The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-11-29
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/ SruarrS action AGAINST THE big finnn-
eierS had given her quick mind the
! cue 20 new tine Of stratagem She
hegnn cautiously.
"Yoa are moi going to give up thing
I've set my heart on merely because
old Woodlands fool. are you?" she
] asked her husband. with a touch OF
Scurn Jim Stuart is the best friend
, you ever had He has become one Of
| TIE most famous men in America
want him q, our next entertainment"
The thing that puzzles me-" Bivens
broke in, lis why be will not come to
Tue house. When meet him down
| town he's always friendly"
| Mans lips qniyered with queer lit
| tie smile.
wi! be succeed in this action
against these men,!
"No; be can't get the facts If ne
| roud he'd shake the foundations of the
financial world.
why moi give the facts TO him?'
II had thought of that. but it might
bring on 4 panic
What have YOU to lose by iii"
Nothing. but a panic's dangerous
/ hing to monkey with"
1T couldn't iDjure Stuart?" his wife
! asked cautiously
NO 1t couldn't hurt him On the
other hand I might make him the I'M
conscious instrument of great per
sornI vengeance. double my fortune
and possibly land Jim in the White
House
"You must do it. dear his wife
cried. trembling with suppressed eS
element
ITS playing with dynamite"
"Tt's worth the risk to double your
fortune DO ii for my sake!
Nan leaned close and pressed her
husbands hand while her dark eyes
found their way into his heart
"I'l do it." he said with firm ac-
cent "I'lI phone him at once"
When Stuart sat down with Bivens
in one Of The magnificent private din
ing rooms of his millionaire club tw"
DAYS later he was struck with the per
! lection of the financierS dress and the
easy elegance Of his manners.
Nan has surely done wonders With
some pretty crude material!' he unused
He recalled Mans diary with grim
amusement.
1t took two years to thoroughly break
him so that she could always be sure
that his nails were trimmed ana MS
clothes in perfect style. He had long
since ceased TO struggle and had FOUND
much happiness of late years in vyinS
with her in tie perfection of his per
sonal appearance.
When the dinner was finished Bivens
dismissed the waiter. lighted one OF
his huge cigars and drew from mo-
rocco case which he had placed beside
his chair typewriter manuscript, He
| turned its leaves thoughtfully mo
ment and handed them to Stuart.
| There's document. Jim. that cost
me $4,000 TO prepare; for whose sup
preston 100000 would be paid and
no questions asked"
But why this generosity on your
part. CalT"
II have anticipated that question
answer It fully and frankly. There Is
enough dynamite in that document to
| blow I'D half Of Wall Street and land
somebody in the White House"
And many in the morgue"
And some in the pententiary. I've
watched your work the past nine years
with genuine pride, lin. You've said
a lot of hard things about rich malefac-
tors, but you've never touched me-"
mo. think you're too shrewd to be
| caught in that class. Cal"
~ pride myself that am. It's only
the clumsy fool who gets tangled In
the criminal law. But a lot OF them
have done it-big fellows whose names
| ill the world with noise. I've taken
the pains to put into that typewriter
document the names, the dates. the
places, the deeds. the names of the wit
nasses and all the essential facts. DO
| what you please with it.. If you do
| what ! think you will. some men who
are wearing purple and fine linen will
| lie wearing stripes before another year
and you will be the biggest man in
| New York"
And your motive?'
Perhaps wish to get even with
some men who have done ME a dirty
trick or two. and perhaps incidentally
in the excitement which will follow
this exposure of fraud and crime |
may make an honest penny. Is that
enough
quite"
"And youil. make the attack at
once?"
Stuart glanced rapidly through the
first page of the document. and his
eyes began to dance with excitement
"The only favor ask" BIvenS add
ed. 'is twenty-four hours notice be-
fore you act"
"I'll let you know"
Stuart rose quickly, placed the docu-
ment in his inside pocket and hurried
home