The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-05

~ ul.5i'slfass5sss-f Ia THIS hurE fnaf
sn'f sri no fserrnry 10 krsaw fha;
nat say rss-s. Sergeant. be wtsn,
rs,nEdrasialls this Is 4 blamed i'm
s.ant thing aud before do my
hing I'm rcinr down town 10 consul
Mr. Graham Thorne. IN bring him IN
q Cradlehaurh's Ynn tell your cap
N 10 meet as there in an hour and ,
sslf..
Twefry minutes later Frederick wad
led Into the nrirafe atsiep of Graham
Fhorne. ESQ. sasinSriaf nj lsiw.
.Thnrne he rxsiaiined. lolnging
hack comfortably in a chair. -hnve ron
seen ai,nns this tfinrs Dn vou know
what happened there las, NIGHT =
Thorne smiled gTiinly and pointed to
the pile OF morning papers on his desk
Il knew about Ii al u O'clock this
morning IKE been whiting for you To
turn up for The hast four hours. There
was lsnte of superiority In his voice.
which. strange 10 say. Frederick in
nowise reserted
Broderiek ever since he had met
tall handsome. dignified Young man
with The gray just commencing 10
creep In his hair Thurne pussessed all
the qualities that 20 10 make up a
clever, astute counselor at law OF bis
antecedents. 1t Is true no one knew
aught- Ese had merely arrived few
| short years before. opened bis big law
] Office. stalked into the courts and ont
/ of them, into the clubs ana cut OF
/ them 1t cannot be denied that he
made his best impression upon layrnen
and not upon the lawyers. although
even the members of the bar conceded
that Thorne had ability. That be earn
ed a great deal Of money was quite
manifest. for he spent II with q free
1 hand il a frifie TOO ostentafionsiy He
/ hohnobbed With the best people knew
everybody worth while. and everybody
worth while knew him Frederick felt
that If fate could regenerate him be
should like to be Thorne.
We'll" biurted ont the politician.
.whaf are you going to do about itr'
What are ne going 10 do about it?~
asked the lawyer in turn.
q can handle the police" Broderick
affirmed.
THAT goes without saying. But
were up against something more than
the police
IF Tom Martin or Sam Apgar was
the prosecutor now" walled Rroder-
/ lex, wed have no trouble. They used
TO come to NE regularly for instrnc-
tons
Thorne paced the entire length Of
his long private Office
But" be protested. Martin isn't
prosecutor Neither is Apgar. Murga-
troyd is prosecutor. and
-Confound the man. interrupted
Broderick- -'Fie's 80 straighf that be
leans orer backward 1t was he who
said six weeks ago that the Tweedale
suicide was the last stra ": that Il an
other fracas occurred inside OF Cradle
baugh's It would be goodby TO Cradle
banGh's And now there's this blamed
murfierf
Thorne looked Broderick In the eye
for Tnonenf and asked.
do yon know that this murder hap
pened inside of Cradlebaugh's2
NO But Tn satisfied it did,
Have ron talked TO Pemmicangv
Broderiek stared In surprise.
o But haven't yous
Tsaarne shock his bead.
lyon forEer tisf | waited here for
ycu Now that you're here. nv idea
/ Is to see Pemuaican and get the facts. ;
The captain Of the precinct will
be there. explained Broderick. -He
understands that you're counsel for
! Cradlebausll's Seer
Come on. s repeated Thorne. Wen
go and see Peuinican.
Broderiek remained seated. Present.
ly be said hesitatingiy:
Just q second counselor. wish
you'd draw check FOR fire for me-"
"Doiiarss"
No
Five thousandr- Thorne whistied
Coming 1t just bit strong. Broder-
ick .
Brodsr7ck vigorously shook his head
Now, lock here, Tborne- I've 20.
no complaint to make OF you. and
you've got DO complaint to make o.
me, You've paid ne well. but you've
had blamed good returns for 1t
haven't you Come, now
Yes" admitted Tborne. Bur-
no bnts Interrupted Frederick
This is a crisis"
Thorne drew down the corners Of hi.
mouth.
DO you think that don't know It'll
q crisis" He went back TO his desk
drew forth check book and wrote
check Before passing ii over 10 Brod
eriek he looked him squareiy In Id,
eye and added
Peter. I've always paid ron +,
check and taken yonr receipt
Sure" returned Broderick. -i'E
no oBceholder yon could publish /
IN the newspapers Nobody could tina
fault .
The point is continued Thorne
referring TO q memorandum. that ~,
passed over to ron d sight of fnoney. :
a xrt - 1.