The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-07

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confidential statement aE to the iegalI-
t. OF the thing proposed After few
! perfectly legal breach of promise suits.
due TO Aggie'E winSome innocence OF
demeanor. had been settled advan-
tageouSly out of court Mary devised q
scheme Of greater elabOrateneSs. With
the legal acumen of the lawyer TO in
| dUrse l. In the matter Of safety. 1t
| was planned as the swindling Of h
! swindler. which. IN fact. had now be-
come the secret principle IN Aary's
morality.
gentleman possessed OF some
means. none too scruDUlouS himself,
! but with high 6nar.. niratious. ad-
/ vertised for part. west capital
/ In q business sure ing large re-
| turns. This advertisement caught the
! eye of Mary Turner. and she answered
! IT, An Introductory correspondence
encouraged her t0 hope for the victory
| In game of cunning against cunning
| She consulted With Hairs and espe-
ciaIly sought from him detailed lnfor-
nation as to partnership law His
statements gave her such confidence
that presently she entered into u part
nerShip with the advertiser BY the
terms Of their agreement each depos
tied s3O.O0O 70 the partnership account
This sum OF 100000 WIS Ostensibly
TO be devoted to the purchase OF q
tract OF land. which should afterward
be divided into lots and resold to the
public at enormous profit Az a mat
ter of fact, the advertiser planned to
make II spurious purchase OF the tract
In hw 81
granted by an accOmpiice. thus max
ing through fraud a neat profit OF $50
600
No sooner was the 100000 on deposit
In the bank than Mary Turner drew
out the whole amount. ss she had q
perfect right to do legally. When the
advertiser learned of this he was. nat
uraIIy enough. full 20 Overdowing with
wrath. But after an interview with
Harris he swallowed his wrath as best
ne might He found he could not 20
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 81
Ience
The event esta biished Mary as the
aTbitPT in her own COterie- She next
decided that q certain General Hast
ingS would make an excellent sacrifice
on the altar OF justice-snd TO her own
financial prOdt The old man was a
notorious roue. of most unsa worry rep
utatiOn as a destroyer OF Innocence.
II was probable that he would easily
fall victim to the ingenious charms
of Aggie. As for that precocious dam
sell she would run no least risk Of de-
tructiOn by the satyr
General Hastings met Aggie IN the
most casual way. he was Captivated
by her freshness and beauty. her de-
mureness. her ignorance OF all things
vicious. Straighrway he set snares
He shOwered every gallant attention
on the naive. bread and butter MISS
and succeeded gratffyingly EOOn In
winning her heart-to all appearance
But ne gained nothing more. for the
coy creature abruptly developed most
effective powers Of resistance to every
Establishment that went beyond strict
est prOpriety. His Hrdor cooled sud
denly when Harris served a summons
in a suit for $4,000 damages for
breach Of promise.
Even while this affair was still In
self engaged in n direction that offered
at least the hope OF attaining her great
deSirt.-revenge against Edward Gil
der This opportunity came in the
person Of his son. Dick After much
cOntrivtng. she got an Introduction TO
that young man. Forthwith she show
ed herself so deiiciOusly wumanIy. so
intelligent so daiutily feminine. 80
singularly beautiful that the young
man was enam0red almost at once.
The fact thrilled Mary to the depths
OF her heart. for I'm this ROn Of the man
whom she hated she saw the instru-
ment Of vengeance for which she had
so lOnged Yet this one thing was so
vital to her that she said nothing Of
her purposes. not even to Aggte,
though that observant person may
have pOszsrsed suspicious more or less
near the truth.
Il was some such suspicion that lay
behind her speech az, in negiigee. she
sat smoking a cigarette. while watch
ing Mary. who was adjusting her hat
before the mirror of her dressing "a BILE
ole pleasant spring morning.
'Dollin up a whole lot. amt your
ARgie remarked affably. with that lax
ity Of language which characterized
her natural moods.
- have very important engage
ment with Dick Glider" Mary replied
TRANQUILITY
"Nice boy. amt her Aggte ventur-
ed insinuatingiy
~Oh | suppose So came the Indif-
ferenr answer from Mary as she tilted
the picture hat TO an angle trtfe
more iaunty.
81 don't get you. Mary. You never
used to took at the men The way you
acted when you first run round with
me. thought yOu sure was a suf-
fragette And then yOu met this