The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-14

became a young lady Of Independent
fortune, who had living with her
cousin, Miss Agnes Lynch. The fat
was abandoned. In it's stead was an
apartment ia the N1neties on Riverside
drive, In which the ladies lived alone
with two maids to serve them.
Carson had rooms in the neighbor-
hood, but Jim Lynch, who persistently
refused the conditions of such an aIli-
ance, betook himself afar, to continue
his reckless gathering of other. folks
money in such wise as to make him
amenable to the law the very first time
he should be caught at it
A few tentative ventures resulted in
profits so large that the company grew
nightly enthusiastic over the novel
manner of working. In each instance
Harris was consulted and made his
confidential statement as to the legali-
ty of the thing proposed. After a few
perfectly legal breach of promise suits,
due to Aggie's winsome Innocence OF
demeanor, had been settled advan-
tageously out of court Mary devised
scheme of greater elaborateness, with
the legal acumen of the lawyer to in
dorse it in the matter of safety. 1t
was planned as the swindling OF a
swindler, which, in fact, had now be-
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morality.
a gentleman possessed of some
means, none too scrupuIous himself,
but with high financial aspirations, adj
vert1sed for a partner to invest capital
In a business sure to bring large re
turns This advertisement caught the
eye Of Mary Turner, and she answered
1t. An Introductory correspondence
encouraged her to hope for the victory
In q game of cunning against cunning.
She consulted with Harris and espe-
ctally sought from him detailed infor-
nation as to partnership law. His
statements gave her such confidence
that presently she entered into a part
nership with the advertiser. By the
terms of their agreement each depos-
tied $4,000 to the partnership account.
This sum of 100000 was ostensibly
TO be devoted to the purchase of a
tract of land, which should afterward
be divided into lots and resoId to the
public at enormous profit. As a mat
ter of fact, the advertiser planned to
make spurious purchase of the tract
in question by means of forged deeds
granted by an accomplice, thus max
ing through fraud neat profit of $780,
600.
No sooner was the 100000 on deposit
in the bank than Mary Turner drew
out the whole amount, as she had a
perfect right to do legally. When the
advertiser learned of this he was, nat
urally enough, full to overlooking with
wrath. But after an interview with
Harris he swallowed his wrath as best
he might. He found he could not go
into court with clean hands, which is
a prime stipulation of the law, though
often honored in the breach. So he
let himself be mulcted in raging ST.
lence.
The event established Mary as the
arbiter in her own coterie. She next
decided that certain General Hast
fngs 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
utation as a destroyer of innocence.
1t was probable that he would easily
of Aggie. AS for that precocious dam
sci, she would run no least risk of de-
tructfon 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 gratffyingiy soon In
winning her heart-to all appearance.
But he gained nothing more, for the
COY creature abruptly dewelopad most