The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-03-27

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The thing that puzzles NE" Bivens
broke in. lis why he will not come to
the house. When | meet him down
town he's always friendly"
Mans lips qnivered with a queer lit.
tie smile.
"Wil he succeed in this action
against these nen:
mo; he can't get the facts. II he
conld he'd shake the foundations of the
financial world"
why not give the facts to himF'
Il had thought Of that. but it miGi.i
bring on a panic
What have you to lose by lit"
Nothing. but panic's dangerous
thing to monkey with"
at couldn't injlae Stuart?" his wife
asked cautiously.
NO 1t couldn't hurt him. On the
ether hand. might make him the un-
conscious instrument Of a great per-
sonal vengeance. double my fortune
and possibly land Jim in the White
House"
"You must do il, dear!'' his wife
cried. trembling with suppressed ex-
| citemcnt
Its playing with dynamite"
| "Its worth the risk to double your
fortune DO it for my saker
Nan leaned close and pressed her
husband hand while her dark eyes
found thcir way into his heart
I'm do it," he said with firm &C
cent "Ill phone him Mt once"
VIXEN Stuart sat down with Bivens
in one of the magnificent private din
ing rooms Of his millionaire club two
days later he was struck with the per
lection of the iinancier's dress and the
easy elegance Of his manners
Nan has surely done wonders with
some pretty crude materialr' he mrsed
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 and his
clothes in perfect style. He had long
since ceased to struggle and had founG
much happiness of late years in vyin=
with her in tire perfection of his rer
sonal appearance.
When the dinner was finished RivenS
dismissed the waiter. lighted one Of
his huge cigars and drew from IL mo
rocco case which he had placed beside
his chair a typewriter manuscript. He
turned its leaves thoughtfully mo
ment and handed them to Stuart
| i'm
t me $4,000 TO prepare; for whose sup
' preston 100000 would be paid and
D no questions asked"
But why this generosity on your
= part, CALI"
Il have anticipated that question.
answer it fully and frankly There Is
enough dynamite ID that document to
z blow up half Of Wall Street and land
I somebody in the White House"
And many in the morgue?'
u And some in the penitentiary. I've
watched your work the past nine years
e with genuine pride. Jim. You've said
7 lot of hard things about rich malefac
tors, but you've never touched me.
mo. think you're too shrewd to be
e caught in that class, Cal"
II pride myself that | am. It's only
) the clumsy fool who gets tangled ir
z the criminal law But a lot of them
have done it-big fellows whose names
fiji the world with noise I've taker
the pains to put into that typewriter
I. document the names. the dates. the
u places, the deeds. the names of the wit
nesses and all the essential facts d.
y what you please with it. II yod d.
II what | think you will. some men wht
= are wearing purple and fine linen viii
be wearing stripes before another yea
and you will be the biggest man IL
: New York"
u And your motive?"
y perhaps | wish to get even will
= some men who have done me dirt!
trick or two. and perhaps incidental!
y 10 the excitement which will follow
this exposure of fraud and crime
e may make an honest penny. Is tina
J! enough
d quite"
~ "And you'll make the attack a
10 onceT
81 Stuart glanced rapidly through tn
'e first page Of the document and hi
eyes began to dance with excitement
r 1.-THE only favor ask" Bivens add
ed. lis twenty-four hours notice be
NJ fore you act"
- It'll let You know"
Stuart rose quickly, placed the docr
III ment in his inside pocket and hurrie
home.
The deeper the young lawyer probe
) into the mass of corruption Bivens ha
~ placed in his hands the more profonn
$" became his surprise That men who's
names were the synonyms OF honest
II and fair dealing. men intrusted wit
te the management of companies who's
assets represented the savings OF mi
lions of poor men. the sole defense {
~ millions Of helpless women and chi
rr dren-that these trusted leaders OF I'll
to world were habitually prostitutin
their trusts for personal gain. stagge
no ed belief.
cd He delayed action and began car
full. patient, thorough investigation
tn As it proceeded his amaZement !
creased He found that Rivens h:
only scratched the surface OF the trut
New York. the financial center OF Il
nation. had gone mad with the insal
passion for money at all hazards
=" all means. fair or foul, The matte
'e was on the tidal wave OF the mo
lid wonderful industrial boom IN its h
All tory. The price of stocks had reach
Of eL,,,. sr,-oe ,,d cti,, soorod