The Washington herald., 1912-07-07

suppose" Lord Nunneley remarked
1T isn't much, know"
1T isn't that" Deane interrupted. "Ths
situation is simply that our shares hav.
had big drop because of certain ru.
mors about our title to the Little Anna
Gold Mine. If those rumors were con-
firmed. five or six hundred thousand
pounds wouldn't help us. If they are
not confirmed. and if they die natural
death, as | imagine they must, our
| shares will recover themselves and we
shall not need money"
You don't believe in the existence
OF any such document, them" Lord
Nunneley asked.
Il do not believe that it will be pro-
duced, Deane answered, "and if il
were produced" he went on, Il do not
believe in its VALIDITY would not say
as much, even. as this to the reporters,
but the document about which people
have been talking is simply an original
claim TO the Little Anna Gold Mine,
which was deserted by the very man
who put me on to it, and in whose
name the claim stands. You see. there
fore, that any attempt to establish a
legal claim is more or less a swindle'
Lord Nunneley rose to his feet. you
are really not so very much alarmed,
them"
Deane shook his head. This drop
in shares, after ALL" he said. docs not
affect US particularly. except for the
time II simply means that the market
declares that We are a few hundred
thousand pounds. poorer to-day than we
were yesterday Whether the market
is right or not remains to be proved"
well, / am glad to have seen you.
at any rate, Deane, and remember, if
there is anything | can do"
you have already" Deane said.
done great deal, Lord Nunneley. |
shall not forget your visit or your Of
fer"
That's all right" Lord Nunneley de-
clared. "Olive did not know | was COM
ing, but I'm sure if she had known she
would have sent her love. Don't both
er to ring. | can find my way out"
The visit of his projected father-in-
Jaw seemed TO Deane like a pleasant
little oasis in the middle of a long,
dreary day. These rumors of which
Lord Nunneley had heard seemed to
have come into existence during the
last few hours. There had been some
large failures lately. and investors were
all nervous. The country was short OF
money. In ordinary times. an attack
upon the stability Of such a corporation
as his would have been impossible To-
day. nothing seemed impossible. In his
heart, Deane knew or felt that the sit
uation was safe Yet the very fact that
these rumors had sprung into being
seemed to denote the line OF defense
which Hefferom's lawyers were pre-
pared to offer in the coming trial. He
would be accused everywhere-if not
in words, in suggestion-of completely
in the murder of Sinclair. The exist
ence of that document would be believ-
ed in. II would be said openly. per-
haps, that he was responsible himself
for its suppression. 1t was not the
fact that on paper he was nearly quar-
ter of million poorer than he had been
a week ago that troubled HIM il was
the reflection that bold though his
words had been. it was within the
power of the man who lay awaiting his
trial practically to ruin him The ques-
ton of the whereabouts of the docu-
ment might be, in few weeks. the
most discussed matter in London.
Deane, acting upon sudden impulse,
eft his Office by the back entrance and
drove to the small hotel where Wini- |
fred was staying Miss Rowan was at
home, he was told, and after a few