The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-17

k=-oS$ diStasteful plunge and had NEIL come to the office of the 1Ad-' vance. waited for Brand to make the opening remarks about the particular object of his visit. Brand was waiting for the judge to do the same. It 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 well knew that, in spite of all his precautions, af- fairs in newspaper office are so un- certain that an interruption of an un- expected nature might occur to ruin 1 the entire plan.
 "Mr. Dupuy was here short time ago." he ventured.
 1 Judge Bartelmy proceeded to ex- plain the appearance of the lawyer lob byist in the affair. While 1t was plain to Brand that the judge had sent Du- puy as a go-between so that it would be impossible to connect Bartelmy with the payment of any money as a bribe. the jurist did not propose to ac- knowledge that such had been his laud- able purpose, He gave an entirely diff ferent reason.
 "Yes, 1 know" he said. 'He found me at the opera with my daughter. l hoped, MT. Brand. that by allowing me to act through him you would spare I me this last humiliation" Would it not be safer for you if DO third party knew of your transaction | with. me" suggested Brand. The judge pitied the colossal igno- 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 ters of this sort? And he was news paper man of years of experience too. No. this v liar young man would never finish supplying the judge with surprises; of that Bartelmy was posi- tive. Perhaps it might be in order to | observe at this point that. while Brand of course could not know that these 1 thoughts were passing through his visitors mind. be at the same time would have been ready to confess that l 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.
 He's not in naine." responded the managing editor.
 "You're mistaken in him. I know him intimately"
 "Oh. the pity of it." exclaimed Brand. "that you should be intimately ac- quainted with such man as Dupuyv'
 Bartel,ny could not restrain a sarcas- tic smile at the editors sheer ar Dupuy.
 'Mr. Brand" he said quickly. your moral reflections at this juncture i'm part a certain quaint humor to the sit uation."
 q am afraid that is the trouble with me- My humor is nearly always unin tentional.'' Brand sighed as though sorry for himself.
 The judge began to show signs of 'ervouSnesS.
 Well. shall we get on With it?" the
 litor asked him.
 Yes. I must rejoin my daughter
 he's waiting for me at the opera. She
 Fas very anxious that I should not
 ome here tonight. It was curious
 Ter persistency in the matter"
 Braud drew his chair closer to the l leslS-rlo~e' '-tio telephone
 "Let Ss get to business.'' he said.
 The Jadge went on talking about hi daughter.
 ''She displays an unusual. I shoul, say all extraordinary, curiosity as t
 my mission here,' he said. My daugh ter would have made great cross ex