The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-10-15


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Eiiai BEEN struck g ~ you i1lsTIIl.l
mildred doesn't own Alto44.
never rod, mes Nhp put 10 t1ilt mo-
ey!'
esDonst tel me ycu didn't know
cried Wayne waylaElil. ssHo1 lS1lelV
an the time You worked you n ENDS
out and then sent that Ehtpper snap
per to my daughter when you saw you
were about 70 tail. You mana eeq
well. You knew she couldn't retuse. a,
.sHow ala you find cut that she held
the stock?
'.She told me, Of course
'.Ton't ask me TO believe that f.
she tiadn,t tOId you before she wouldnt
tell you now. AMI can say q that she
acted of her own tree VIII. 4 never
dreamed she put up that $4,000. " tillt
90 you intend to do now that you have
saken over these holdings
.sVVhat do yougthink2 would spend
ten times the money to save my daugn.-
teri The old Inan was qudverinG.
4eYou are only minority stock
boE1ar The control OF this enterprise
gtIII rests with me ana my friends
.sYonr frtends!' cried AIr. Wayland.
,sThat,s what brings me here-you and
your friends. In break You and your
friends II It takes my fortune"
II can understand your dislike n
me. but my associates have never
harmed you.
rtneyI A lawlaIs ruman. who openly
threatened WINS Marshss murder, and
a loose woman from the dance nails. ~
TAKE carer cried Emerson In g
sharp voice
The old man waved his hands as 81
at a loss for words Look herei You
can't be an utter idiot You must
know who she Isl
"sDo you? Then tell me-
Wayne wayland turned his back In
disgust. ADo you really wish to
known AIarsh's smooth voice ques-
II do"
..She Is very common sort" said
willis Marsh. Il am surprised that
you never heard Of her while you were
in the .upr er country. She followed
the mining camps and lived as such
women do. She Is an expert with
cards She even dealt faro In some Of
the camps"
..How do you know"
II looked up her history In Seattle,
She, IS veEy-well, notorious"
People talk like that about nearly
every woman in Alaska"
Ell didn't come here to argue about
that vonan's diameter" broke In Mr..
Wayland
'..You have said enough now. SO that
yon viii either prove your words or
apologize"
''Ef you want proof. take your own
relation with her. It's notorious.
Even Mildred has heard OF it,
81 can explain to her in a word.
affair with Hilliard. II 50 you had
better do 1t. / suppose you didn't
know anything about that either. /
suppose you don't know why he adj
vanced that loan after once refusing
It. They have name for men like
you who take money from women OF
her sort"
Emerson uttered terrible cry. and
his face blanched to gray palIor.
go you mean to say-I sent-her-
to HIIliard?"
''HiIlfard as good as told me 50 HIM
self. Do you wonder that am willing
to spend a fortune to protect my girl
from a man like you2 I'm going to
break you. I've got foothold in this
enterprise OF yours, and I'll root you
out If it takes a milliOn. III kick You
back into the gutter where you be
long, II
Boyd stood appalled, Mt the violence
OF this outburst The man seemed
insane. He could NOT hnd words to
answer him.
you did not come down here to ten
me that" he said atlast
mo. came here with message
from Mildred. She has told me to dis
miss you once and for alI.''
az shall take my dismissal from no
one but her. can explain every
thing"
II expected you to say that. II You
want her own words read this" With
shaking fingers he thrust letter be
fore Emerson's eyes. 'Read it!''
The young man opened The envelope
and read In a handwriting he knew
only too well:
Dear Boyd - The conviction has been
and hive made serious mistake. II
IL not necessary 70 10 into details. Let |