The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-12
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promptly assured uIm, payhDio 20
bearer. get and per cent on some
of them-fhe old ones"
where are these securities 7"
SIN the Fidelity Safe Deposit vaults.
''In addition to these" went on Muir.
gatroyd. you have your house on the
/ avenuey
| "Yes There's a small equity in It.
And That's all you haven he asked
| a moment later.
| absolutely
| "Your house." unused Murgasroyd.
/ hair TO himself witt take care OF
Tnorne's Zee
How much will that bef"
! Murgatroyd jerked bis head nerv-
! ously.
! "Thorne? Oh, he'll take all he can
/ getr There was a short silence
which Murgatroyd suddenly broke
| "Mrs. Chalioner, your attempt to brfbe
is no longer an attempt. You have sue
ceeded. l shall set your husband free.
Mrs. Challoner smiled while ths
tears trickied down her cheeks.
II shall get you the hundred thou
sand dollars right away" she said as
If Ii were a mere bagateIle.
Just one moment. please" contin-
ned Murgatroyd. waving her back into :
her seat. for she had risen. Il shah
| set your husband free for eight Aus-
! dred and sigty thoasdnd dollars"
/ Miriam Challoner leaned back In her
( chair. She seemed to hesitate.
/ 'For everything l haver' she mue@
/ tered half aloud.
/ Murgatroyd reached over and touch
/ ed her on the arm and repeated in the
same tone:
Everything you havee' and added.
surely you did not think that / would
! sell myself for lessr'
/ "No, no, of course not" she faltered.
81 wish | had millions to give you.
I You arc a good man. You are doing
( a good act"
Murgatroyd shook his head and said
! somewhat impatientiy:
Mrs. Challoner, this is business
! transaction. Let IFS close It. You can
get those securities today. i supposef'
Yes" she replied in the next breath.
J the flush of JOY still on her face.
Then do SO. please" His voice was
hoarse now. And bring them to me
/ here wrapped up In brown paper. Yox
/ understand that nobody must know
about this You know what it would
mean to me. to you, TO Challoner."
Yes, yesr' she cried eagerly and
! held ont her hand. Its an agrss~
ment."
But Murgatroyd purposely ignored
| her hand and abruptly turned aways
saying:
..Thas matter must be closed a
once"
And with a confident "I'il be back m
! half an hour" Mrs. Chailoner passed
| out of the door. which Murgatroy0
had softly and noiselsssly unlocked v
The man who presently was brought
out of the barred antsroom and taken
before the prosecutor might from hts I
manner have been anything from =
fioorwalker Of a big department stcrs
to a manager OF a renowned raths<
keller. In the matter Of general adorn4
ment of the person, however. PemmsS
can Of the low brow was m excepticnt
to his class No diamond blased from
his shirt front or fingers. Moreover, hs
was dressed In the most somber blacks.
and under his soft felt hat the hair
was brushed with scrupulous care.
"pemmican,r said Murgatroyd. al
geniality and good fellowship now
show are they treating your And
then, with a chuckle, '@Yon look peak
ed. my man,
Pemmican answered peevishlyi
'No wonder I'm all TO the bad Bus
why am kept locked up in this house
of detention?"
McGrath grinned and spoke.
witnesses Ia wary game ana scarce
80 we keep 'em In cold storage. Seer
pemmican whined to the prosscutor1
"You made my bail 50 internally
large that my friends would not put u
up for me-"
II did 1t purposely.- Murgatroyd dsx
clared. "You are the only witness. and
i've got to keep you whore your friends
cannot reach you"-here faint dusk
spread over the prosecutors COUNTIES
nance-'cannot corrupt you, Pemmk
cnn."
Murgatroyd nodded dismissal u
McGrath. and. going over to q table II
the center Of the room. he drew Il /
him sheet Of foolscap.
''Come here. Pemmicanr' he SAID
"Just sketch me here on this paper 4
little plan showing the position Of tha
men In Room A that night.
''Sure." volunteered Psmmican. tab
ing the profrered pencil. Now. hssG /
was Colonel HarGraves. here wass-
He stopped abruptly. for he had seer /
that In Murgatroyd's hand q walled
marked "R. H.
"Go on" said Murgntroyo
"And here was. Pemmican stcek II
ped again.
what are you looking atr Murgas
troyd asked. "Oh, thatY he said cas- I
uaily and passed the wallet to Penn
lnican.
Pemmfcan started and backed away.
II don't want it. II amt mine. I +
don't know what It Is. What d n
anyhow he gulped. mo, counselor.s
be added. land. besides, l WASN'T loesr /
Ing ut 1t"