The enterprise., 1914-05-07

scheme of greater elabor:ltcneSs, with
the legal acumen of tie lawyer to i'll
dorse 1t in the matter of safety. 1t
was planned as the sWindling Of q
sWindler, which, in fact. had now be-
come the secret principle in Marys
morality.
gentleman possessed CT some
means. none too scrnpuiOus himself.
but with high financial aspirations, ad
vertised for partner to invest capital
in Il business sure TO bring large re-
turns. This advertisement caught the
eye of Mary Turner. and she answered
it. An Introductory correspondence
encouraged her to hope for the victory
in Il game of cunning against cunning
She consulted with Harris and espc-
cially sought from him detailed infnr-
nation rs to partnership law. His
statements gave her such confidence
that presently she entered into Il part
nership with the advertiser liv the
terms Of their agreement each dcpos
tied $4,000 to the partnership account
This sum Of 100000 WAS ostonsibly
to be devoted to the purchase Of q
tract of land which should aftaIWard
be divided into lots and resold to the
public 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 m accomplice. thus MAX
ing through fraud neat Profit OF $50
600
No sooner was the 100000 on deposit
in the bank than Mary Turner drew
out the whole amount, rs she had Il
perfect right to do legally. When The
advertiser learned of this he was. NAT
ulally enough. full to overlooking with
wrath. But after IN interview with
Harris he swallowed his wrath as best
he might He found he could not go
into court with clean hands, which is
prime stipulation of the law. though
often honored in the breach 80 he
let himself he mulcted in raging ST
lCnce.
THE event established Mary as the
arbitcr in her own coterie. She next
decided that a certain General Hast
inss would make IN excellent sacrifice
on The altar OF justice--aul to Ler own
financial profit. The old man was
notorious roue, of most uusuYoTy rep
ucation as destroyer Of innocence.
1t was probable that he would easily
falI a victim to the ingeuuous charms
Of A@gie AS for that pre- oeinus dam
sci. she would run no least risk OF de-
truction by the satyr.
General Hastings met Aegie in the
most casual way. lie was cHptiYatcd
by her freshness ana beauty. her de-
muteness, her ignorance OF all things
vicious. StraialltWay he set suares
Ee shOWered every gallant attention
OH the naive, bread and butter miss
and succeeded gratifyingly soon in
winning her healt--to all appearance.
But he gained nothing more, for the
coy creature abruptly developed most
effective powers Of resistance to every
blandl#hment that went beyond strict
est propriety. His aldor cooled sud
Gouiy whom Harris served Il summons
q suit for $4,000 damages for
breach Of PROMISE
Even while this affair WIS still in
the course of execution Mary found her
self engaged in a direction that offered
mt 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
c0ntrivin@, she got an introduction to
that young man. Forthwith she show
ed herself so delciously woHanly, so
Intelligent, so daintily feminine, so
singularly 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 longcd Yet this one thing was so
vital to her that she said nothing of
her purposes, not even to Aggie,
though that obselvant 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 a cigarette, while watch
ing Mary, who was adjusting her hat
befoqe the mirror of her dressing table
one pleasant spring morning.
"Dollin' up Il whole lot. amt you?"
Aggie remarked affably, With that lax
lty Of language which characterized
her natural moods.
Il have very important engage
ment with Dick Glider" Mary replied
TRANQUILITY.
"Nice boy, ain't hep Aggie ventur-
ed insinuatingly.
"Oh l suppose So" came the indif-
ferent answer from Mary as she tilted
the picture hat to an angle trihe
more jaunty.
81 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 suf-
fragette. And then you met this
young Gilder-and-good night, nurse!'
well"