The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-11
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ant superintendent. who was in
charge
ale VIII come here today. re has
been mere before, hasn't hep
''WeiI, he'll come again today-as
soon as he finds Out~rhat ] am in the
city; and ! shall very soon have him
admit MIN inside the grating. and let
this man follow him in
Very vel, sir the official promised;
i 1t shall be done
And yo9,' MilIington continued, turn
/ ing 70 the officer, vii wait Until he
! has the door Of the vault open before
| You serve your warrant The minute
! that you see him coming call I'D z5,34s
/ Cortlandt and say Stock booming
afteTward keep him till I get here I
want nay instructions carried out 10 the
| letter.
He went out then got into his cab and
was driven away Fifteen minutes later
he walked into Trevor's office with that
alert, imperative manner that was char
acteristic- Of him and pushed his way
unannounced, into the presence OF the
broker who was engaged in an ami
mated conversation with Morris IAth-
7op. Both men looked up quickly when
ne entered. but neither showed the
! aEnazeTnent he felt One had passed
through many years Of training in the
surprises or the Street; the other had
himself under perfect control
g
, the capitalist. in exactly the same man
ner he would have said the words had
| ne been IN the habit OF dropping in
/ every day at the same hour. Good
! morning, Lathrop. Just got back this
| cable2T'
y -; and answered it." was the re-
tort
] didn't get the reply" Wilmington
said NO matter, though. I see you're
Dusy low What time this afternoon
can see your
IA Amy ii tiW me- Trevor said. amiably-
An right. PH run in. Are you a new
, recruit in the Street. Lathrop?'' the can
ltaliSt continued. turning his crafty eyes
oh, yes. Of sorts" Lathrop replied.
careleSSly, as he drummed hts fingers on
a packet wrapped IN brown paper which
ne was holding Did YOU have a pleas
ant voyage over. Mr. Wilmington -
oh! delightful Never better. I sup
pose Jack IS out Of town. isn't hep
I received 2 wire from him from
Chicago day before yesterday" Lathrop
answered in neutral voice.
Wen, he'll get one from me today.
capitalist went out as briskIy as he had
entered, but there was an enigmatiCal
smile on his face as he mUttered:
Good stuff in that fellow Cool as a
cucumber Pity TO put stripes on him.
but IL can't be helped ] suspect that
Trevor put him up 70 It. The old fool
ought 10 have known that I'd find IL
out 1 oniy nope / can prove that he
did know about It I'd Ike 10 send him
along to keep Lathrop company
Now, what did AIiilington mean By
running in here IN that way2'' Trevor
demanded as soon as the capitalist had
left the office
Probably to questic-s you about this
SSSct sro eeP }nt1d aPp baEs 5 Js
put II or TIL later
He means mischief somewhere the
hnancier unused I've seen that CLINT
IN his eyes before and IL always means
trouble for somebody J suppose It's
Jack that he's after this time Any
how. we are safe
LathrOp made no direct reply, but re
gsrded the parcel fOnGIy.
I'll hurry along now he said after
a moment You don't need this
again, since you have Jacks million and
ten promise OF more If you want II
No Trevor declared. And I'm more
glad than ] can tell you 10 get that
stock of my hands
Lathrop went out then, entered his
cab and gave directions that ne be
driven To the WestmoreIand Safe De-
post Company he did not see the face
Of Sam MilliagtOn peerrng at him from
window on the opposite side OF the
street
his cab had just turned the corner
into Broadway when the one containing
She opened the door and sprang out al
most before the vehicle came 70 stop,
FASTENED inside and gave her father a
second shock Of surprise
Where IS Morris2'' she demanded be-
fore the broker could speak
Just gone out not minute ago
What IS the natter"
Nothing Where has he gomez"
rs CarIa-"
"Carla IS all Tight-everythfng Is all
right But wish 70 see Morris Where
/ did he CO..
He went from here to che Westmore-
land Safe Deposit Company the father
answered What do YOU
Where Is that2 Quick, I want to
catch HIM" Edna interrupted