The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-12-06
Copyright. fafs, by the H K Ely
company.

c1ally sought from him detailed 1ndor-
nation as to- partnership law. His
statements gave her such confidence
that presently she entered into q part
nership with the advertiser. BY the
terms Of their agreement each depos.
tied $4,000 to the partnership account
This sum Of $4,000 was ostenstbly
to be devoted to the purchase Of a
tract Of land, which should afterward
be divided into lots and resold to the
pubic at enormous profit As mat
ter of fact, the advertiser planned to
make spurious purchase Of the tract
IN question by means Of forged deeds
granted by an accomplfce, thus max
ing through fraud a neat profit Of $780,
600
No sooner was the $4,000 on deposit
In the bank than Mary Turner drew
out the whole, amount, as she had d
perfect right to do legally. When the
advertiser learned of this he was, nat
urally enough, full to overf0wing with
wrath. But after an interview with
Harris he swallowed his wrath as best
he might. He found he could, not 20
into court with clean hands, which. is
q prime stipulation Of the law, though
often honored in the breach. So he
let himself be mulcted in raging ST.
lenca
The event established Mary as the
arbfter in her own coter1e. She next
decided that a certain General Hast
7ngs would make an excellent sacrifice
on the altar Of justice-and to her own
financial profit. The old man was a
notorious roue, Of most unsavory rep
utadon as a destroyer Of innocence.
1t was probable that he would easily
fall victim to the ingenious charms
of Agg1e. AS for that precocious DAM
sci, she would run no least risk Of de-
truction by the satyr.
General Hastings met Aggie in the
most casual way. He was capt1vated
by her freshness and beauty, her de-
mureness, her ignorance Of all things
vicious. Straightway he set snares.
He showered every gallant attention
on the naive, bread and butter miss
and succeeded gratifyingly soon in
winning her heart-to all appearance.
But he gained nothing more, for the
coy creature abruptly developed most
effective powers of resistance to every
Establishment that went beyond strict
est propriety. His ardor cooled sud-
denly when Harris served summons
in a suit for $4,000 damages for
breach Of promise.
Even while this affair was still in
the course Of execution Mary found her
self engaged in direction that offered
at least the hope OF attaining her great
des1re-revenge against Edward GIL
der. This opportunity came in the
person Of his son, Dick. After much
contriving, she got an Introduction to
that young man. Forthwith she show
ed herself SO dehciously womanly, 80
Intelligent so datntily feminine. so
s1ngularly beautiful that the young
man was enamored almost at once.
The fact thrilled Mary to the depths
OF her heart for in this son Of the man
whom she hated she saw the instru-
ment Of vengeance for which she had
so longed- Yet this one thing was so
vital to her that she said nothing of
her purposes, not even to Agile.
though that observant person may
have possessed suspicious more or less
near the truth.
1t was some such suspicion that lay
behind her speech as, in negligee, she
sat smoking cigarette, while watch
ing Mary, who was adjusting her hat
before the mirror of her dressing table
one pleasant spring morning.
"Doll1n' up whole lot, amt you?'
Aggie remarked affably, with that lax
1ty of language which characterized
her natural moods.
Il have a very important engage
ment with Dick Glider" Mary replied
TRANQUILITY.
mice boy, amt hep Aggie ventur-
ed 1nsinuatingly.
"Oh, l suppose &c." came the indif-
ferent answer from Mary as she tilted
the picture hat to an angle a trile
more jaunty.
Il don't get you, Mary. You never
l.
acted when you first run round with
me, 1 thought you sure was a suf-
fragette. And then you met this
young Gilder-and-good night, nurse!'
"Well?"
? 'His old man sends you up for a
: stretch for something you didn't do.
and you take up with his son like
!, "And yet you don't understandv'
There was scorn for such gross stupid
1ty in the musical voice.
+, Aggie choked little from the cigar
/ cite smoke as she gave gasp when
suspicion of the truth suddenly dawn
ed on her slow intelligence. ~,
"Hully geev' Her voice came in a
/. treble shrek Of apprehension. I'm
wise!" 1. <#
s"But you must understand this.
AaEZ went On, with an authoritative