Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-11

scheme of greater rlahovatruc>>. with
the legal ume Of the lawyer 10 in
dorSe ii in the matter " safety. 1t
a. planned as the S~wiudliuS Of u
Swindler, which. in fact. had now be
come the secret pr5Griplc in Mary'>
morality
y gentleman possessed Of some
means. nouc too >truTulouS himself,
but with hjGh financial aspirations, adj
vertiscd for Il partner to invest capital
in n business Sure 10 bring large re-
turns, This advertisement caught the
eye Of Mary Turner. and She answered
it. An Introductory correspondence
encouraged her IL hope tor the victory
in 4 game OF cunning against cunning.
She consulted With Harris and esq T.
cially SouGht from him detailed infor-
nation rs to partnership law. His
statements gay hen such confidence
that presently she entered into a part
nership with the advertiser, by tn!
terms Of their agreement each dcpos
tied $4,000 to the partnership account
This sym Of 100000 was uStCuSihly
10 he devoted to the purchase vt a
tract Of land. which should artrrward
be divided into lots and rCSold to the
public NJ enormous profit, As Il mat
tcr Of fact. the advertiser planned TO
make Il spurious purchase OF the tract
IN question 10y Z Of forged deeds
granted 10y IN accomplirc. thus max
ing through fraud Il neat profit of $50,
O00.
No sooner was the 100000 ON deposit
in the bank than Mary Turner drew
ont the whole amount. as she had Il
perfect right To do legally. When the
advertiser learned of this he was, nat.
urally enough. fun 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 cour with clean hands, which is
n prime stipulation of the law, though
often honorcd in the breach. So he
let himself be mulcted in raging 81
lcnCe.
The event established Mary as the
arhitcr in her w cotcric, She next
decided that Il certain General Hast
ingS would make an excellent sacrifice
ON the altar of ~juSticc-and to her w
financial profit. The old man was Il
notorious roue. of most unSaVory rep
utation as Il destroyer Of innocence.
1t was probable that he would easily
fall Il victim to the ingenious charms
of .Aggic. AS for that prccocious dam
sci, she would run 10 least risk of de
truction by the satyr.
General Hastings met Aggic i'll the
most casual way. He was captiVated
by her freshness and beauty, her de.
murcnrSs, her ignorance of all things
vicious. S~traightwaY he set Snares
He showcred every gallant attention
on the naive, bread and butter miss
and succeeded g~ratifyingly soon in
winning her heart-to all appearance.
But he gained nothing moro, 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 Il summons
in Il suit for $4,000 damages for
breach of promise.
Even while his affair was still H.
the course of execution Mary found her
self engaged in Il direction that offered
at least the hope of attaining her great
desire 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
&C herself SO deliciously womanly. so
intelligent. so daintily feminine. SO
singularly beautiful that the young
man was enamorcd almost ut once.
The fact thrilled Mary to the depths
of her heart. for in this son of the man
whom she hated she saw the instrlI-
mcnt of vengeance for which she had
50 longcd. Yet this one thing was so
vital 10 her that she said nothing Of
her purposes. not even to Aggic.
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 ncgligcc, she
sat smoking a cigarette. while watch
ing Mary, who was adjusting her hat
before the mirror of her dressing table
one pleasant spring morning,
"Dollin' UP n whole lot. amt youE"
Aggie remarked affably, with that lax
ity Of language which characterized
her natural moods.
Il have IA very important engage
ment with Dick Glider" Mary replied
TRANQUILITY.
nice boy, amt heE" Aggic ventnr
cd insinuatingly.
"Oh, ! suppose So came the indlf
fcrcnt answer from Mary as she tilted
the picture hat to an angle II tri1c
more jaunty.
II don't get you. Mary. You never
used to look at the men. The way you
acted when you first run round with
me, | thought you sure was Il SUI
fragettc. And then you met thi,
Young Gildcr-aud-gOOd night. nurse