The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-12-24
SYNOPSIS
By THOMAS D1X0N

SYNOPSIS
Stuart. soutAern lawyer N MUw Ys<k, b
q love wtth Mas PrsnxSOo His friend.
E1e. woodmea. vine he@ . yUezg de~en-
Nnr. n throAtOmeA vita TIE Se@9 ct his
dug husinAss ~ Bsve@s. wASm he be-
6kasndaA yoasw bSfUpA St0a@e vtsats the
pr1mg0Oe3
Man wants gtuASt 10 AeCsVG place with
Rlvens' chemical tsSast He dissikss Biv-
eng methods and refuses. Dave@s calls
90 him-
woodnan win net y1eiA AAA saes BivSns'
company. The promoter teifS the doctor
he and Nan are engaged Harriet Wood
man IL studying mustc. 0kuarE takes Nan
for day IN the country.
stuart pleads with NaR 20 give up Biv-
ems but the spell Of nai1Ii0As In ca her and
she yields to It.
Nan becomes Mrs. BivoAG Harriet
Ioves Stuart but he does not know 1t.
Nine years pass. Stuart becomes district
attorney. He investigates criHainal tFusta
Man asks him to cali
Stuart wants woodman 70 END his suit
against Bivens, but the doctor stands
firm. Bivens aids Stuart la his investi-
CATION Of crooked nnRncierS.
Stuart's revelations aid in bringing on q
crisis. Bivens promises to aid the Van
Dam Trust company. which 10 in trouble
Woodman needs money badly.
Stuart Is tempted to Join Bivene as his
confidential man. He accepts an invita-
ton to visit the Bivens house and in re-
ceived by Nan.
At a meeting of the discontinued. at
which Bivens is denounced, a bomb
thrower ia killed by his own missile.
Woodman decides to continue his nght
against Bivens.
The mob attacks Stuart and Injuries him
slightly Nan sees 1t and reveals her
love- Bivens piles $9OOO0.0O0 on a table
and calls Stuart to SEQ the money to re-
fute rumors OF his financial weakness
CHAPTER XIV.
The Unbidden Guest.
T%HE bitter reference to Bivens
and the crime of his corner in
wheat had reused Mans tight
ing blood. She would accept
the challenge of this rabble and show
her contempt for its opinions in
way that could not be mistaken. She
determined to give an entertainment
whose magniticence would startle the
social world and be her defiant answer
to the critics of her husband. at the
same time it would serve the double
purpose Of dazzling and charming the
imagination of Stuart She would by
q single dash Of power end his in
decision as to Bivens's offer and bind
with stronger cords the tie that held
him to her.
Her suggestion was received with
enthusiasm by her husband.
"All right" he said excitedly, beat
the record. Give them something to
talk about the rest Of their lives.
don't mean those poor fools in Union
square. Their raving is pathetic.
mean the big bugs who think they
own the earth. the people who think
that we are new Corners and that this
island was built for their accommoda-
ton. Give them a knock out"
Nan spared no expenditure of time.
money and thought to the perfection
of her plans. She employed a corps
of trained artists. took them to her
home, told them what she wished and
they worked with enthusiasm to eclipse
In splendor New York's record of lavish
entertainments-but always with the
reservation which she had Imposed
that nothing be done that might violate
the canons of beauty and good taste.
The long dreamed night came, and
her guests had begun to arrive.
One was hurrying there to whom no
ax,~x - bod An6
yet his coming was the one big event
of the evening. the one thing that
would make the night memorable.
The confession Of love for Stuart
which Harriet had sObbed out in her
fathers arms had been the last straw
that broke the backbone Of his hght
against Bivens. In d burst Of gener-
ous feeling he made up his mind TO
eat his pride, drive from his mind
every bitter impulse and forget that
he had ever hated this man or been
wronged by him. He could see now
that he had neglected his little girl
In the fight he had been making for
other people and that her very life
might be at stake in the struggle she
was making for the man she loved.
Bivens had once offered to buy his
business. He had afterward made
him q generous offer to compromise
his suit. He had never doubted for a
moment that compromise would be
accepted the moment he should see fit
20 give up.
He instructed his lawyer TO with
draw the appeal before the day fixed
6or ding the papers. The lawyer
Eaved and pleaded In vain. The doctor
Was firm. he wrote Bivens a gener-
eos personal letter In which he asked
tAsA the past be forgotten and that he
sUpotnA q meeting at which they could
orange the terms Of q final friendly
me&lememE
xNe act had lifted q load from his
heart me sum he would receive, If
S0s AAn B9vens' original offer, would
b sufficient to keep him In comfort.