Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-30

velope from the safe. and when his
door was closed behind him he drew
forth the pictures from the gallery
of rogues. He studied them carefully.
The man hunter felt that there was
some faint, intangible hint about the
eyes In the photographs which con-
nected them with the man who had
mailed the letter to Nyack.
Two weeks of s~eclusion in their
mountain home. two weeks with every
hour of day and night filed with gold
en- romance. and John Nelson and his
bride brought an end to their honey
moon
The castle of the one time hermit
contained his workshop. From 1t had
gone his latest invention. His i'm
proved knitting machines were already
installed in a plant built for them.
His company had been capitalized and
set in motion. He was its president
and chief stakeholder.
Scores of ONE and girls from the
mill country around and even from
the backwoods were waiting for en-
ployment.
Although his knitting mills could
produce the same amount of finished
product at half the operating ex-
penses of any other mill. Nelson did
not look forward to the accumulation
Of large profits. He and Molly decid-
ed that they would make the plant Il
model one, a place where labor would
be paid its highest figure. 1t would
be an industry in which the profits
would find a way to the workers as
much as to the directors.
The day was at hand for the open
ing of the new plant. and the two
motored to Greenville to select their
workers, instruct them in their tasks
and start the machinery Of a new in
dustry.
Mr.. Bryan, his wife and his son were
at the mill to witness the start of the
new venture which promised so high
ly. June roses and nasturtiums were
piled in a great bank on Nelson's desk.
Mfr. Bryan had arranged another desk
opposite for Molly, knowing her inter
est in the mill people who would he
chosen as operatives. There were
many little gifts of gold and silver Of.
fee utensils hidden under flowers for
the bride and bridegroom.
Nelson had already instructed Molly
in the handling of the machines he
had built, and the two worked with
the girls patiently and taught them
their simple duties.
The first payrolls were drawn, the
first days work was under way.
Through the wide, open windows of
the building came the heavy fragrance
of early summer In the country. The
grounds about the plant were bright
with geraniums and beds of pansies.
nasturtums and peonies.
The pretty mountain girls, all in
their freshest ginghams and muslins.
all happy in the possession Of well
paid tasks, stood by the knitting ma
chimes watching the flashing needles
and the steady flow Of the raw ma
terial that fed them. Molly Nelson
paced the aisles, glad in her task as
forewoman for a day.
Nelson's secretary brought him his
first batch of mail in his new business.
He trimmed the edges of the envelopes
as he unused owe his happiness and
the rosiness of the future. He had
nothing to fear. Molly knew his Sc
cret, and there was no skeleton in their
closet.
Nothing could cheat them Of the
taste of heaven that they had had.
Whatever disaster
A shadow fell athwart the room. A
stranger was on the threshold.
Nelson's secretary went to the visi-
tor and inquired his business. He said
that he would like to talk to Mr.. Mel
san and was offered a seat.
Nelson glanced at the man and
opened a letter.
Fate was not playing any petty
game with him. At the moment that
the man hunter seated himself in his
presence he received word from his
old probationer friend.
The letter miserably scrawTed and
blotted, read:
Dear Kid-I amt lofing that's why you
didn't here from me. ] got a chance to
do things. Don't count on 1t to much
but IL the guy is living I'm going to take
him to the D.. A. office or die trying.
BILL.
The I'D. A." Office meant the Office
of fhe district atfOrnav NJ tho county
and city of New York.