The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-11-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CYRIL BLAIR'S PLAN ]
BY HAROLD CARTER. )
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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brass plate which adorned his office
door, hesitate, and then enter, he as
sumed an dir OF intense preoccupa-
ton. This is common habit OF
young lawyers who can still count tho
cases that they have had upon the
: fingers of their hands.
He rose and bowed courteously Ls
fhe entered. He recognized her as
Miss Nancy Lawrence, q girl with
high school connections in the town.
! She sat down and looked at him rath-
er In wonder
! "You look very young to be law.
yer Mr. Blair" she began.
Il assure you that will not invali-
date my plea before the court" he
answered, smiling.
We'll" she said suppose tell you
my case. You see, wanted young
lawyer, an un--" She flushed and bit
| her lip.
"An unknown young man," he fin
ished for her.
| well, you see. dom want my
action generally known, and even the
lawyers in this town seem to stand
together. My father, Colonel Law
renee, you know, was very rich. He
had million, in fact" ,
Yes" said the lawyer attentively.
81 am twenty next month, and un-
der his will the property Is In the,
care of Jim White, as he Is known,
until l am Of age or--or marry. Well,
father trusted him implicitly, but
everyone knows he is connected with
those new dishonest oil companies. SO
yesterday I ran into town and IL
asked him for an accounting And he
behaved horribly He laughed at me-"
The scoundrel!" exclaimed Cyril.
and then wondered why he had spok-i
en- with so much warmth.
"He reminded me that he had the
absolute investment of my property
under the viii for another year." con-,
tinued the girl, land he said that
even IL he made mistake he would
not be accountable. And l can't tell
you what else he did"
"a legal adviser has the same privi-
leges of confidence as priest or doc
tor" said the young lawyer senten.
tiously.
well. then. he tried to kiss mel"
snapped the girl. "And I know he
/ means to invest all my money in those
wicked companies"
We'll deal with him, Miss Law
renee" said Cyril. Leave him to
me. I shall examine the will this aft.
ernoon and go up to town the first
thing in the morning to show him he
has got hold of the wrong end of the
stick"
A brief examination Of the will con.
WINGED Cyril that the scoundrel had
absolute right over the property.
However, he ran up to town and had
an interview with him. The young
man was no match for the hardened
old BLACKBOARD. The colonel had kept
inside the law by the skin of his.
teeth; he admitted that the future
OF the oil companies was doubtful, but
said that he could make them sue
coed by putting three-quarters of a
million into them, which he proposed
to do.
"You are a scoundrel, sir" flashed
out Blair.
Prove It," snapped the colonel.
| Out OF your own mouth, sir"
mot evidence" said the colonel,
laughing and biting Off the end of a
cigar. Not evidence. You haven't q
dictaphone and a stenographer in your
pocket, have you? Then. as a lawyer.
you will admit that have you
skinned. However. I'm going to pull
through. ! don't mind telling you that
I've sunk hundred thousand Of Miss
Nancy's money. and I'm going to pull
II cut with the remainder
Blair retired, white-hot. but baflled.
He was utterly worsted, and had the
sense to acknowledge 1t. He told Miss
Nancy as much.
1T looks as though the only thing
to do Is to wait another year, till you
! can make him give an accounting" he
! said. "Of course. we can go to law.
But he'll use your money to block our
application until he's run through with
the money and heaped up a pile for
hinSelf However, I have an idea"
What is it?" asked the girl.
Cyril smiled. Il can't disclose II
yet" he said. 1T will take perhaps
a month. He won't have run through
much by then. You see, he's booming
the companies just now. The collapse
will be due in about three months
time. Now, | think can save your
money II you trust me-"
She trusted him implicitly. so much
so that when he said daily confer
ence at the Office would be necessary.
Miss Nancy did not demur. But the
conferences did not seem very busi.
nesslike. Yet they were sufiiciently
pleasant to be continued after ONCE
hours, at Miss Nancy's home. And
long before the month was ended they
were sure that they loved each other.
When are you going to tell mspthe
plant" she asked ono day.
Cyril looked steadily at her. II
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