The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-08-05


had the pleasure of adjourning a rath-
er important conference to be here
This confession Tiled the futtering
heart of Mrs Nolan with pure ecstasy
She could barely contain herself as she
in turn greeted Judith Bartelmy.
Pitcher announced another name
that appeared in the social register.
MIR. Dupuy." he announced. He had
come to keep his appointment with
Nolan.
How do you do, Mr.. Dupuy?" greet
ed the hostess. shaking hands warmly
with him. Here's Judge Bartelmy.
He's just adjourned a most important
conference to come to our tea. Pitch
er. tell Mr.. Nolan the judge and Mr..
Dupuy are waiting Say the judge has
Just adjourned his court to come. Miss
Bartelmy. Phyllis will be so delighted
to see you. She grasped Judith's
arm and led her to a door, speaking
rapidly as she did so. Phyllis wants
to show you her new gown Quinlan
brought over from Paris. Very smart
effect, but $3.50. and you could hold it
in the palm of your two hands-a
rag"
AN amusing character, our hostess
commented Rartelmy dryly to Dupuy
"Yes; she seems very appreciatlve OF
your daughters visit
We'll" decisively, "she certainly
ought to be-"
y suppose we shall see it IN the Ad-
vance tomorrow suggested Dupuy.
"Oh, of courseT Bartelmy laughed
amusedly.
by the way" remarked Dupuy'
did you see the evening papers|
A serious look came into Bartelmy's
face as he said:
II glanced over them on my way up
town. and their accounts of my deci
sion this morning are not at all objec-
tionabe."
NO blood drawn" said Dupuy reas-
suringly. "A little surprising. too. for
the Lansing iron people have been in
pretty bad odor with the public ever
since the receivership matter last
year"
THAT was the beginning of all these
attacks upon me. | hope the morning
papers will treat me fairly"
"Oh. there will be no trouble about
them. They have not investigated the
matter thoroughly enough yet, OF
course. excepting the Advance. But
you did just the right thing today to
bring Miss Judith"
! Rartelmy was showing not the
slightest hesitancy at using his beaut-
| full and accomplished daughter as
decoy in his plottings. In the first
place. he desired that she should mar
~ Wheeler Brand. hoping that the
young reforner's zeal against MIN
would disappear; secondly, by prevail
ing on her to pay attention socially
to the Nolan family he was confident
that the owner of the Advance woulC
| capitulate and become his friend. Al
| for Judith. she little Compensated the
entire significance OF her father att
| tnde, and ii she had. her frank. geuu
| inc nature. which revoltpd at trlckery
| and deceit. would not nave permitted
her 10 continue TO do his bidding She
| admired and loved ner father.
She knew that her mother before
| her bad aided her father in his WORK
and ambitions 10 considerable extent
| and now that her mother was no long
| er alive she felt IL her duty to ill bel
place in every possible way. AfteI
all. she bad only ii young woman's
knowledge of the ways of men in tht
! business and professional world, and
she could discern in the attacks on heI
! father nothing beyond what he him
self had taught her to believe that
they were the efforts of envious meT
or ignorant reformers or misguided
| fanatics, who assailed him entirely
without just cause. However, II
would seem thai the judge would In
| any event have attempted to concea
from others his motives for procuring
| the presence of Judith at the NolaI
home on this day. 1t would seem
no matter how low he had sunk
that he would have denied that be haC
ever employed her unsuspectingly as
decoy on other occasions. That was
! Tue least luis Ialutl COuid w lOA Las
daughter. But he made no attempt tt
protect her reputation, at any rate II
! Dupuy, for In answer to the lawyer
lobbyists remark that he had done
"just the right thing TO bring Miss
Judith today" be replied with his char
acteristic GOODNESS:
"Oh. in matters of this kind my
daughter is of the greatest help tc
me- After a moment be continued
81 don't at all like your idea. Dupuy
of my proposing this man Nolan a
/ the club"
That's our trump card" insisted tbs
other. Every man has his price
even this young Brand if we could
only find out what it is"
CHAPTER VII.
0 BRAND and Nolan came on