The Washington times., 1910-11-30
CHAPTER VII.
A Millionaire's Promise

faces what he believes 10 be inevi-
L table death, the events Of his entire
life, no matter how long II has
Deens nor how filled with incident. pass
IN review before him IN an ilfinitesimal
space OF time Certainly. every ceTall
connected with LlthrOp-s experience
during the previous twenLy-f0uT hours
vas prominently IN MS recollection IN
Jhat one instant when ne saw and
recognized Wilmington in the library OF
GeOrge Trevor HIS face, however, be-
Tayed none OF the emotion he felt II
had been set TO steruness when he
opened the door, as q result OF the in
leEsleW ne mad just mad WITH EQua,
and now her expression did not change
Bat his perceptions were shaTpeued by
the sudden encounter, and the eager
start forward which Wilmington made
told him that ai9IE-Gg had been dis
covered as yet. Though he could IN no
way account Tor ils young mans pres
ence IN this piE-t-
Millington sJeJI.cd to him quickly and
thrust Olse his nSTG-
MOTIFS, he said eagerly, you are q
friend IN need You have come in the
nick OF time"
I'm glad OF that" Lathrop declared
with great cordially But I thought
you were In Chicago. or very near it,
BY this hour"
so I intended to be- was the an
sWer- $50 L should have been, but for
a telegram which headed me OF and
turned me back at Utica. I've just got
IN town, and came directly here ST.
down There is no privacy about this
iutervieW-thot IS none so far as you
are concerned"
II mus be something important 10
bring you back in the face Of the or
ders you received from the governor"
LathrOp hazarded-
ct is" 8uuiuEton declared. en-
pLauCaly- Il came back just TO see
Trevor might as Wen have some
on. for I cant do g thing with him.
WHAT'S the trouble, paterz asked
LathroD, turning his eyes upon the
The old man smiled grimly.
No trouble at ALL he replleG- me
beginning for q few others your
friend here, for instance"
= don't mind telling you inter
rupted Wilmington. although IL does
not rebound 10 my credit StilI'-anc
he turned 10 TreFOr-''lt IS really the
governor you must blame, not me-
rs TINS Way' ne co1J!i-l eo, aaoTS
Ing LaLIrCsa- Trevor Is concerned IN
q deal which IS immense he ought to
make millions out Of it, he has or
gained a syndicate to control the
output Of copper for the entire world
that Is, 20 control the market which
is the same thing. The governor
through his friends here, has been
OTk1nE 70 break him. ana they-or
SHAH I say we, Mr. Trevor
at would he nearer the truth came
me uucomUrOmisiuE reply
VERY WeLI-aIlEouEh IL is not the
truth I've thought we had him We
figured very closely on Just how far
Re could go and we meant 10 break
him That's the unvarnlsneo truth
We looked up every security he held
or rather, We thought we did Then.
at the very moment when he IS as we
believe on the point Of failure, 10!
he bobs up with another mi-llon or
two, and were out in the cold Now,
I've returned 10 try 10 induce him to
take me into the deal I've made him
. rn--=r offer 0EUE
that VIII you Trevor
No not al all" the fiuaucier agreed
But he Tetuses-sayS If ] had come
the day before yesterday or yesterday
even he would have jumped at the
chance now its too late I've OEeTed
10 place q million dollars 10 his credit
at once, and to stand reaCE 10 back
him for i've more al the drop Of the
hat Hen need it. too, before he Is
through with this deaL and he knows
Il. although he doesn't know what
me persuade him
rs this your affair. Jack, or your
fathers LatGTop asked
Nine" AIillinEtOu made answer. Wig
OToUsly-
Il? And he won't have
mo, I tell you I'm alOne-absolutely
Why, as 10 t1at. Of course want a
share in the profits. but chiefly, 1 want
TO steal a march on the governor
LsathUop turned TO Trevor
eff YOU should give Jack the chance
he wants. he questioned. would Il az
feet your profits in the natter
1T Wouldn't make them any less
the old man admitted 1t might make
them greater even If he had come
to NE when I was in need of h-m-that
Is, when he thought Z WaS-Id have &C
Cepted. Now, I won IT,
When do you start for Chicago again,
Jack Lathr0p inquired. calmly chang
ing the subject, TO the evident relief OF
Trevor, and TO the surprise Of Milling
ton
"On the midnight-it's 10 now"
Shall We stroll up 20 the club frst2"
Eyes, If you ike Shall We go ar once,
MorTis2 I'm very sorry over your de
mind, wire me III be at the Chicago
Club Good night
GOOD night SIR the fnancier replied,
without geniallty-
with an aneCtiOnate smile, IN see you
early tomorrow
Then the two younger men went out or
the house together and StroiieG UP the
avenue L.athrOD felt a peculiar elatlon
because of the Interview that had Just
taken place, for i assured him that
NilIington had discovered nothing, and
that George Trevor had not mentioned
the nature Of the securities he had de-
posted that day. and, too. De tnougnC
that he now saw a way out OF his oil
Jenna. for the partnership agreement
was IN his pocket. and he was positive
that he could induce Trevor 20 accept
the alu OF Lle young lIlileleE- MS
done. surely he could so direct matters
that there need be no fear lest his crime
be exposed
Unfortunately. 115 forgot that it was
not Jack AIilliHgton, but the father who
owned the stolen securities. The Teck-
oning. Il reckoning there were, must be
with the elder Millington. not with the
yOuu ger Later on This fact was TO be
borne IN on him with crushing force
Jack he said, as they were walking
along together you have come about
as near making an ass Of yourself as
your own father could wish
"Eh2 How Is that was the aston
ished and Indignant query.
well, then LathTop demanded. will
you tell me why you didn't ask me last
night 10 do this thing for yOu--'
why, because I didn't think Of it"
MiningtOn answered
''BUt. If you had thought Of it, I.sth-
Top asserted ''yCu would not have asked
me-
'Perhaps not, his friend admitted
BESIDES" he added naively. Eve
thought that We had him. But anyhow
you can persuade him. Morris. Il you