The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-11
TIE EVENING STORY
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| Sheffield came in smiling. Chap,
I've got some good news for you-I
| would call it good news. Glosman has
gone to the WALL"
MOI Chapman answered, aston
/ ished.
/ Sure thing. He worked crooked
deal on the Peterson people, and they
got after him. He's been in bad
game for years, and his finish is about
to be. You knew that Ruth had given
/ him her entire fortune to handle, and
! it's gone-Smashi Her uncle, old But
terrified, has retained us to help the
good work along. I'm on my way
after papers now to serve on Glosman.
We want to save what we can so
long"
! The CHEEKY young lawyer went out
leaving his friend in a state of mute
/ aStonishment.
| Chapman and G1osman were, or
perhaps it should be said, had been,
| bitter rivals for the regard of Ruth
/ Mimic. In the rivalry there had been
good nature and friendly moves, but
| no love lost Chapman, with the in
stinct of the trained lawyer, did not
wholly look upon Glosman as an ideal
! business man, but he had never
| dreamed that Glosman had carried
his schemes SO far as deliberately to
pull into his downfall the estate of
| the girl he loved. Glosman had been
known as a daredevil in the market,
but Chapman had not credited him
| with the character he evidently had.
The intrusting of the wealth her
father left her to Glosman had been
generally accepted as the proof of her
preference. Chapman had so read it,
and he had become a less frequent
caller at the Mimic home. There he
still went, and was welcomed as an
old friend, but not as q lover.
Now would things change? Her
uncle, whom she had not consulted
when she turned the money into Clos
mans care, was evidently on the war
l,-ixr 11xvh dfe1il Of n n
and his wish to show her that she had
! blundered in not calling in the aid of
her relative.
He feared for her more than all.
er had been wild plunger in stocks.
Intricate finance was his speciality.
She would not condemn Glosman for
his failure and she would readily be-
lieVe that the rumorS about him had
been circulated by enemies; but if she
knew he had violated the trust she
had given him, it would be the blow
supreme.
AS Chapman thought, wild desire
surged through hinn-a longing to
save her from the full realization that
the man she had preferred was a man
of practices not looked upon with favor
in the business world. Chapman knew
he was thinking of doing what was not
justified, but he loved her; to him
that seemed answer enough. He
would spare her the shock that would
tear down her ideals of men and life,
and make her a woman where now
she was a girl with all the trusting
charm of girlhood.
Chapman telepohned for Sheffield
and the latter came over from his
office.
Chapman faced the keen, young
lawyer. 'Shef, I'm going to do
strange thing, you'll think. I want
you to see to it that Glosman has not
touched the trust fund
The lawyer said nothing, but a slow
light came into his eyes.
I'm going to take what wealth 1
have, which will about equal the
amount of her estate which Glosman
sank, and 1 want you to see that ar
rangements are made with Glosman
so that he can't hereafter touch the
money for investment without your
agreement and knowledge. I've got
the papers made out here"
Sheffield stretched out in his chair
and gaspeds Chap. you're fool"
Chapman smiled, and then sobered
suddenly. mo doubt; but I'm trying
to keep the light of belief in the most
trustful eyes in the world, I'm trying
to keep love for her the thing she
thinks it is
''That sounds fine, all right, but it's
wrong, all wrong" Sheffield said.
Perhaps, but it's my wish. Will
you carry it out ~
ward for the papers. Yes, I'll take
hold of this; I'll see that Glosman I'M
derstandS, and I'll See-how it ends"
he answered.
Sheffield had no more than reached
his office when he telephoned back:
"Chap, old Butterfield has just left on
his way to see Ruth. They aren't on
the best of terms, as you know, and
I'm afraid he'll make dent in your
scheme if
Chapman turned from the phone
and five minutes later was racing in
a taxicab for the Mimic mansion. Fiji
teen minutes later he was ushered into
a room where a girl, pale of face,
came to him impulsively, her small
hands twining themselves in the lapel
Of his coat, her eyes looking up into
his with a great question, her lips ask
ing it.
"Oh. Richard, 1t isn't true that Rob
has wrecked his business and used
what I trusted him with is it ?''
Near the window, a man of grim
bearing, turned. 1.-The girl won't be-
lieve me, I tell her that scamp has
chucked her whole fortune into a hole,
and there's no digging it up. He's a
crook! Her fortune has gone to
smash.'
The girl swayed against Richard, and
he was glad of what he had done.
Ruth, your uncle is mistaken in a
way. 1 have knowledge that your for
tune is intactp' Chapman answered. !
She drew a long quivering breath of
relief and leaned against him.
why, you-you-Mr. Chapman"
suffered her uncle.
That is true answered Chapman
smiling.
Butterfield picked up his hat and
went out.
Dick. 1 feel as if-if things were 60 |
ing around me that I know nothing |
about" she said 81 heard the servants
talking.
ssRumors fly thick and fast in the
stock market, Ruth Rob has been
~ 11ohf in th.- machine but he'll r1irn h
out again, all right he answered
cheerily.
There was the sound of brakes