The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-12

spends the most uncomfortable night of his life" He leaned over and unfastened the knots which bound the burglar. Better run along to the wife and kiddies." he advised They'll be worrying about you
 he burglar rose and stretched himself
 I'm sorry. sir. that all our trou. ble came 10 nothing, he apolo- gized. Good night. sir"
 And he went as stealthily as he came
 In the aerie height of an office which overloked the whole of the { city of New York Mir. Pointer sat, shriveled wisp of man. and 1 like Telfelsdrockh-IJeered down 1 into all that wasp-nest or beehive. and witnessed their wax laying and honey making and poison brewing ! and choking by sulphur The I joyful and sorrowful are there; men ; are dying there: men are being 1 born; men are praying. ! Councillors of state sit plotting and ! playing tteir high chess game 1 whereof the pawnG are men" Mir 1 Pointer rasped his skinny hands to- gether and cackled dryly. Whereof 1 the pawns are men!" The phrase i pleased him: he played the game himself rather adroitly. Mir Pointer was one of the many 1 tentacles of the octopu": a clearing house of political information and i adviser-in-c of a host of men who guarded the political interests ] of certain gigantic corporations. He i was the one man who knew pre- cisely why Governor Blank was not made United States senator from the state of So-and-so; and why Dash wasn't returned to the city the city of This.andThat; and why the mayor of You-Know vetoed bill No. IS, which was an act to repeal an act. ct cetera He knew these things because il was his business 10 know them-and the octopus paid : him well.
 It was 10 him that Francis Ev. l erard Lewis came, panic-stricken Under the glittering eyes of this shriveled little man he told his story all of it. from Jim Warren s announcement of his candidacy up to and including the incident of 1 the captured burglar, who had been sent by Franques to recover the photographs. He remembered with abject horror the weary hours fol La, ho telephone. Jim Warren had said he Would turn the burglar over to the police; if he had But he hadn't; he had released him. What motive ] lay back of that he didn't know unless perhaps it was Jim Warren s desire to keep himself out of a possible controversy as to the break ing open of certain safe.
 Why were you keeping all your letters and ours?" Mir Pointer quer jed curtly. What was the use of it?"
 | "I thought perhaps they might be of value al some time" Lewis re piled haltingly.
 "Of value in case we ever de cided to throw you down? Is that . . IlRHt. II "dS d, SiuD oNSi soui head?'
 ! "I don't know why kept them, " Lewis said desperately. Certainly didn't want them to get into the : hands of anyone else { II understand" said Mir. Pointer testify. The same scheme has been tried before It never works" He paused and stroked his withered chin. Just when was it your-your man tried to recover the letters%'
 Night before last
 Nothing has appeared since"
 Not yet; but Jim Warren's got them all. He practically admitted as much over the phone to me
 And now what do you propose dong?"
 l don't know; that's why am here. What can l dO?"
 There are several things you can do." said MT. Pointer. Gro be continued.