The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-01-22
Il do shs denied I've heard

Il DO. shs denied I've heard
And
Grace. dear giri.- soothed Blaks.
This 10 muddy business At best. It's
no time for you to be here. You'll only
coil those pretty hands of yours"
1T 10 the time for me to be here:.
she declared. Il can see this from the
Woman's standpoint. You men can't
There y nothing In common be
tween your standpoint and that OF the
Woman We are talking about" protest
ed Mark.
Tom was right!- she persisted.
you must not sink . using 'nis story.
IL"
The ~hirr Of the buzzer interrupted
her Al such high tension w..e they
all that the sound made them turn 40
though to confront . physical pres
encs Neligan strobe to the door. COL
ferred fol- an instant with sons one
outside. then returned with . slip of
blue paper In his hand
The duplicate list of phone num-
bers from central" he announced.
turning over the paper to Van Dyke.
Good" approved Blake. Nov
we'll get to what we're chasing. And
we'll get 1t mighty quick"
Van Dyke and Neligan were already
poring over the sheet of numbers that
the lawyer had Just spread on the
table under the lamp
Nov. then, Standish." exulted Rob
ertson; we're ready to begin. One
Of these numbers leads directly to the
Woman. Well put . man At work
tracing each one Of them. In . few
hours at longest we will have what We
want. And when we ind the Woman
we'll lay hare every soiled page in her
life and in yours"
1t was Standish who broke the mo-
ment's silence.
Very we'll. Robertson" he said
calmly. I've done what I promised
to do. And / have failed. You drive
me now to the use of your own
weapons. I shall have to fight ex-
posure with exposure"
No, mol" moansd Grace. incoherent
with fear.
Mark Robertson had caught up
Standish's defiance and had stepped
forward to confront him.
In other words. Mr.. Standish." he
demanded. you threaten me? That's
an empty threat. There is nothing in
my life you have not already shouted
from the housetops."
Don't be too sure" warned Stand
ish, meeting Marks scornful glare
with unconcern.
What do you mean? Speak up!"
"Mr. Standish!" pleaded Grace. II
beg"
Don't worry, dear" said Mark. Let
him bluff I'll call him. Mr.. Standish.
| give you full permission to use any
weapon that l use. II you know any
thing against me. tell 1t here and now.
Here, in my wife's presence. You
know our cards. Show yours"
Standish's gaze strayed. as II by
chance, to Grace's CHASTITY face
"Wel?" urged Mark. Speak up!
We're waiting!"
At sight OF the mortal terror in
Grace's eyes. standish checked the
words that were on his lips. Turning
away from the domineering man who
SO truculently confronted him, he NUT
tered:
I'll choose my own time."
81 thought sol" scoffed Mark.
You're licked This is your last fight.
From tonight you're dead man. po-
litically And IL we have to hunt out
woman or two to keep you dead, we'll
do It,"
Van Dyke had glanced from the tele-
phone list to his watch.
We've Just time enough TO catch
the last editions Of the morning pa
pers," said he ~ told Jennings to
hold wire ready"
WHAT" exclaimed Standish. You'll
go ahead without the Woman's name?"
Yes" answered Van Dyke. Since
we've an absolute certainty, now. of
getting it. We can afford to do that
and publish the name tomorrow. Tell
Jennings to send out the story. Tell
him we're holding the Womans name
and that we won't give It out unless
Standish denies the story. BY the time
he can get his denial in print we'll
have the name"
Good" asserted Robertson. catch
ing up the telephone Hello! Give
me"
Mark" begged Grace. "Oh. l i'm
plore you-don't-"
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