The evening world., 1910-12-09

my suggestion mat ne WIN INV" w
the staton with me. AS We went. a
man emerged from the trees across
and came slowly after us.
You see, I am only ~nominally a free
agent, he said morosely. THEY'LL pol
son me yet; I know too much
We said q little on the way 20 the
train. Just before Il came laundering
along, however. he spoke again.
II am going away, Knox. There isn't
anythins In this political game for me.
and the law 10 too long. ] have a chum
in Mexico, and he wants me to go down
there"
Permanently
Yes. There's nothing TO hold me
now" he said.
what do you mean?" I demanded.
IT mean that there isn't any longer a
reason why one part Of the earth Is bot
ter than another. Mexico or Alaska. It's
all the same to me-
He turned on his heel and left me. I
watched hin swing Ut the path. with his
head down. 1 saw the shedowy figure
OF the other man fall into line behind
him. Then I caught the platform of the
ieSt - boN"Nes e"1 tih"t NV AAhO
into town was q trtumphsl procession
with the wheels beating time n sing
ing: IT'S all the same-the same-to
| me-to me-"
/ called Burton by telephone and
was lucky enough to find him at the
I Office. lie said he had Just got In. and.
as usual, he wanted something TO eat.
We arranged to meet at a Mttle sChi-
nese restaurant. whore at that hour
0 o'clock--we would be almost alone.
I Later on. after the theatre. l knew that
the place would be full of people AMI
conversation impossible.
Burton listened attentivsly to War
drops story. az I repeated It.
80 Schwartz did It, after ALL" he
said. regretfully. when I finished. IT'S
OF the unusal. and It resolves itself
into an ordinary, everyday. man-to-
man feud. I'm disappointed. We can't
touch Schwartz"
II thought the Times-Post was hot
after him"
Schwartz bought the Times-Post at
3 o'clock this afternoon Burton said.
with repressed age. I'm called on"
How In Mrs. Burer?" i asked.
"Dellrious." shortly. Shes going to
croak. Wardrop's going TO Mexico.
Schwartz Will be next Governor and
Miss Maitland's body will be found in q
cistern. The whole thing has petered
out. What's the use OF finding the MUIR
derer II he's coated with asbestos and
lined with money? Mike. l want SOM
,,,nro tAa ~ ArOaun m frnttblAS
We called up the hospital about 1919
and learnedNthst Mrs. Butler was sink.
ing. Fred was there, and without much
hope OF setting anything We went over
I took Burton In as a nephew OF tho
dying woman. and ! was glad / had
done Il. She was quite conscious. bu'
very weak. She told the story to Fred
and myself, and In a corner Burton
look Il do wn In shorthand. We got hoi
10 sign II about daylight some time. and
she died very quietly shortly after Edit
arrived at eisht.
She began with her married life, an(
TO understand the beauty OF II Is to ur'
derstand the things that came after
She was perfectly. Ideally. i!loSicalll
happy. Then one day Henry Butler &C
copied the nomination for State Trea
surer, and with that things changed
The crash came. after all. with ter
rible audiences. There had been al
all-night conference at the Butler home
) and Mr.. Butter. in a frenzy At rndini
!, himself a dupe. had called the butte
from bed and forcibly elected FLEMING
and schwartz from the house.
Butler was one honest man against
/, complete organization o: u~ns0rupu!ou
ones. His disgrace. Imprisonment an
suicide at the White Cat had foloWet
n = .-.tl ,s,annuElnN WIN his 0edln. AZ
3 that was worth while In his wife d'ed
| She laid her plans with the caution
l ana absolute recklessness OF O diseased
mentality. Normally a shrinking, ner
vous woman, she became cold. passion
less, deliberate In her revenge. TO DIS
5 grace schwartz and Fleming was he
original intention. But she could no
&c, the papers, ,,
) She resorted to bounding Fieh!nt
o meaning 10 drive him TO suicide An
/. she chose a method that had more hear
. Iv ariyen him to madness. Wherever n
tusned he found the figures twenty-'W
: G. Sometimes Just the NUMBER w!tnou
tho letter. It had been Henry Butter
cell number during his imprisohme IN.
n aud II they we're craven on ms wiz
3 soul. they burned themselves IN hne
n o. FIRE on Fleming's brain.
The time came when Other things we.
. badly with llemlng, an heu
: hoard from Wardrop. lie fed TO IN
Waite Cat. end for a week Ellen i'ht''
hunted him vainiy. She had decided
d mi Rim, and on the night Marser
c Fleming had found the paper on m
pillow, she had been in the house IN
A was not the only intruder IN the nous
that night. Some one preslmap'
" Fleming himself-aad been there nero
her. She found a lady's desk broke
open and a small drawer empty.
Evidently Fleming. unable to draw
" checl. while In hiding. had needed reai
II money. As 10 the Jewels that had pee
N disturbed In Margegy's boudoir. ! COIL
:, only su.mlse the impulse that, arr
prompting him TO take them. had rave
a. the sight of his dead wife's Jewel
Surprised by the girls appearance 81
had crept 20 the upper floor and col
cealed herself In an empty bedroom.
had been almost dawn before she y
out. No doubt this VAS the o b.
longing TO the butler. Carter. whle
Margery had reported as locked I'M
night. =,
She took a key from the door Of a 81
entrance and locked the door beair
her when she left. Within q couple
nights she had learned that Warirt
"a was coming home from PlattsburS. AZ