Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-11-30

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above zero, You felt Christ
mas that day. the joyous relaxation.
! the pleasurable excitement.
Yet the spirit of good will was not
universal. as three men in that city
could have testified They shivered in
a downtown Office and glowered hate;
fully at one another,
tits no use talking" No. was say
ing firmly II won't have it. He must
never come to trial"
"But. heavens. man." No. 2 respond
ed impatiently. 'the mans SO plainly
! guilty. It's fragrant case
Caught with the goods on No. 3
added. Il couldn't help getting con
viction if tried"
"AlI the more reason why he must
not come to trial"
"But think what it meansr' No 2
/ this thing. The newspapers have pub
lished beforehand the testimony of the
bellboy who overheard him offering to
take the bride. They have published
facsimiles of the check signed by Hen
derson and Endorsed by Malassey. Ev-
cry morning there is fresh editorial
bowling for his conviction. The whole
country is yammering. 'Malassey must
| go to jail!' Our credit is little strain
ed as it is: we must do something to
placate these bowling fools''
bah! Macpherson. I'm not a fool
Do you think haven't seen through
your scheme? You're trying to dis
credit me through Malassey. because
he's my councilman. Oh. don't bother
denying it. Either this indictment is
pigeonholed-or you fight me-" He
| brought his clinched fist savagely down
on the desk.
I'm not afraid of you.s Macpherson
snarled
| The square chinned man laughed
harshly That's another lie. You are
] afraid of me- You wouldn't be worth
the powder it takes to blow you up if
you didn't have me and the Sixth's.
majorities, while can go ont and get
! the old Harmon crowd together and
beat you all along the line day after
I tomorrow. don't want to do 1t. but
If this trial goes on | will. Now put
up or shut up. Is Malassey tried?"
/ There was silence minute
"No! The monosyIlable sounded
more like VOLTS bark than a human
voice
The square chinned man laughed
again. "All right There's a good deal
of profanity packed away in that mo-
Save it until I'm gone" He put on
his hat and left the office
In a secluded corner of the city's
most fashionable restaurant sat man
and woman at early dinner. They
were evidently brother and sister. hav
ing the same dark hair and eyes. the
same regular features of the same
slightly Semitic cast. The man was
| talking.
sand so / laid hold on the man who
has life by the throat. Now what do
| you think Of your most unworthy
brother?"
mo one but you would have done it
What audacity!''
sWhy not? / can't afford not to he
audacious. 1t is the only role that
suits me-
"Ah. but will you win with all your
holiness? You say yourself that he
threatened to crush you.r
my dear sister. the doubt is I'M
worthy of you. Rest assured. he will
yield Tonight will prove me right"
Her eyes rested proudly on him
Eyes. the doubt is unworthy. When
did you ever fail? who can resist the
witchery Of your magnetism"
ut is witcherv. isn't It? But we
come rightly by IL. Strange how. after
five generations of Puritanism. orr
creed should cast back and produce in
you and me copies Of our Hebrew an
cestress- glorious woman!-wh fell in
love with a Puritan. abandoned her
| people TO marry her lover, deserted
her husband to go on the stage ala
bring the world to her feet. A mag
netic ensationalist.. She lived! And
NE are her children"
The woman shuddered. Don't! /
always think of her tragic disappear
ance from the world and her hideous
end. Perhaps that Is part Of our her.
itage too
Nonsense. OF what use are i've
generations of Puritanism If not to
save us from that7 But even IL 1t
were not so. what Of it? While she
lived she lived-as shall, through
him /"
"Ah, but will You be good for him !?
Even in our philosophy there Is the
theory Of equivalents
Yes. OF course that isn't why
seek him-you and have no illusions.
But like him, and, please God. Will
be q good friend. will teach him our
philosophy. MY friendship shall dis
! cover to him the tremendous appetite