.
One day the clerk Of the appellate
division placed in the hands of a spe-
cial messenger a document some i've
pages long. II was a carbon copy.
sTake that TO the prosecutor b
commanded, ~and tell him It's ad.
vance,
AS Murgatroyd was perusing 1t Mix
ley rushed in and yelled In alarm;
"Chief, chief, look at this!' ID
too, held In his hand a document com
posed OF several sheets Of yellow pa
per scrubbed over with a soft black
lead pencil. sits from the warden"
he whigDered
Murgatroyd took Mlxley's yellow
sheets. He read the first page and
rose to bis feet.
when did all this happen, MixieyY
he asked IN a tense voice, with dim
Guilty restraining his excitement.
About an hour ago"
sHow did he kill himselfi'
aCyanlde-smuggled in somehow"
Murgatroyd read the yellow sheets
again.
Great Caesar be exclaimed.
Mixley, still lingering, now asked:
"Any news from the %appeal?"
Murgatroyd nodded.
Here's the opinion, just handed
down"
"ReversalY"
mo; affirmed. By the way, Mix
ley" he added, take this carbon copy
over to ThoFne, viii you? He'll wan
to see it."
"Shall l tell him." faltered Mixley.
"Tell him nothing" Murgatroyd re
piled. "Oficially l know nothing o.
this other thing. I'll investigate I
| FIRST; then l can talk TO him"
That very day Thorne sent a copy 0
the opinion up to Mrs. Challoner with
ont comment. Over the phone be said
",Tbere is no hope"
Miriam had doubted once, but nov
she held TO her faith in Murgatroyd
She knew that Murgatroyd would keel
his word. Shirley, though, shook he
head.
And also on that same day Murga
troyd jumped into a cab and rode of
on a tour Of private inspection.
The next day be sent for Thorne,
Before making things public
Thorne." be said. 81 wanted you Il
read that"
Thorne read with bulging eyes tht
yellow sheets that were thrust befor'
him. Then be grasped Murgatroyd''
arm. saying:
Don't make it public. There arr
political reasons pleaded Thorae.
But it's bound to leak OUT
Never mind" Thorne was very IN
easy.
But again Murgatroyd persisted;
What Of Mrs. ~ChalloDerT'
"T1l take care OF Mrs. Challoner,
responded Thorne.
Leave the whole thing TO me. II
90 with you before the our at an,
time you please" said Murgatroyd.
And they did 60 before the court
The court opened It's eyes when I
heard.
"Well welll' exclaimed the court.
Broderiek and Thorne later sat clos
eted. Every crisis found them to
gether.
"Broderick," said the lawyer, ''thi
Is going to hurt Cradlebaugh's NOR
than ever. The Challoner case ha
jumped from the frying pan into tn
fire" His grip frightened on Broderick
This thing has got to be hushed up"
IF it's got to be it can be-" declare,
the politician.
But there's the court orderi'
Frederick grinned as be said;
There's men has got to file timer
that know how to file papers SO blam
ed far in the pigeonholes that even
reporter can't find EN-"
Somebody's bound to find it out"
Not II / stretch out this hand" an
swered Broderick. That there han,
has covered a multitude Of sins" Il
squinted at Thorne. But there's Jus
one person I'm afraid Of in this thing
"MurgatroydY'
"No; not a bit Of 1t. You take M
word for it, Murgatroyd win neve
open his mouth again on the subjec
Of the Challoner case. He took tina
cash. He gent fool me"
Broderick paused, then added.
Mrs. challoner is the fly in the olnt
ment."
You're wrong there" dissente.
Thorne. an handle her. II she eve
asks questions IN answer her witt
the right kind of answers. You'd bel
ter be about 1t and do your little parl
Broderick."
I'm do mine as soon as you d,
yours"
Whats mine nowT'
Frederick lield out his hand, saying
"A little check, counselor"
That very day the doors of the BIZ
building Murgatroyd had visited oper
ed wide. From them stepped forth
man-no, four men-four men lade
heavily. With these four men was
fifth, but be was unseen. In the ful
Light Of day the four men carried
long oak box and swung It student
into a battered locking hearse.
That's the end of himg" they WIFI,
pered.
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