The Irish standard., 1910-07-02

vance, waited for Brand to make the
object Of hts visit.
Brand was waiting for the Judge to
do the same. 1t was the newspaper
man who spoke first, after the two
had seated themselves. He was anx-
ious to get the matter over with as
quickly as possible, for he we'll knew
! that. in spite of all his precautions, af-
! fairs in newspaper office are so I'M
certain that an interruption of an un-
| expected nature might occur to ruin
the entire plan.
"Mr. Dupuy was here short time
ago." he ventured.
Judge Bartelmy proceeded to ex-
plain the appearance of the lawyer lob
| byist in the affair. While it was plain
to Brand that the Judge had sent Du-
puy as go-between so that it would
! be impossible to connect Bartelmy
with the payment Of any money as a
bride. the jurist did not propose to ac-
knowledge that such had been his laud-
able purpose. He gave an entirely diff
! ferent reason.
Eyes, know" he said. "He found
me at the opera with my daughter l
hoped, Mr.. Brand, that by allowing me
to act through him you would spare
me this last humiliation"
'Would it not be safer for you If no
third party knew of your transaction
with n,e?" suggested Brand.
Tho in6oo nitiod IN oolocSoI Sruo
rance of this amateur In trickery. Did
not he know that in the superior
,, spheres Of crooked practices it became
necessary to employ third persons on
many occasions to put through mat
ters Of this sort? And he was a news
paper man Of years of experience too.
No, this peculiar young man would
never finish supplying the judge with
surprises; of that Bartelmy was posi-
tive. Perhaps it might be in order to
observe ut this point that, while Brand
of course could not know that these
thoughts were passing through his
visitors mind. he at the same time
would have been ready to confess that
he was going to provide several more
surprises for the jurist. But there are
different varieties of surprises.
"Dupuy is in my confidence" the
Judge pronounced with an air of final
ity.
Hes not in mine" responded the
managing editor.
you're mistaken in him. know
him intimately"
ooh fI, pit1, e. o~o1o {,,,or1 p,o
"that you should be intimately ac-
quainted with such man ms Dupuyw
Bartelmy could not restrain sarcas-
tic smile at the editors sneer at Dupuy.
"Mr. Brand" he said quickly. "your
moral reflections at this juncture i'm
part certain quaint humor to the sit
uation."
Il am afraid that is the trouble with
me. My humor is nearly always unin-
territorial" Brand sighed as though
sorry for himself.
The judge began to show signs of
nervousness.
"Well, shall we get on with it?" the
editor asked him.
Eyes. must rejoin my daughter
She's waiting for me at the opera. She
was very anxious that I should not
come here tonight. 1t was curious
her persistency in the natter
Brand drew his chair closer to the
desk-closer to the telephone.
"Let us get to business" he said.
The judge went on talking about his
daughter.
'She displays an unusual, 1 should
say an extraordinary. curiosity as to
my mission here" he said. "My daugh-
ter would have made a great cross ex-
aminer II she had been a man."
"We're wasting time, judge" Now
it was Brand who was becoming i'm.
patient.
Am to understand that the pay
mcnt Of this sum- Bartelmy began.
Brand raised his voice to a high
pitch.
''Ten thousand doIlars" he said.
EYES," agreed Bartelmy cautiously
"Ams to understand that it-ah-.
wipes out Of your recollection not onls
the incident Of which you were speak
ing. but also as to- He paused.
Brand helped the would be briber to
complete his sentence.
"You mean your secret interview last
night with Dupuy and the attorney for
the lansing
The visitor raised his hand warming
ly at Brands loud tones, as though to
counsel caution.
"Yes, yes"
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